“The Government will review the use of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (RIPA), the law that governs state tapping of phone, email and internet use. The law will be looked at as part of a wider review of counter-terrorism laws.”
OUT-LAW.com, 14th July 2010
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A v East Sussex County Council and another [2010] EWCA Civ 743; [2010] WLR (D) 171
“Even where emergency powers were obtained under s 44 of the Children Act 1989 or exercised under s 46 of the 1989 Act to remove a child from the risk of harm, least interventions were best.”
WLR Daily, 7th July 2010
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Ravichandran and another v Lewisham London Borough Council [2010] EWCA Civ 755; [2010] WLR (D) 170
“An offer of accommodation made by a local authority in discharge of its housing duty under s 193(7) of the Housing Act 1996 had two requirements: the accommodation had to be suitable and the offer reasonable for the applicant to accept. It was desirable that a review of the suitability requirement and of the reasonableness requirement took place at the same time as any review of the decision of the authority as to the discharge of its duty. In that case there would be no right of further review. If reviews occurred at different times any relevant matters which existed before an offer of accommodation had been refused but which had not been taken into account then had to be taken into account when the local authority came to review its decision that it no longer owed a duty.”
WLR Daily, 5th July 2010
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“A Haringey social worker today accepted undisclosed compensation over the authority’s false claim that she did not raise concerns about returning Baby P to his mother.”
The Independent, 1st July 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“In a heated council debate, Shirley Brown called her colleague a ‘coconut’ and has since been convicted under the Public Order Act. Elizabeth Grice reports.”
Daily Telegraph, 30th June 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A black councillor who called an Asian colleague a ‘coconut’ will appeal against her conviction for racial harassment, her solicitor has said.”
BBC News, 29th June 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Austin v Southwark London Borough Council [2010] UKSC 28; [2010] WLR (D) 156
“The right of a ‘tolerated trespasser’, a person continuing to occupy his rented home following a breach of the terms of a conditional suspended possession order, to apply to the court for postponement of the date for possession to enable him to remedy the default and revive the secure tenancy, under s 85(2) of the Housing Act 1985, survived his death and could, consequently, be exercised by his personal representative.”
WLR Daily, 24th June 2010
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“A Labour government decision to give Exeter and Norwich wider powers has been blocked by the High Court.”
BBC News, 21st June 2010
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Regina (Morge) v Hampshire County Council [2010] EWCA Civ 608; [2010] WLR (D) 145
“A planning authority considering a development ostensibly affecting the species or habitat of a European Protected Species covered by the Habitats Directive was to have due regard to the requirements of the Directive, which could involve questions as to indirect, as well as direct, impact upon the species, and also deterioration or destruction of their breeding or resting place.”
WLR Daily, 11th June 2010
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“A school with a ‘healthy eating’ policy has won its High Court battle to prevent a fast food takeaway being set up nearby.”
Daily Telegraph, 11th June 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A trivial row over access to a school hall has finally been resolved after a long running High Court case costing millions of pounds and worthy of Charles Dickens’ Bleak House.”
Daily Telegraph, 11th June 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
In re A (Children) (Abduction: Interim Powers) [2010] EWCA Civ 586; [2010] WLR (D) 139
“S 5 of the Child Abduction and Custody Act 1985 permitted a court to give directions to a local authority to provide accommodation for the abductor and abducted children.”
WLR Daily, 28th May 2010
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“A campaign group is going to court to try to stop a council’s ‘archaic practice’ of holding prayers before meetings. The National Secular Society (NSS) has instructed a solicitor to take its battle with Bideford Town Council, in Devon, to the High Court, claiming the policy breaches human rights.”
The Independent, 28th May 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A man fined £50 for dropping a cigarette butt down a drain celebrated a victory when the case was thrown out of court.”
The Independent, 24th May 2010
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“Councils spied on dog walkers suspected of not clearing up after their pets in a string of abuses of their covert surveillance rights, a report published today said.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th May 2010
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“A High Court injunction has been won by a council to stop travellers building on land they own in a village.”
BBC News, 21st May 2010
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R (Sainsbury’s Supermarkets Ltd) v Wolverhampton City Council [2010] UKSC 20; [2010] WLR (D) 123
“A planning authority, in considering the exercise of its compulsory purchase powers in relation to one site, was not entitled to take into account a commitment by a developer to secure the redevelopment of another unconnected site.”
WLR Daily, 13th May 2010
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“A council has been told it breached the Freedom of Information Act by failing to provide an AM details about the cost of employing education consultants.”
BBC News, 14th May 2010
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“The former archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Carey, today [7th May] backed the saying of prayers before council meetings as a pressure group prepared to launch a legal battle on the issue.”
The Guardian, 7th May 2010
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“Apart from hopeless or abusive cases, a local authority faced with an application for support and accommodation pending the determination of an arguable application for leave to remain on human rights grounds, should not refuse assistance if that would have the effect of requiring the person to leave the United Kingdom thereby forfeiting his claim.”
WLR Daily, 30th April 2010
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