“Communities secretary Eric Pickles has set out the details of plans announced by him earlier this week to remove restrictions on the use of temporary stop notices, giving councils greater freedom to prevent unauthorised traveller sites being set up.”
OUT-LAW.com, 11th October 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“The Court of Appeal has ordered the the disclosure of serious allegations made against a parent by an anonymous third party in contact proceedings. In doing so, it has demonstrated the correct approach to balancing the many different human rights considerations involved.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 28th September 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“Moira Sofaer, barrister and mediator, of Goldsmith Chambers, considers the protection afforded by the courts to vulnerable adults who are outside the ambit of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 in the light of the Court of Appeal’s judgment in DL.”
Family Law Week, 27th September 2012
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
“‘For far too long, millions of people on waiting lists have watched helplessly as high-earning social tenants continue to occupy homes designed to help the most vulnerable…if they want to continue using this precious national resource, they will pay for the privilege.’
When the then Housing and Local Government Minister, Grant Shapps MP, launched a consultation on giving social landlords the power to charge market rents to high income tenants on 13 June 2012, he did so using deliberately strong language.”
Harwicke Chambers, 13th September 2012
Source: www.hardwicke.co.uk
“The Supreme Court in Manchester City Council v Pinnock [2010] UKSC 45; [2011] 2 AC 104 and The Mayor & Burgesses of the London Borough of Hounslow v Powell [2011] UKSC 8; [2011] 2 WLR 287 severely restricted the likelihood of an occupier facing (mandatory) possession of their home successfully defending such a claim in reliance upon Article 8 of the Convention Rights – the right to respect for private and family life.”
Hardwicke Chambers, 13th September 2012
Source: www.hardwicke.co.uk
“The ECtHR’s recent decision in Buckland v UK demonstrates again how wonderfully delphic the subject of housing and Article 8 rights has become.”
NearlyLegal, 23rd September 2012
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
“The British Association for Adoption & Fostering (BAAF) and Fostering Network have welcomed the Government’s newly published consultation on proposed changes to adoption and fostering.”
Family Law Week, 19th September 2012
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
“From a FOIA perspective, local authorities and NHS Trusts have this in common: both frequently receive requests for details of compromise agreements and other details about individual officers’ employment and disciplinary records. Three recent cases before the Tribunal confirm the general trend that – absent case-specific and well-evidenced arguments – the Commissioner and Tribunal re reluctant to order disclosure of such personal data, notwithstanding the context of public sector employees.”
Panopticon, 17th September 2012
Source: www.panopticonblog.com
Related link: Local authorities and NHS Trusts (2): unusual appeals ahead
“In just a few weeks’ time, 41 individuals will become police and crime commissioners after pitching their vision for cleaning up the streets of England and Wales.”
BBC News, 14th September 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
” Briefly Ms Hickin was the daughter of joint tenants of Solihull and had lived in the house since she was born. The father moved out some 9 years before. On the death of the mother, Ms Hickin sought to succeed to the tenancy under s.89 Housing Act 1985. Solihull served notice to quit on the basis that the father was now the sole tenant, by survivorship, but did not fulfil the residence requirement, so the tenancy was terminable by notice to quit and brought possession proceedings. In the Court of Appeal, Ms H argued, unsuccessfully, that s.89 overrode common law survivorship. The case then went to the Supreme Court, which was divided, finding against Ms H 3:2.”
Nearly-Legal, 11th September 2012
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk/blog/
“A toddler died from a methadone overdose after professionals who had long-standing contact with the boy and his drug-using parents missed opportunities to take him into care, a report has revealed.”
The Guardian, 4th September 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Regina (T) v Merton London Borough Council: [2012] EWHC 2055 (Admin); [2012] WLR (D) 256
“Paragraph 65 of the Special Guardianship Guidance required a local authority to consider the National Fostering Network’s minimum allowances paid in relation to foster carers and to use them as a starting point when determining the level of financial support payable to a person acting in the capacity of a special guardian pursuant to the provisions of section 14F of the Children Act 1989 and the Special Guardianship Regulations 2005 (SI 2005/1109).”
WLR Daily, 25th July 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“There now follows a judicial review of the decision to enforce the possession order made in that claim: JL v SS for Defence [2012] EWHC 2216 (Admin) [not yet on Bailii], heard by Justice Simler QC on 30/7/2012.”
NearlyLegal, 27th August 2012
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk/blog/
“This is case that highlights the benchmark for seeking an injunction for accommodation on a judicial review claim.”
NearlyLegal, 26th August 2012
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk/blog/
“Just how bad and inappropriate does temporary accommodation have to be to be unsuitable? There is an interesting post by David Thomas on the Anthony Gold ‘Housing and Public Law’ blog about a settled Judicial Review that highlights this issue.”
NearlyLegal, 23rd August 2012
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
“A council will take no further action against protesters arrested during the clearance of Europe’s largest illegal travellers’ site. The protesters were among those arrested as they clashed with police and bailiffs as travellers were removed from Dale Farm, Essex, last October.”
The Guardian, 23rd August 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Some of the provisions in the Localism Act 2011 (‘the Act’) apply in England only, some provisions also apply in Wales, and some apply in Wales only. Application to England and Wales is set out in Annex A to the Act.”
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11 KBW, 17th August 2012
Source: www.11kbw.com
“A serious case review has been launched into the death of 12-year-old Tia Sharp, whose body was found.”
The Guardian, 14th August 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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