Gabriel Tan
@finishedloading.bsky.social
Public lawyer @admincourtblog.bsky.social
Judgment hand down for the Palestine Action appeal will be live-streamed from the Court of Appeal on 15 June at 11am.
June 3, 2026 at 1:53 PM
Judgment hand down for the Palestine Action appeal will be live-streamed from the Court of Appeal on 15 June at 11am.
Judgment tomorrow in the Palestine Action proscription appeal is only on the issue of reporting restrictions, the judgment for the appeal hearing will be handed down at a later date to be confirmed.
May 21, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Judgment tomorrow in the Palestine Action proscription appeal is only on the issue of reporting restrictions, the judgment for the appeal hearing will be handed down at a later date to be confirmed.
My recap of the second and final day of the OPEN aspect of the Palestine Action appeal hearing.
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Palestine Action proscription appeal: Day 2
This post contains a recap of the second of two days (29 April) of OPEN hearings in the Court of Appeal’s hearing in the Palestine Action appeal. The recap of the hearing on day 1 can be read on th…
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April 30, 2026 at 8:11 AM
My recap of the second and final day of the OPEN aspect of the Palestine Action appeal hearing.
My recap of yesterday’s Palestine Action appeal hearing, including questions and observations from the bench.
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Palestine Action proscription appeal hearing: Day 1
The Court of Appeal hearing in the Palestine Action proscription appeal commenced today (28 April). It will last till 4.30pm tomorrow (29 April). This blog contains a recap of today’s arguments, in…
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April 29, 2026 at 6:36 AM
My recap of yesterday’s Palestine Action appeal hearing, including questions and observations from the bench.
The Court of Appeal hearing for the Home Secretary's appeal against the finding that the proscription of Palestine Action was unlawful has been listed for 28 April.
March 19, 2026 at 1:28 PM
The Court of Appeal hearing for the Home Secretary's appeal against the finding that the proscription of Palestine Action was unlawful has been listed for 28 April.
Divisional Court grants Home Secretary’s app for permission to appeal and suspends its quashing of proscription of Palestine Action pending determination of the appeal.
Claimant’s app for permission to cross-appeal refused.
The proscription Order remains in force.
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Claimant’s app for permission to cross-appeal refused.
The proscription Order remains in force.
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February 25, 2026 at 9:55 PM
Divisional Court grants Home Secretary’s app for permission to appeal and suspends its quashing of proscription of Palestine Action pending determination of the appeal.
Claimant’s app for permission to cross-appeal refused.
The proscription Order remains in force.
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Claimant’s app for permission to cross-appeal refused.
The proscription Order remains in force.
www.judiciary.uk/judgments/hu...
High Court’s judgment finding the proscription of Palestine Action was an unjustified interference with rights to freedom of association and assembly under arts 10/11 ECHR, and inconsistent with the Home Secretary’s own policy.
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February 13, 2026 at 10:22 AM
High Court’s judgment finding the proscription of Palestine Action was an unjustified interference with rights to freedom of association and assembly under arts 10/11 ECHR, and inconsistent with the Home Secretary’s own policy.
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The High Court will hand down judgment tomorrow in the judicial review against the Home Secretary’s proscription of Palestine Action.
February 12, 2026 at 2:28 PM
The High Court will hand down judgment tomorrow in the judicial review against the Home Secretary’s proscription of Palestine Action.
Congratulations @alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social, massively well-deserved!
Doughty Street Chambers is immensely proud to announce that our leading immigration junior, Alasdair Mackenzie, has been appointed King’s Counsel following his success in the 2025 competition.
Read more: www.doughtystreet.co.uk/news/alasdai...
Read more: www.doughtystreet.co.uk/news/alasdai...
January 23, 2026 at 12:33 PM
Congratulations @alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social, massively well-deserved!
A highly sceptical Court of Appeal decision on the origins and consequences of the principle of jury equity and Saini J's decision in the Trudi Warner case.
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Rosemary Webster & Ors v The King -
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January 21, 2026 at 9:51 AM
A highly sceptical Court of Appeal decision on the origins and consequences of the principle of jury equity and Saini J's decision in the Trudi Warner case.
caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewca/crim/20...
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The High Court has set aside the Solicitors’ Disciplinary Tribunal’s determination against Ashley Hurst, relating to correspondence sent to Dan Needle for Nadhim Zahawi, for insufficient analysis/reasoning, legal misdirection, and unfairness.
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Ashley Hurst v Solicitors Regulation Authority -
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January 20, 2026 at 12:16 PM
The High Court has set aside the Solicitors’ Disciplinary Tribunal’s determination against Ashley Hurst, relating to correspondence sent to Dan Needle for Nadhim Zahawi, for insufficient analysis/reasoning, legal misdirection, and unfairness.
