‘What, if any, duty is owed by a local authority to children to protect them from abuse and harassment by neighbours? This court of appeal decision suggests none in negligence.’
Nearly Legal, 7th January 2018
Source: nearlylegal.co.uk
‘The Leader of the Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead has written to the Police and Crime Commissioner for the Thames Valley calling for the use of The Vagrancy Act 1824 or the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 in tackling anti-social behaviour including aggressive begging and intimidation ahead of the Royal Wedding in May this year.’
Local Government Lawyer, 5th January 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The Information Commissioner last month upheld a decision by a London borough to refuse to supply a copy of a legal opinion obtained by the council relating to an application to grant a certificate of lawfulness for a property.’
Local Government Lawyer, 5th January 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Revised Guidance has been published on 24 December 2017. The Home Office website states:
New guidance on the use of anti-social behaviour powers will help police and councils continue to take appropriate action against nuisance behaviours while ensuring the most vulnerable, including the homeless, are not disproportionately targeted.’
UK Police Law Blog, 27th December 2017
Source: ukpolicelawblog.com
‘A very interesting (and perhaps surprising) Upper Tribunal 3 judge decision on the issue of ‘what is a bedroom’ for the purposes of Housing Benefit Reg 13 – the bedroom tax.’
Nearly Legal, 31st December 2017
Source: nearlylegal.co.uk
‘Landlords renting properties in England occupied by five or more people, from two or more separate households, will need to hold a house of multiple occupation (HMO) licence from April 2018, Housing Minister Alok Sharma has announced.’
Local Government Lawyer, 2nd January 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Rosalind English talks to Charlotte Gilmartin about the implications of a recent High Court ruling overturning Hackney council’s decision to allow permission to demolish part of a historic canal side building.’
Law Pod UK, 21st December 2017
Source: audioboom.com
‘The Supreme Court has just confirmed that this local authority should have given reasons if it wished to grant permission against the advice of its own planning officers for a controversial development to the west of Dover. ‘
UK Human Rights Blog, 20th December 2017
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘A plan to ban swearing in a town centre has been scrapped after police said it was “unenforceable”.’
BBC News, 19th December 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman found fault in 70% of complaints about homelessness it investigated in detail in 2016/17.’
Local Government Lawyer, 15th December 2017
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The First Tier Tribunal made a legal error in a case concerning which school a child with special needs should attend, but not one so serious that it required its decision to be set aside, an Upper Tribunal judge has ruled.’
Local Government Lawyer, 13th December 2017
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has criticised Essex County Council for failing to provide suitable education to a boy with special educational needs (SEN) for two terms after he stopped attending his special school.’
Local Government Lawyer, December 2017
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Vital services for vulnerable women have been cut across the country, but new metro authorities could be a chance to make radical improvements.’
The Guardian, 12th December 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A planning company, and its representative, have been fined for wilfully obstructing officers from Brentwood Borough Council in the course of their work, the local authority has revealed.’
Local Government Lawyer, 11th December 2017
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A Local Government Ombudsman Report on the actions of Maidstone Borough Council towards a homeless household makes for depressing reading. Both for the actions (and inactions) of the Council and for what it lays bare about the attitude to the homeless.’
Nearly Legal, 10th December 2017
Source: nearlylegal.co.uk
‘Britain’s human rights watchdog is to launch an inquiry into the Grenfell Tower fire that will examine whether the government and the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea failed in their duties to protect life and provide safe housing.’
The Guardian, 9th December 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The children’s services departments of more than 30 councils in England are in special measures, an Observer analysis has revealed.’
The Guardian, 10th December 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Court of Appeal decision in Re M (A Child) (2017) has confirmed that for the purpose of conducting an assessment under the Adoption and Children Act 2002 s.42(7), a local authority are not confined to the period after the adoption application has been made; it can include periods before the application. The decision emphasises that section 42(7) should not be construed in narrow terms but it should be given a wider, purposeful interpretation.’
Park Square Barristers, 6th December 2017
Source: www.parksquarebarristers.co.uk
‘In Dover District Council v CPRE Kent [2017] UKSC 79 the Supreme Court reviewed various statutory rules relating to the provision of reasons for planning decisions, observing that these rules are to be found in subordinate legislation and that it is hard to detect a coherent approach to their development. The three main categories of planning decision are: (i) decisions of Secretaries of State and inspectors, (ii) decisions by local planning authorities in connection with planning permission, and (iii) decisions, at any level, on applications for EIA development.’
Local Government Law, 6th December 2017
Source: local-government-law.11kbw.com
‘The Supreme Court has unanimously rejected a council’s appeal over the quashing of the grant of planning permission for a controversial residential development in an area of outstanding natural beauty.’
Local Government Lawyer, 6th December 2017
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
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