Law Pod UK: Best Cases of 2025
23 December 2025
Join me and co-presenter and barrister Lucy McCann with public law specialist Jonathan Metzer as we take you on a journey over most significant cases that have been decided over the course of the year. This is Episode 232. Below are the citations of all the cases referred to in our discussion:
IA and others v Secretary of State for the Home Department EWCA Civ 1516
R (Al‑Haq) v Secretary of State for Business and Trade EWHC 173 (Admin); R (Al‑Haq) v Secretary of State for Business and Trade EWCA Civ 1433
R (Ammori) v Secretary of State for the Home Department EWHC 1920 (Admin).
Epping Forest District Council v Somani Hotels Ltd EWHC 2183 (KB); Somani Hotels Ltd v Epping Forest District Council & Anor EWCA Civ 113
TG and others v Secretary of State for the Home Department EWHC 596 (Admin)
Getty Images (US), Inc and others v Stability AI Ltd EWHC 2863 (Ch)
R (Bhupinder Iffat Rizvi) v HM Assistant Coroner for South London [2025] EWHC 3014 (Admin)
Georgia Barter: Prevention of Future Deaths Report (Ref: 2025‑0491), Dr Shirley Radcliffe, East London Coroner’s Court, 2 October 2025
PMC (a child by his mother and litigation friend FLR) v A Local Health Board EWCA Civ 1126



