Here is a list of our leading cases. You can access the final judgment by using the attached internet links.
European Court of Human Rights
Ali v UK
http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-158031#{“itemid”:[“001-158031”]}
Buckland v UK
www.hudoc.echr.coe.int/sites/eng/pages/search.aspx?i=001-113129#{“itemid”:[“001-113129”]}.html
Supreme Court
Ali & Tomlinson v Birmingham City Council
www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKSC/2010/8.html
Samuels v Birmingham City Council
www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKSC/2019/28.html
SSEFRA v Meier
www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKSC/2009/11.html
House of Lords
Birmingham CC v Ali, Aweys & ors
www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKHL/2009/36.html
Doherty v Birmingham City Council
www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKHL/2008/57.html
South Bucks District Council v Porter and another
www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKHL/2003/26.html
South Bucks District Council and another v Porter (No 2)
www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKHL/2004/33.html
Court of Appeal
Brown v South Cambridgeshire DC
www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2008/1010.html
Chichester DC v First Secretary of State & Doe
www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2004/1248.html
Codona v Mid-Bedfordshire DC
www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2004/925.html
Delaney v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government & Basildon Borough Council
www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2013/585.html
Drury v SSEFRA
www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2004/200.html
Green v Canterbury BC and Jones
www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2010/64.html
Hussein v Birmingham City Council
www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2005/1570.html
Jones v Birmingham City Council
www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2011/355.html
Jones v Canal & River Trust
https://www.communitylawpartnership.co.uk/gypsy-and-traveller-cases/boat-cases/jones-v-canal-river-trust
London Borough of Bromley v Persons Unknown
www.bailii.org/cgi-bin/format.cgi?doc=/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2020/12.html&query=(london)+AND+(borough)+AND+(of)+AND+(bromley)+AND+(v)+AND+(persons)+AND+(unknown)
Makisi and others v Birmingham City Council
www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2011/355.html
Moore v SSCLG & London Borough of Bromley
www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2013/1194.html
O’Donnell & Corcoran v LB Brent
www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2010/774.html
Omar v Birmingham CC
www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2007/610.html
R (Butler) v Bath & North East Somerset DC
www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2003/1614.html
R (Wilson) v Wychavon DC
www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2007/52.html
Samuels v Birmingham City Counil
http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2015/1051.html
Shala v Birmingham C
www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2007/624.html
Smith v Buckland
www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2007/1318.html
Smith v The Land Registry
www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2010/200.html
Lisa Smith v Secretary of State for Levelling up, Housing and Communities
https://www.no5.com/media/2884/smith-judgment-31-october-2022.pdf
South Somerset DC v Hughes
www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2009/1245.html
Stephenson v Birmingham City Council
BCC v Stephenson
Wrexham CBC v National Assembly for Wales & Berry
www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2003/835.html
High Court
Canterbury City Council v Persons Unknown and Friends, Families and Travellers
https://www.bailii.org/cgi-bin/format.cgi?doc=/ew/cases/EWHC/QB/2020/3153.html&query=(london)+AND+(borough)+AND+(of)+AND+(enfield)+AND+(v)+AND+(persons)+AND+(unknown)
DMBC v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and AB
Doncaster v SSCLG and AB 2016
London Borough of Barking & Dagenham & Others v Persons Unknown & Others
https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/QB/2021/1201.html
London Borough of Enfield v Persons Unknown & Others
https://www.bailii.org/cgi-bin/format.cgi?doc=/ew/cases/EWHC/QB/2020/2717.html&query=(london)+AND+(borough)+AND+(of)+AND+(enfield)+AND+(v)+AND+(persons)+AND+(unknown)
Moore & Coates v SSCLG & Others
www.judiciary.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/moore-and-coates-v-ssclg.pdf
Kelly and others v Birmingham City Council
http://www.bailii.org/cgi-bin/markup.cgi?doc=/ew/cases/EWHC/Admin/2009/3240.html&query=Kelly+and+v+and+Birmingham+and+City+and+Council&method=boolean
R (Aweys and others) v Birmingham City Council
http://lexisweb.co.uk/cases/2007/january/r-on-the-application-of-aweys-v-birmingham-city-council-and-other-applications
R (Elkundi & Others) v Birmingham City Council
https://www.bailii.org/cgi-bin/format.cgi?doc=/ew/cases/EWHC/Admin/2021/1024.html&query=(elkundi)+AND+(v)+AND+(birmingham)
R (Khazai and others) v Birmingham City Council
www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Admin/2010/2576.html
R (Nur & Abdulahi) v Birmingham City Council
https://www.bailii.org/cgi-bin/format.cgi?doc=/ew/cases/EWHC/Admin/2020/3526.html&query=(nur)+AND+(v)+AND+(birmingham)+AND+(city)+AND+(council)
R (on the application of Price) v Carmarthenshire County Council
http://lexisweb.co.uk/cases/2003/january/r-on-the-application-of-price-v-carmarthenshire-county-council
Smith v Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government & Others
https://www.communitylawpartnership.co.uk/news/definition-of-gypsy-and-traveller
Turner v Chief Land Registrar
www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Ch/2013/1382.html
County Court
Midland Heart Limited v Makkedah Idawah
http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/Misc/2014/B48.html
Birmingham City Council v Mr C and Mrs Mondhlani
http://www.bailii.org/cgi-bin/markup.cgi?doc=/ew/cases/Misc/2015/B41.html