A district judge has ordered supermarket giant Morrisons to pay a £737k fine, following a prosecution brought by Torfaen County Borough Council. Newport Magistrates’ Court also ordered WM Morrisons Supermarkets to pay the council’s costs of £11,200 and a £2,000 victim surcharge. The local authority became aware of the conditions after a routine inspection by…
First Minister Rhun ap Iorwerth has appointed his Cabinet including the Cabinet Minister for Local Government, Housing and Planning and the Counsel General Designate. Siân Gwenllian has been named Cabinet Minister for Local Government, Housing and Planning, while Elfyn Llwyd is Counsel General Designate. Other appointments include Sioned Williams as Deputy First Minister and Cabinet…
The High Court has dismissed an application to commit an environmental protestor for contempt of court because he did not fall within the definition of “persons unknown”, it has been reported. Dale Vincent was a resident of Glyncoch, South Wales, who led protests at Craig yr Hesg quarry on numerous occasions in 2024 and 2025….
Cardiff City Council has been told by the Charity Commission that it must complete an independent review of a charity of which it is the sole trustee, which owns a local park. It also warned the council against causing reputational damage to the charity. Local campaigners have disputed plans to expand a school onto the…
Campaign groups opposing further expansion at Bristol Airport are seeking legal advice over proposals affecting registered common land at Felton Common. A partnership comprising Bristol Airport Action Network (BAAN) and Save Felton Common has launched a fundraising campaign to support legal and expert advice from Leigh Day Solicitors in relation to the airport’s latest expansion…
The High Court has refused to lift an automatic suspension under the Procurement Act 2023, in the first such case to be decided. Commenting on the outcome, Stephen Kosmin and Oliver Jackson of 11KBW, who acted for parking contractor Parkingeye against Velindre University NHS Trust and Cardiff & Vale University Health Board, said: “The judgment…
A campaign group has revealed the scale and range of Public Spaces Protection Orders (PSPOs) in force across England and Wales, finding that councils have introduced more than 1,200 such orders covering a wide variety of restrictions. Freedom of Information requests issued by the Campaign for Freedom in Everyday Life (CFEL) to 319 councils, of…
More than 4,500 claimants have joined a High Court action against poultry producers and Welsh Water over alleged river pollution in the Wye, Lugg and Usk. The legal claim is being brought against industrial chicken producer Avara Foods Limited and its subsidiary Freemans of Newent Limited, as well as the region’s sewerage operator, Welsh Water….
Oliver Dickie and Olivia Peake consider the judgment in R (The Greyhound Board of Great Britain Limited) v The Welsh Ministers [2026] EWHC 670 (Admin). In dismissing a judicial review of a decision by the Welsh Ministers to ban greyhound racing in Wales, the Administrative Court sitting in Cardiff has held that there is no common law duty to consult…
The High Court has allowed a judicial review claim brought by commercial providers of residential adult care homes in the area of Swansea, finding that the council did not comply with the National Framework for the Commissioning of Care and Support in Wales when setting a new rate for care home fees. In Heart of Wales Care Ltd…
