BYL and another -v- Chancellor of the Exchequer, and others
Neutral Citation Number: [2026] EWCA Civ 170
Appeal Nos: Appeal 1: CA-2025-001851
& Appeal 2:CA-2025-001686
Case Nos: Claim 1 (AC-2024-LON-004232) and Claim 3 (AC-2025-LON-000133)
In the Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
on appeal from the High Court of Justice
Divisional Court
Dame Victoria Sharp, President of the King’s Bench Division, Lord Justice Newey and Mr Justice Chamberlain
[2025] EWHC 1467 (Admin), [2026] 1 WLR 10
27 February 2026
Before:
Sir Geoffrey Vos, Master of the Rolls
Lord Justice Singh
Lady Justice Falk
Between:
Claim 1/Appeal 1: CA-2025-001851
THE KING on the application of
BYL (by their litigation friend BAU)
BAU
(Claimants/Appellants)
-and-
CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER
(Defendant/Respondent)
-and-
COMMISSIONERS OF HIS MAJESTY’S REVENUE AND CUSTOMS
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
(Interested Parties)
-and-
SECRETARY OF STATE FOR EDUCATION
(Intervener)
Claim 3/Appeal 2: CA-2025-001686
AND BETWEEN:
THE KING on the application of:
(1) EMMANUEL SCHOOL (DERBY) LIMITED T/A EMMANUEL SCHOOL
(2) DEWSBURY GOSPEL CHURCH T/A THE BRANCH CHRISTIAN SCHOOL
(3) HAMPSHIRE CHRISTIAN EDUCATION TRUST T/A THE KING’S SCHOOL
(4) WYCLIF INDEPENDENT CHRISTIAN EDUCATION ASSOCIATION LIMITED T/A WYCLIF INDEPENDENT CHRISTIAN SCHOOL
(5) YVONNE OWUSU-ANSAH
(6) STEPHEN JOHN WHITE
(7) JOSIAH WHITE (a child, by his litigation friend STEPHEN JOHN WHITE)
(8) AHD
(9) ANF (a child, by their litigation friend AHD)
(10) AWM
(11) ASK (a child, by their litigation friend AWM)
(Claimants/Appellants)
-and-
CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER
(Defendant/Respondent)
-and-
COMMISSIONERS OF HIS MAJESTY’S REVENUE AND CUSTOMS
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
(Interested Parties)
-and-
SECRETARY OF STATE FOR EDUCATION
Intervener