Student who can’t stay awake takes watchdog to court – The Independent

Posted February 22nd, 2011 in disability discrimination, judicial review, news, universities by sally

“A student who suffers from the chronic sleep disorder narcolepsy is to have her case heard by the Court of Appeal in London on Thursday, following a six-year battle against what she perceives to be disability discrimination by her university.”

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The Independent, 22nd February 2011

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Q&A: Building Schools for the Future court case – The Guardian

Posted February 16th, 2011 in budgets, education, judicial review, news by sally

“Details of the judicial review into the government’s scrapping of the school building programme.”

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The Guardian, 11th February 2011

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Gove loses court battle over cancelled school building projects – The Guardian

Posted February 14th, 2011 in budgets, education, judicial review, news by sally

“A high court judge has ordered the education secretary, Michael Gove, to reconsider his decision to cancel scores of multimillion-pound school rebuilding projects.”

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The Guardian, 11th February 2011

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Councils defeat government over school buildings – BBC News

Posted February 11th, 2011 in education, judicial review, local government, news by sally

“The government has been defeated in the High Court over the way it scrapped part of England’s school building programme.”

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BBC News, 11th February 2011

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Court rejects fluoride challenge – The Independent

Posted February 11th, 2011 in health, judicial review, local government, news, water by sally

“A local health authority’s plans for the fluoridation of a city’s tap water was not unlawful, the High Court ruled today.”

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The Independent, 11th February 2011

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People get power to take CCTV abusers to court – Daily Telegraph

“Any member of the public will be able to refer a local authority for judicial review if they can argue their cameras were set up or are being used inappropriately.”

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Daily Telegraph, 10th February 2011

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R (Cala Homes (South) Ltd) (No 2) v Secretary Of State for Communities and Local Government – WLR Daily

Posted February 9th, 2011 in judicial review, law reports, planning, regional strategies by sally

R (Cala Homes (South) Ltd) (No 2) v Secretary Of State for Communities and Local Government [2011] EWHC 97 (Admin); [2011] WLR (D) 39

“A stated intention by the Government to abolish regional strategies and to promote legislation for that purpose was capable in law of constituting, for the purposes of section 70(2) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, a ‘material consideration’ to which planning authorities could have taken regard in making determinations of applications for planning permission. The Secretary of State’s announced intention to abolish regional strategies did not compromise the duty of local planning authorities under section 19 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 (as amended) to have regard to regional strategies when preparing a development plan or any other local development document.”

WLR Daily, 8th February 2011

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Regina (Z) v Croydon London Borough Council – WLR Daily

Posted February 3rd, 2011 in asylum, children, judicial review, law reports by sally

Regina (Z) v Croydon London Borough Council [2011] EWCA Civ 59; [2011] WLR (D) 29

“Where a court was considering whether to grant permission to proceed with a claim for judicial review of a local authority’s decision in an age assessment case the court should ask whether the material before it raised a factual case which, taken at its highest, could not properly succeed in a contested factual hearing. If so, permission should be refused. If not, permission should normally be granted, subject to other discretionary factors, such as delay. It was axiomatic that an unaccompanied asylum seeker who claimed to be a child should be given, where an assessment of his age was being conducted by a local authority, a fair and proper opportunity, at a stage when a possible adverse decision was no more than provisional, to deal with important points adverse to his age case which weighed against him.”

WLR Daily, 2nd February 2011

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Residents lose ‘fight the flights’ court battle – The Independent

Posted January 20th, 2011 in airports, environmental protection, judicial review, local government, news, noise by sally

“Local residents have lost their High Court battle to block an ‘extremely large’ increase in the number of flights proposed for London City Airport.”

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The Independent, 20th January 2011

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Yarl’s Wood mother jailed without charge for a year to ‘silence’ her – The Guardian

Posted January 17th, 2011 in detention, immigration, judicial review, news by sally

“A woman who went on hunger strike in protest at her detention in the Yarl’s Wood immigration removal centre claims she has been silenced by the state after being held in a prison without charge for almost a year.”

