Chalet firm Avon Estates wins all-year court appeal – BBC News
“The owners of a Ceredigion holiday park have won a court ruling over the right to use their 42 chalets all year round.”
BBC News, 16th May 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: local government
New laws to combat ‘tombstoning’ in East Yorkshire – BBC News
“New laws have been enforced by an East Yorkshire council to try and combat people jumping into the sea from a height or ‘tombstoning’.”
BBC News, 14th May 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Regina (Nassery) v Brent London Borough Council – WLR Daily
Regina (Nassery) v Brent London Borough Council [2011] EWCA Civ 539; [2011] WLR (D) 156
“Where a local authority was assessing whether a person was ‘in need of care and attention’ for the purposes of section 21(1)(a) of the National Assistance Act 1948 the primary focus was on present rather than future needs, but provided there was a present need for some sort of care an authority was also empowered to intervene before it became much worse.”
WLR Daily, 11th May 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Please note that once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed
Gwynedd homes whistle-blower Richard Jones’ job claim – BBC News
“A former housing association director claims he was sacked because he found a £800,000 deficit in Gwynedd council home transfer proposals.”
BBC News, 11th May 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Regina (G) v Lambeth London Borough Council and another – WLR Daily
Regina (G) v Lambeth London Borough Council and another [2011] EWCA Civ 526; [2011] WLR (D) 152
“Accommodation ostensibly provided to a child aged 16 to 17 by a council as a local housing authority was to be deemed to be accommodation provided by it as a children’s services authority where the child met the criteria of a ‘child in need’ within section 17(10) of the Children Act 1989 and the actions of a social worker working for the council in a different team could properly be imputed to the social services division. Consequently on reaching adulthood that person became a ‘former relevant child’ within section 23C(1) of the 1989 Act, as inserted, and was owed the duties set out in that section.”
WLR Daily, 6th May 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Please note that once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Law Commission recommends radical overhaul of adult social care law – Law Commission
“The Law Commission is recommending the most far-reaching reforms of adult social care law seen for over 60 years, in a report published today.”
Law Commission, 11th May 2011
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Law Commission: elderly care must be reformed – Daily Telegraph
“Elderly people will be guaranteed a minimum level of council help under plans for the most radical overhaul of social care in 60 years.”
Daily Telegraph, 11th May 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Disabled people take anti-cuts protest to the courts – The Guardian
“Disabled people are using the courts to challenge multimillion-pound spending cuts which they say will hit them hardest.”
The Guardian, 10th May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Sharif v Camden London Borough Council – WLR Daily
Sharif v Camden London Borough Council [2011] EWCA Civ 463; [2011] WLR (D) 148
“A local housing authority’s duty under section 193(2) of the Housing Act 1996 to secure that accommodation was available for occupation by a homeless applicant was not discharged by providing two self-contained flats with no shared communal living areas, one for occupation by the applicant and her sister and the other for occupation by her father, because such accommodation was not available for occupation by the applicant together with any other persons who normally resided with her as members of her family within the meaning of section 176 of the 1996 Act.”
WLR Daily, 20th April 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Please note that once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
High Court challenge to library closures in the West – BBC News
“Two county councils which want to close libraries in the west of England are facing a judicial review.”
BBC News, 3rd May 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Councils mount legal challenge over academies cuts – BBC News
“A group of English local authorities are mounting a legal challenge against government budget cuts tied to its academies expansion programme.”
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BBC News, 3rd May 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Public will be ‘barred’ from justice in legal aid reform, warn lawyer group – Daily Telegraph
“The public will be effectively barred from fighting incompetent doctors and councils in the courts under plans to cut legal aid, the body representing lawyers warned yesterday.”
Daily Telegraph, 21st April 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Judge raps care ‘failures’ in paedophile case – The Independent
“A High Court judge investigating a mother with learning difficulties whose children became victims of a dangerous paedophile has strongly condemned the way the case was handled by a county’s social services.”
The Independent, 21st April 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Birmingham City Council disabled care limits ‘unlawful’ – BBC News
“Judges have ruled that Birmingham City Council’s plans to limit social care for disabled people are unlawful.”
BBC News, 20th April 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Council rubbish bin collection fines to be scrapped – BBC News
“Fines for residents who break the rules on rubbish collections in England are to be scrapped.”
BBC News, 10th April 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Makisi v Birmingham City Council; Yosief v Same; Nagi v Same – WLR Daily
Makisi v Birmingham City Council; Yosief v Same; Nagi v Same [2011] EWCA Civ 355; [2011] WLR (D) 124
“An applicant for housing under the homelessness provisions who, on an review of a decision to refuse accommodation, had a right to make oral representations where there had been a deficiency or irregularity in the original decision, could insist on a face-to-face hearing with the reviewer at which he or his representative could make representations.”
WLR Daily, 31st March 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Please note once a case has been reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Owens v Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council – WLR Daily
Owens v Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council [2011] EWCA Civ 359; [2011] WLR (D) 120
“Where the pension entitlement of an employee seeking a teachers’ pension was being determined and the term ‘teacher’ had not been defined by the legislature the word was to be construed in accordance with its natural meaning.”
WLR Daily, 31st March 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Ministers ignoring Child Poverty Act, warn family campaigners – The Guardian
“Child poverty campaigners have written to the government warning ministers that they have broken a legal commitment to implement the Child Poverty Act fully.”
The Guardian, 4th April 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Neighbourhood’ planning powers to be trialled – BBC News
“People living in parts of England will be able to decide where new houses, shops and businesses should go in their neighbourhood, under a localism trial.”
BBC News, 2nd April 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Government puts legal protection for libraries up for review – The Guardian
“Initiative to scrap ‘burdensome’ duties on local authorities will review requirement to provide ‘comprehensive and efficient’ library service”
The Guardian, 17th March 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
