‘Islington Council has been ordered to pay costs after the dismissal of possession proceedings it brought against a tenant that the council did not consider was in a homosexual relationship with the former tenant, who had passed away.’
Local Government Lawyer, 11th April 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A woman with a heightened sensitivity or hypersensitivity to noise and to smell has lost a judicial review in the High Court after Mr Justice Murray decided there was nothing more the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea (RBKC) could reasonably have done to relieve the situation.’
Local Government Lawyer, 10th April 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A formal move to dissolve the funeral firm at the centre of a police inquiry could not proceed in court.’
BBC News, 9th April 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘West Lindsey District Council has withdrawn its enforcement notice at RAF Scampton in light of a Special Development Order (SDO) that has put an end to planning enforcement action relating to the site.’
Local Government Lawyer, 8th April 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A claimant has won a judicial review challenge in the High Court over Westminster City Council’s decision to refuse to agree to her request for a “reciprocal transfer” into accommodation in its area.’
Local Government Lawyer, 9th April 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The Court of Appeal has allowed an appeal by Cambridge City Council over whether it was justified in offering the claimant/respondent accommodation with one bedroom despite him wanting a home large enough for his children to stay overnight when visiting.’
Local Government Lawyer, 9th April 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Clare Middleton analyses a Court of Protection judgment concerning an important decision taken at a procedural hearing.’
Local Government Lawyer, 5th April 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Leon Glenister analyses a recent judicial review on “extended” appeals in special educational needs.’
Local Government Lawyer, 5th April 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A recent decision of Fordham J highlights some useful practice points about settling judicial review cases, writes Charlotte Tosti.’
Local Government Lawyer, 5th April 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The Court of Appeal has set aside a care order made in respect of a nine-month-old baby, after concluding the judge made an order which was “not open to her in law”.’
Local Government Lawyer, 2nd April 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The President of the Family Division has determined the issue of whether or not the commissioning parents of a child born through a surrogacy arrangement in the USA, who had already adopted their child in that country, were nevertheless entitled to have a parental order granted in their favour in England and Wales.’
Local Government Lawyer, 2nd April 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A taxi driver who admitted showing a female passenger a weblink to an explicit website has lost an appeal to drive an East Cambridgeshire District Council licensed taxi or private hire vehicle.’
Local Government Lawyer, 2nd April 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘At what point does a site cease to be “available” for the purposes of the sequential test? This was the question considered in a recent case, writes Katie Scuoler.’
Local Government Lawyer, 28th March 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Louis Sebastian and Rebecca Rees look at the Government’s plans to relax s17 of the Local Government Act 1988, which prohibits consideration of a wide range of “non-commercial matters” in procurement processes.’
Local Government Lawyer, 28th March 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The High Court has rejected a judicial review challenge brought on behalf of a 12-year-old boy with special educational needs to one of the 22 consultation questions contained in the SEND Review, the Government’s consultation Green Paper.’
Local Government Lawyer, 26th March 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Michele Vas analyses the recent Galloway v Durham County Council case which was principally concerned with the issue of whether the planning permission approved a solar farm with a capacity of 50MW or more.’
Local Government Lawyer, 22nd March 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Charles Holland examines a recent ruling where conditions restricting the ability to cross-border subcontract were quashed on appeal.’
Local Government Lawyer, 22nd March 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The High Court has quashed the planning permission and a non-material amendment, for a solar farm at Burnhope, County Durham.’
39 Essex Chambers, 26th February 2024
Source: www.39essex.com
‘A High Court judge has quashed a council’s decision in relation to the needs of a teenage boy, after it failed to assess “all relevant considerations” having departed from recommendations by the SEND tribunal.’
Local Government Lawyer, 20th March 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘This article sets out how the new mandatory Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) requirements are to function, but also the missed opportunities that remain present in the legislation. Three points will be made: that the 10% BNG minimum is poor, that the scheme allows for the undoing of increased biodiversity and that there is potential for developers to bypass the hierarchy.’
Francis Taylor Building, 29th February 2024
Source: www.ftbchambers.co.uk
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