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Lord Reed has announced his intention to retire from the Supreme Court on 10 January 2027.
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Lord Reed announces his retirement from the UK Supreme Court - UK Supreme Court
Lord Reed of Allermuir to retire from the UK Supreme Court
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January 16, 2026 at 11:36 AM
Lord Reed has announced his intention to retire from the Supreme Court on 10 January 2027.
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The IPT has dismissed complaints made by two Guantanamo Bay detainees alleging public law illegality by UK security agencies in their ill-treatment by the US: www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/u...
The substantive findings/reasons for dismissing all substantive grounds are contained in a CLOSED judgment.
The substantive findings/reasons for dismissing all substantive grounds are contained in a CLOSED judgment.
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October 27, 2025 at 12:25 PM
The IPT has dismissed complaints made by two Guantanamo Bay detainees alleging public law illegality by UK security agencies in their ill-treatment by the US: www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/u...
The substantive findings/reasons for dismissing all substantive grounds are contained in a CLOSED judgment.
The substantive findings/reasons for dismissing all substantive grounds are contained in a CLOSED judgment.
Lord Sales, "The UK Supreme Court’s approach to customary international law" (Presentation to ECtHR Judges)
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October 18, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Lord Sales, "The UK Supreme Court’s approach to customary international law" (Presentation to ECtHR Judges)
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Good post from @finishedloading.bsky.social. An assertion by a public authority of compliance with unincorporated international law can't per se incorporate that law so as to give rise to enforceable + interpretable obligations in domestic law. To do otherwise might turn the clock back to 1688.
Gabriel Tan: R (Al-Haq) v Business and Trade Secretary: A Death Knell for Common Law Domestic Footholds for Unincorporated Treaties? ukconstitutionallaw.org/2025/07/07/g...
Gabriel Tan: R (Al-Haq) v Business and Trade Secretary: A Death Knell for Common Law Domestic Footholds for Unincorporated Treaties?
In September 2024, the Business and Trade Secretary (‘the Secretary of State’)suspended licences authorising the export of items that might be used in carrying out or facilitating Israeli military …
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July 7, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Good post from @finishedloading.bsky.social. An assertion by a public authority of compliance with unincorporated international law can't per se incorporate that law so as to give rise to enforceable + interpretable obligations in domestic law. To do otherwise might turn the clock back to 1688.
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There were back to back interim relief hearings (application + appeal) in the Palestine Action case yesterday. Here, @finishedloading.bsky.social breaks down the judgments of the EWHC and EWCA denying interim relief against proscription to Palestine Action.
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High Court and Court of Appeal refuse interim relief in Palestine Action proscription challenge
The High Court and Court of Appeal have refused interim relief in Palestine Action’s (“PA”) judicial review of the Home Secretary’s decision to proscribe the organisation, following hearings on 4 J…
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July 5, 2025 at 2:41 PM
There were back to back interim relief hearings (application + appeal) in the Palestine Action case yesterday. Here, @finishedloading.bsky.social breaks down the judgments of the EWHC and EWCA denying interim relief against proscription to Palestine Action.
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Two recent blogs from the @admincourtblog.bsky.social team on the VAT exemption case:
Part I on Pepper v Hart by @anuragdeb.bsky.social is here: administrativecourtblog.wordpress.com/2025/06/19/a...
Part II on the ECHR dimension by me is here: administrativecourtblog.wordpress.com/2025/06/23/a...
Part I on Pepper v Hart by @anuragdeb.bsky.social is here: administrativecourtblog.wordpress.com/2025/06/19/a...
Part II on the ECHR dimension by me is here: administrativecourtblog.wordpress.com/2025/06/23/a...
ALR and others: the human rights dimension
This is the second in a three-part analysis of R (ALR and others) v Chancellor of the Exchequer [2025] EWHC 1467 (Admin). In this post, I will look at the core human rights challenges in the judgme…
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June 23, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Two recent blogs from the @admincourtblog.bsky.social team on the VAT exemption case:
Part I on Pepper v Hart by @anuragdeb.bsky.social is here: administrativecourtblog.wordpress.com/2025/06/19/a...
Part II on the ECHR dimension by me is here: administrativecourtblog.wordpress.com/2025/06/23/a...
Part I on Pepper v Hart by @anuragdeb.bsky.social is here: administrativecourtblog.wordpress.com/2025/06/19/a...
Part II on the ECHR dimension by me is here: administrativecourtblog.wordpress.com/2025/06/23/a...
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I'm a fan of pepper in my food, but not Pepper in my case law*
Here, I use the private schools VAT JR to explain why.
*The slander of terrible jokes will not be tolerated.
Here, I use the private schools VAT JR to explain why.
*The slander of terrible jokes will not be tolerated.
