‘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
‘Powers to issue £100 on-the-spot fines are to be handed to council officers enforcing a landmark law banning future generations from smoking, which Rishi Sunak has hailed as a chance to “save thousands of lives and billions of pounds”.’
The Guardian, 20th March 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The police and crime commissioner for the West Midlands has won a high court challenge against government plans to transfer his powers to the region’s mayor.’
The Guardian, 18th March 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘AB & Anor, R (On the Application Of) v Westminster City Council (2024) EWHC 266 (Admin). This was a judicial review of both the suitability of accommodation provided to a homeless couple, and also of Westminster’s policy of sourcing temporary accommodation, which was claimed to indirectly discriminate against disabled people.’
Nearly Legal, 17th March 2024
Source: nearlylegal.co.uk
‘Condition precedents are common in various commercial agreements. Ewan Anthony and David Owens discuss the court’s general approach to considering contractual condition precedents, and whether, particularly after the recent case of Lancashire Schools SPC Phase 2 Limited v Lendlease Construction (Europe) Limited and Others [2024] EWHC 37 (TCC), the court may be prepared to disregard them.’
Local Government Lawyer, 15th March 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Amanda Schofield analyses a Court of Appeal ruling on the jurisdiction of the court to make a declaration that a marriage is not recognised as valid in England and Wales.’
Local Government Lawyer, 15th March 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Legislation on anti-social behaviour does not distinguish between aggressive and passive begging in determining whether an offence has been committed, the Court of Appeal has ruled.’
Local Government Lawyer, 14th March 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A High Court judge has refused to allow a local authority to withdraw its application for a care order, finding that an order would be in the “best interests” of a teenage boy with complex needs.’
Local Government Lawyer, 14th March 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A 16-year-old girl with “significant and chronic disabilities” who died in squalor at her family home in rural mid-Wales did not have a care plan in place, a child practice review into her death has found.’
The Guardian, 14th March 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A judge sitting in the Court of Protection has declared that a care plan setting out the arrangements for the termination of a woman’s pregnancy was lawful.’
Local Government Lawyer, 14th March 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘An application for a legal review into a plan to merge the roles of West Midlands mayor and police and crime commissioner (PCC) is due to be heard in court.’
BBC News, 12th March 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘It has been a busy year in the construction industry, write David Owens, Rachel Murray-Smith and Helen Arthur, with some standout legislative changes, including in relation to the Building Safety Act 2022, and the Government issuing a significant paper in respect of behaviours relating to PFI contracts.’
Local Government Lawyer, 8th March 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
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