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The Guardian, 16th January 2011

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Law firms win judicial review case against LSC – The Lawyer

Posted December 20th, 2010 in disability discrimination, judicial review, legal aid, news, tenders by sally

“Two law firms, Public Interest Lawyers and RMNJ, have successfully fought a judicial review case against the Legal Services Commission (LSC).”

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The Lawyer, 20th December 2010

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Conan Doyle supporters take Undershaw fight to court – BBC News

Posted December 17th, 2010 in judicial review, news, planning by sally

“Opponents of plans to convert Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s former Surrey home into flats are taking their fight to the High Court.”

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BBC News, 16th December 2010

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Pembrokeshire care homes fees row in judicial review – BBC News

Posted December 14th, 2010 in care homes, judicial review, local government, news by sally

“The money Pembrokeshire council pays care homes to look after residents will be challenged in the High Court later.”

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BBC News, 14th December 2010

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Regina (Woolas) v Parliamentary Election Court and others – WLR Daily

Posted December 9th, 2010 in elections, judicial review, law reports, parliament by sally

Regina (Woolas) v Parliamentary Election Court and others [2010] EWHC 3169 (Admin); [2010] WLR (D) 217

“The relationship of a parliamentary election court to the High Court was such that it was to be regarded as an inferior tribunal so that its actions could be the subject of judicial review; and the jurisdiction in judicial review of an election court was not confined to an excess of jurisdiction in the narrow sense but extended to correcting errors in its application of the law.”

WLR Daily, 8th December 2010

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R (Moore) v Skipton Fund Ltd – WLR Daily

Posted December 3rd, 2010 in blood products, compensation, judicial review, law reports, time limits by sally

R (Moore) v Skipton Fund Ltd [2010] EWHC 3070 (Admin); [2010] WLR (D) 308

“For the purposes of a claim for an ex gratia payment from public funds, there was nothing irrational or unfair in requiring certain people infected with hepatitis C through treatment with NHS blood or blood products prior to September 1991, to show that spontaneous clearance of the virus after a period of six months had occurred.”

WLR Daily, 2nd December 2010

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Judgement reserved in Phil Woolas election case – BBC News

Posted November 18th, 2010 in disciplinary procedures, elections, judicial review, news by sally

“Three High Court judges considering former Labour MP Phil Woolas’s bid to overturn his ban from politics have reserved judgement.”

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BBC News, 17th November 2010

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Phil Woolas challenging ban from politics – BBC News

Posted November 16th, 2010 in appeals, disciplinary procedures, elections, judicial review, news by sally

“Former Labour immigration minister Phil Woolas will begin a legal bid to overturn a ruling that he should be banned from politics for three years.”

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BBC News, 16th November 2010

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Greenpeace makes legal bid to stop UK offshore drilling – The Independent

Posted November 12th, 2010 in environmental protection, judicial review, offshore installations by sally

“Greenpeace has launched legal action in a bid to stop UK offshore drilling in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon disaster. The environmental group announced today that its lawyers have filed a claim at the Royal Courts of Justice in London.”

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The Independent, 12th November 2010

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R (Cala Homes (South) Ltd) v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government – WLR daily

Posted November 12th, 2010 in housing, judicial review, law reports, planning, regional strategies by sally

R (Cala Homes (South) Ltd) v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government [2010] EWHC 2866 (Admin); [2010] WLR (D) 287

“The Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government was not entitled to use the discretionary power to revoke regional strategies contained in s 79(6) of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 to effect the practical abrogation of the regional strategies as a complete tier of planning policy guidance.”

WLR Daily, 11th November 2010

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‘Big society’ decision to scrap regional housing targets ruled unlawful – The Guardian

Posted November 11th, 2010 in housing, judicial review, news, planning by sally

“A decision by the communities secretary, Eric Pickles, to scrap regional housing targets in pursuit of the government’s ‘big society’ initiative was ruled unlawful by the high court today.”

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The Guardian, 10th November 2010

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