ALR and others: parliamentary privilege and the haunting of Pepper administrativecourtblog.wordpress.com/2025/06/19/a...
ALR and others: parliamentary privilege and the haunting of Pepper
This is the first in a three-part analysis of R (ALR and others) v Chancellor of the Exchequer [2025] EWHC 1467 (Admin). In this post, I cover the constitutional aspects of the judgment, in particu…
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June 19, 2025 at 12:26 PM
I'm a fan of pepper in my food, but not Pepper in my case law*
Here, I use the private schools VAT JR to explain why.
*The slander of terrible jokes will not be tolerated.
Here, I use the private schools VAT JR to explain why.
*The slander of terrible jokes will not be tolerated.
CA has listed a hearing on 26 June for Liberty’s appeal against the HC’s refusal of permission to challenge the length of the EHRC’s Code of Practice consultation, 4 days before the consultation is to end.
@samuelwillis.bsky.social and I blogged below on the HC’s reasons for refusing permission.
@samuelwillis.bsky.social and I blogged below on the HC’s reasons for refusing permission.
June 14, 2025 at 11:52 AM
CA has listed a hearing on 26 June for Liberty’s appeal against the HC’s refusal of permission to challenge the length of the EHRC’s Code of Practice consultation, 4 days before the consultation is to end.
@samuelwillis.bsky.social and I blogged below on the HC’s reasons for refusing permission.
@samuelwillis.bsky.social and I blogged below on the HC’s reasons for refusing permission.
The AG is creating a new Senior Treasury Counsel (Civil) Group, which "sits alongside proposed changes to the role of First Treasury Counsel, principally by relaxing the current requirement that the postholder undertakes work exclusively for government."
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Apply to join the Attorney General’s Senior Treasury Counsel (Civil) Group
Applications to join the Attorney General’s Senior Treasury Counsel (Civil) Group are now open
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June 12, 2025 at 12:33 PM
The AG is creating a new Senior Treasury Counsel (Civil) Group, which "sits alongside proposed changes to the role of First Treasury Counsel, principally by relaxing the current requirement that the postholder undertakes work exclusively for government."
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It was a pleasure to reflect candidly on the role (both good and bad) social media use played in my pupillage application journey!
Anurag was one of the first legal SM contacts I interacted and then met with in person, so here’s a picture from our ALBA moot participation 3 years ago to reminisce!
Anurag was one of the first legal SM contacts I interacted and then met with in person, so here’s a picture from our ALBA moot participation 3 years ago to reminisce!
May 22, 2025 at 10:43 AM
It was a pleasure to reflect candidly on the role (both good and bad) social media use played in my pupillage application journey!
Anurag was one of the first legal SM contacts I interacted and then met with in person, so here’s a picture from our ALBA moot participation 3 years ago to reminisce!
Anurag was one of the first legal SM contacts I interacted and then met with in person, so here’s a picture from our ALBA moot participation 3 years ago to reminisce!
I am very pleased to have accepted an offer of traineeship at Matrix Chambers, commencing in October 2026.
I can't wait to get started working on the cutting-edge legal issues raised across Chambers' immense expertise in a range of practice areas.
I can't wait to get started working on the cutting-edge legal issues raised across Chambers' immense expertise in a range of practice areas.
May 14, 2025 at 6:45 AM
I am very pleased to have accepted an offer of traineeship at Matrix Chambers, commencing in October 2026.
I can't wait to get started working on the cutting-edge legal issues raised across Chambers' immense expertise in a range of practice areas.
I can't wait to get started working on the cutting-edge legal issues raised across Chambers' immense expertise in a range of practice areas.
Court of Appeal will hand down judgment in SSHD’s appeal against High Court’s judgment upholding Liberty’s serious disruption regulations judicial review this Friday.
April 30, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Court of Appeal will hand down judgment in SSHD’s appeal against High Court’s judgment upholding Liberty’s serious disruption regulations judicial review this Friday.
Singh LJ on D’s duty of candour in JR: “The Court should (in proper evidence, i.e. in a witness statement) be given a full, accurate and clear explanation of the decision-making process used by the public authority concerned and should not…
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April 16, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Singh LJ on D’s duty of candour in JR: “The Court should (in proper evidence, i.e. in a witness statement) be given a full, accurate and clear explanation of the decision-making process used by the public authority concerned and should not…
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The JCPC (Reed judgment) affirms that the duty of candour in JR applies at permission stage ([91]) and non-compliance with the duty ([93]) can be a factor in favour of granting permission.
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March 24, 2025 at 1:32 PM
The JCPC (Reed judgment) affirms that the duty of candour in JR applies at permission stage ([91]) and non-compliance with the duty ([93]) can be a factor in favour of granting permission.
caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukpc/2025/14
caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukpc/2025/14