‘A High Court judge has refused to grant permission for a judicial review challenge to the grant of planning permission for a major regeneration project over its impact on bats.’
Local Government Lawyer, 25th September 2015
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The partner of a cyclist killed by a drink-driver is being prosecuted after her son missed a number of days at school following the death.’
BBC News, 28th September 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Claimant in R (on the application of Brooks) v LB Islington [2015] EWHC 2657 (Admin) was the mother of 3 children, who applied to the local authority as homeless following her eviction from a housing association property for rent arrears on 24/3/2015. Sadly, Ms B’s adult, terminally ill, son died two days after the offer of interim accommodation that was the subject of this judicial review.’
Nearly Legal, 27th September 2015
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
‘The Court of Justice of the European Union will in the next fortnight hand down a crucial ruling on local authorities’ ability to charge for access to property search information, it has been reported.’
Local Government Lawyer, 23rd September 2015
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A judge has ordered a London council to pay £20,000 in damages for breaching the claimant parents’ human rights when it unlawfully continued to keep their eight children in foster care.’
Local Government Lawyer, 24th September 2015
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Rogue landlords should face harsher consequences, including jail terms, to deter them from taking advantage of “vulnerable” renters, national bodies have said.’
The Independent, 19th September 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A husband and wife have won £10,000 each in damages from a local authority that wrongly kept their eight children in foster care. A deputy high court judge Sir Robert Francis said that if ever there was a case illustrating the challenges that faced children, parents, public authorities and the courts when concerns were raised about the safety and welfare of children, it was this one.’
The Guardian, 17th September 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A local authority has been ordered to pay more than £200,000 after a man died when his car drove into a horizontal swing barrier gate to a car park at a sports ground.’
Local Government Lawyer, 14th September 2015
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Firoozmand v Lambeth London Borough Council: [2015] EWCA Civ 952; [2015] WLR (D) 374
‘A local authority offering accommodation to a homeless applicant who complained about its condition was not under a duty whenever such a complaint was made to carry out a hazard inspection and assessment before making its decision as to suitability of the accommodation offered.’
WLR Daily, 3rd September 2015
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
‘When do local authorities have to conduct Housing Act 2004 hazard assessments as part of their homelessness duties?’
Nearly Legal, 9th September 2015
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
The High Court will in December hold an expedited hearing of a dispute between Cornwall Council and BT over whether the local authority was entitled to terminate a major contract for material breach.
Local Government Lawyer, 2nd September 2015
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘About a quarter of a million vulnerable people are not receiving the support of an “appropriate adult” while in police custody, a report has suggested.’
BBC News, 26th August 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A fraction of the hundreds of victims of child sexual exploitation in Rotherham have sought help, according to a lawyer for some of the survivors.’
BBC News, 24th August 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Notwithstanding that concerns might be expressed in many parts of Europe about the law and practice in England and Wales in relation to non-consensual adoption where care proceedings involving foreign nationals were in contemplation, domestic law was not incompatible with the United Kingdom’s international obligations or, specifically, its obligations under the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.’
WLR Daily, 6th August 2015
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
‘The Government’s decision, announced by way of written ministerial statement and effected by amending National Planning Practice Guidance, to make alterations to the national policy for the provision of affordable housing, was unlawful.’
WLR Daily, 3rd July 2015
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
‘A planning condition allowing the height of a new wind turbine to be increased with the approval of the local authority must be “severed” from the otherwise lawful planning permission, the High Court has ruled.’
OUT-LAW.com, 19th August 2015
Source: www.out-law.com
‘A High Court judge has rejected a judicial review challenge to Croydon Council’s decision to introduce a selective licensing scheme for the whole borough.’
Local Government Lawyer, 17th August 2015
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A planning inspector was wrong to stop a UK company from expanding its premises into the green belt, the High Court in the UK has said.’
OUT-LAW.com, 11th August 2015
Source: www.out-law.com
‘A London borough’s revised housing allocations policy was unlawful, a High Court judge has ruled following a judicial review challenge by a victim of domestic violence to the application of a five-year residency requirement.’
Local Govenment Lawyer, 10th August 2015
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Leah Pitt, pupil barrister, 2 King’s Bench Walk, considers the latest developments in the use of agreements under section 20 of the Children Act 1989.’
Family Law Week, 13th August 2015
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
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