Protesters lose bid to overturn abortion clinic buffer zone – BBC News
‘Protesters have lost their bid to remove a buffer zone around an abortion clinic in west London.’
BBC News, 2nd July 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: local government
Council ordered to pay £68k on account in costs over coroner burial policy case – Local Government Lawyer
‘The Divisional Court has ordered Camden Council to pay £68,000 in costs on account following the high-profile case where judges ruled that the Senior Coroner for Inner North London acted unlawfully in adopting a policy that resulted in Jewish and Muslim families facing delays in the burials of family members, contrary to their religious beliefs.’
Local Government Lawyer, 26th June 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
The ‘new Asbos’ issued without the burden of proof – BBC News
‘Prosecutions for breaking Community Protection Notices – sometimes known as the new Anti-Social Behaviour Orders (Asbos) – are on the rise in England and Wales. But there are concerns the powers are being used unfairly, with no need to prove the accusations being made.’
BBC News, 27th June 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Grayling to face legal action over Heathrow expansion plan – The Guardian
‘The transport secretary, Chris Grayling, is facing a fresh headache over Heathrow as a group of councils confirmed they were planning legal action against expansion, just hours after MPs voted overwhelmingly to back a third runway.’
The Guardian, 26th June 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
NHS trusts win legal challenge over contract award by council to Virgin Care – Local Government Lawyer
‘Two NHS foundation trusts have won a High Court challenge over Lancashire County Council’s decision to award a contract to Virgin Care for the provision of public health and nursing services to children and young people.’
Local Government Lawyer, June 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
FDAC unit closure threatens future of problem-solving courts – Law Society’s Gazette
‘Days after it emerged that a national board set up to improve the performance of the family justice system and chaired by government ministers had not met for 17 months, a national unit set up only three years ago to support a pioneering problem-solving court service for families is shutting down due to lack of government support.’
Law Society's Gazette, 21st June 2018
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Former mayor jailed for sex with girl aged 13 asked police: ‘Do you know who I am?’ – Daily Telegraph
‘A former town mayor has been jailed for nine years after a court heard he had sex with a 13-year-old girl and let her share a bed with him and his wife.’
Daily Telegraph, 18th June 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Appeal court restores public sector pensions investment guidance – OUT-LAW.com
‘The Court of Appeal has found in favour of the government in a legal challenge to its guidance preventing the local government pension scheme (LGPS) from pursuing boycotts as part of its investment strategy’
OUT-LAW.com, 15th June 2018
Source: www.out-law.com
Boycotts – Local Government Law
‘In R (Palestine Solidarity Campaign Ltd) v SoS for CLG (2018) EWCA Civ 1284 the Court of Appeal allowed the SoS’s appeal against a declaration at (2017) EWHC 1502 (Admin) that part of his statutory Guidance relating to the Investment Strategy of local authorities administering local government pension schemes was unlawful.’
Local Government Law, 7th June 2018
Source: local-government-law.11kbw.com
Late review decisions and homeless appeals – Nearly Legal
‘Muloko v Newham LBC, County Court at Central London 6 April 2018. This is from a note of the judgment in June 2018 Legal Action – Housing: Recent Developments. I usually wait a month or two on reporting cases from Legal Action, but I report it now as it has some considerable importance, at least in London, for decisions on what to do about late s.202 reviews.’
Nearly Legal, 13th June 2018
Source: nearlylegal.co.uk
Trafficked woman harassed when housed by council fails in damages claim – Local Government Lawyer
‘A judge has dismissed a claim brought by a woman trafficked into prostitution that a council was responsible for harassment that occurred when she was housed.’
Local Government Lawyer, 14th June 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Council to consider judicial review challenge over train timetable changes – Local Government Lawyer
‘St Albans City and District Council is to look at the possibility of a judicial review challenge over the introduction of a new timetable for the Thameslink train line.’
Local Government Lawyer, 12th June 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Jerome Jones v Birmingham City Council – Arden Chambers
‘The Court of Appeal has held that proceedings for a gang injunction under Part 4, Policing and Crime Act 2009 (the “2009 Act”) and an anti-social behaviour injunction under Part 1, Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 (the “2014 Act”) do not involve the determination of a criminal charge and therefore do not engage Articles 6(2) or 6(3) of the European Convention on Human Rights (“ECHR”). Nor does the requirement of a fair trial under Article 6(1) require the criminal standard of proof to be applied.’
Arden Chambers, 23rd May 2018
Source: www.ardenchambers.com
Damages for badly performed homeless duties? – Nearly Legal
‘Brief notes on a couple of cases, both, in different ways, approaching the issue of whether a homeless applicant can claim for damages arising from the bad performance of the local authority’s statutory duties.’
Nearly Legal, 11th June 2018
Source: nearlylegal.co.uk
Government wins appeal over LGPS and guidance on boycotts and divestment – Local Government Lawyer
‘The Court of Appeal has allowed an appeal by the government over a ruling that the Communities Secretary acted unlawfully when he issued statutory guidance on the investment strategy for the local government pension scheme (LGPS) that sought to prevent boycotts, divestment and sanctions against foreign nations and UK defence industries.’
Local Government Lawyer, 8th June 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Council rapped for delays while homeless family left in crowded conditions – Local Government Lawyer
‘The Local Government & Social Care Ombudsman (LGO) has criticised a London borough after an investigation found that a mother and her five children were accommodated in a damp and mouldy single bedroom.’
Local Government Lawyer, 8th June 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
High Court quashes planning permission for care home expansion: report – Local Government Lawyer
‘The High Court has quashed planning permission for a care home expansion granted by Bath and North East Somerset Council despite officers’ objections, it has been reported.’
Local Government Lawyer, 7th June 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Councils mull legal action over government direction to cut newspaper editions – Local Government Lawyer
‘Two London boroughs are considering whether to launch a judicial review challenge to directions by the government requiring them to only publish four issues of their newspapers a year, it has emerged.’
Local Government Lawyer, 4th June 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Judges uphold listing of field as asset of community value despite trespassing – Local Government Lawyer
‘An open space can be designated as an asset of community value even if its present use is one arising from trespass, the Court Of Appeal has said.’
Local Government Lawyer, 31st May 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Council criticised after care home banned daughter from visiting mother – Local Government Lawyer
‘A Liverpool care home should not have banned a daughter from visiting her mother without warning, the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has said.’
Local Government Lawyer, 31st May 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
