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Cannabis user who tortured 93-year-old jailed for murder

Samuel Field, 40, has been jailed for the murder of an elderly man years after attacking two children.

Evening Standard · May 29

Council’s bid to block asylum seekers being housed in Bell Hotel to be heard

Epping Forest District Council is taking legal action against Somani Hotels, which owns the Bell Hotel in Epping, and the Home Office.

Evening Standard · Oct 14, 2025

Home Office loses bid to delay trial of Epping asylum seeker hotel use claim

The Home Office said that Epping Forest District Council’s legal claim against Somani Hotels should be delayed by six weeks.

Evening Standard · Sep 4, 2025

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Epping hotel asylum case: what has the court of appeal decided and why?

Temporary injunction has been set aside but council’s challenge will still proceed to a trial

The Guardian - UK · Aug 29, 2025

Starmer warned he must shut migrant hotels or face losing Labour voters to Reform

Labour grandee Lord Falconer tells PM to take action over migrant crisis after government won Court of Appeal challenge over Epping hotel

The Independent UK · Aug 29, 2025

Ministers face backlash after Epping asylum hotel injunction overturned

Tory leader Kemi Badenoch said that Sir Keir Starmer ‘puts the rights of illegal immigrants above the rights of British people’.

Evening Standard · Aug 29, 2025

Epping asylum seeker hotel injunction overturned at Court of Appeal

Somani Hotels, which owns the Bell Hotel in Epping, challenged a temporary injunction at the Court of Appeal.

Evening Standard · Aug 29, 2025

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Home Office wins appeal to house asylum seekers at protest-plagued hotel

THE Home Office has won an appeal to overturn a temporary ban on housing asylum seekers at a hotel which has been plagued with far-right protests.

The National (Scotland) · Aug 29, 2025

Epping hotel protest leads to arrests after asylum ruling overturned

The local council has said it is ‘ruling nothing out’ following the Court of Appeal decision

Evening Standard · Aug 29, 2025

Minister: Disorderly discharge from asylum hotels could put migrants on streets

Somani Hotels – which owns the Bell Hotel in Epping – and the Home Office are seeking to challenge a High Court ruling.

Evening Standard · Aug 29, 2025

Police confront protesters outside Epping migrant hotel as judges to rule on injunction appeal

Dozens of demonstrators marched on The Bell Hotel on Thursday evening as police formed a line outside the building

Evening Standard · Aug 29, 2025

Court of Appeal to rule on Epping asylum seeker injunction challenge

Somani Hotels, which owns the Bell Hotel in Epping, and the Home Office are seeking to challenge a High Court ruling.

Evening Standard · Aug 28, 2025

Asylum ban at Essex hotel may incite future demonstrations, court hears

Home Office and the Bell hotel owners are challenging Epping Forest council’s injunction to stop 138 asylum seekers being housed

The Guardian - UK · Aug 28, 2025

Court of Appeal to rule on Epping asylum seeker injunction challenge on Friday

Lord Justice Bean, Lady Justice Nicola Davies and Lord Justice Cobb are due to hand down their ruling at 2pm on Friday.

Evening Standard · Aug 28, 2025

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Evening Standard · Aug 28, 2025

Epping asylum seeker injunction could spark more protests, Court of Appeal told

The Home Office and Somani Hotels is asking the Court of Appeal to overturn a temporary block on asylum seekers being housed at the Bell Hotel.

Evening Standard · Aug 28, 2025

Home Office argues Essex migrant hotel protests driven by 'wider grievances' in court fight

The Government and Somani Hotels, which owns the Bell Hotel in Epping, are seeking to challenge a High Court ruling that will stop more than 100 people from being housed there

The Independent UK · Aug 28, 2025

Home Office appeals against injunction that closed asylum hotel as it could spark further protests

Home Office claims ban on Essex asylum hotel could have a ‘serious impact’ on the UK’s ability to house migrants

Evening Standard · Aug 28, 2025

Epping asylum seeker injunction ‘risks setting precedent’, Court of Appeal told

The Home Office and Somani Hotels, which owns the Bell Hotel in Epping, are seeking to challenge the injunction granted last week.

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Evening Standard · Aug 27, 2025

Home Office bid to appeal against Epping asylum seeker hotel ruling to be heard

The Home Office and Somani Hotels are seeking to challenge an injunction stopping asylum seekers from being housed at the Bell Hotel in Epping.

The Independent UK · Aug 27, 2025

Home Office appeal against Epping asylum hotel ruling to be heard

The Home Office and Somani Hotels are seeking to challenge an injunction stopping asylum seekers from being housed at the Bell Hotel in Epping

The Independent UK · Aug 26, 2025

Essex hotel owner to challenge court ruling banning asylum seekers

The hotel has become a focal point for protests and counter-protests concerning migration

Evening Standard · Aug 26, 2025

Hotel owner’s bid to appeal against asylum seeker ruling to be heard on Thursday

Somani Hotels Limited, which owns the Bell Hotel in Epping, is seeking to challenge a High Court ruling.

Evening Standard · Aug 22, 2025

Closing asylum hotels must be orderly, Cooper says amid Government legal bid

The Government will seek to appeal against the High Court’s refusal to allow it to intervene in the case, and then further appeal against the ruling.

The Guardian - UK · Aug 20, 2025

The Guardian view on the Epping hotel ruling: asylum seekers must not be treated as pariahs in a Faragian Britain

Editorial: The high court decision to block the housing of migrants in an Epping hotel heralds a dangerous new phase in a radicalised debate

The National (Scotland) · Aug 19, 2025

Nigel Farage claims court ruling removing asylum seekers from hotel as 'victory'

NIGEL Farage has claimed a court decision allowing an English council to remove asylum seekers from a hotel as a “victory”.

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