‘The Housing Ombudsman has revealed that it has seen a 60% increase in complaints on heating and hot water, with 1,600 received in 2021/22 and 1,491 received already in 2022/23.’
Local Government Lawyer, 7th February 2023
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘In this post, Frankie McPeanne, a trainee solicitor, and Emma Pinkerton, a Partner, both in the Real Estate Disputes team at CMS, preview the decision awaited from the Supreme Court in Wolverhampton City Council and others (Respondents) v London Gypsies and Travellers and others (Appellants), which is due to be heard on 8 February 2023.’
UKSC Blog, 6th February 2023
Source: ukscblog.com
‘A land owner has won a legal fight after complaining about Japanese knotweed encroaching from council land.’
BBC News, 5th February 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A land owner has won a damages fight after complaining about Japanese knotweed encroaching from neighbouring land.’
The Independent, 3rd February 2023
Source: www.independent.co.uk%20
‘Is depriving a person of their mobile phone depriving them of their liberty? That was the very 21st century question confronting a High Court judge recently. Whilst his analysis concerned the position of a 16 year old, his conclusions apply equally to adults, writes Alex Ruck Keene KC (Hon).’
Local Government Lawyer, 31st January 2023
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A Court of Appeal judge has dismissed a mother’s appeal in care proceedings, despite expressing a number of concerns “about the prolonged and tortuous process that followed the fact-finding hearing”.’
Local Government Lawyer, 31st January 2023
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The country’s most senior family judge has accused the education secretary of “complacency bordering on cynicism” in a scathing judgment that deplores the lack of secure, therapeutic placements in England and Wales for scores of children with complex needs at risk of taking their own lives.’
The Guardian, 31st January 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A High Court judge has found the threshold was crossed for the making of a care order for a 14-year-old girl, despite all parties thinking it was not met.’
Local Government Lawyer, 27th January 2023
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The Supreme Court has granted the London Borough of Croydon permission to appeal in a dispute over mandatory relief in cases where councils have failed to provide suitable accommodation for a person owed the main housing duty.’
Local Government Lawyer, 26th January 2023
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A severely mentally ill woman whose dead body lay in her home unnoticed for more than three years was effectively “abandoned and left to die” by NHS and social services who missed repeated chances to save her, her family has alleged.’
The Guardian, 26th January 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A young girl who became pregnant after abuse by a convicted paedophile had been placed in his care despite authorities knowing his past, a report has revealed.’
BBC News, 26th January 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Court of Protection has sentenced a woman to 28 days in jail for contempt, but suspended the sentence for a year on condition she does not engage in any further contempts.’
Local Government Lawyer, 26th January 2023
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Michael Jones discusses a wide range of recent children law rulings from the Court of Appeal and the Family Division.’
Local Government Lawyer, 20th January 2023
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Christopher Cant sets out the lessons to be learned from an important Court of Appeal ruling on the effect of a “revised liability notice” for Community Infrastructure Levy upon an earlier liability notice relating to a housing and office development for which planning permission had been granted.’
Local Government Lawyer, 20th January 2023
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The Court of appeal has allowed two appeals which concerned the interplay between care orders and the voluntary accommodation of children under section 20 of the Children Act 1989.’
Local Government Lawyer, 18th January 2023
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A High Court judge has dismissed a judicial review claim over the London Borough of Ealing’s decision to withdraw its funding of the claimant’s temporary bed and breakfast accommodation. The application concerned the interaction between the local authority’s obligations under the Care Act 2014 and its obligations under the Housing Act 1996.’
Local Government Lawyer, 16th January 2023
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Philip Kolvin KC examines a recent tribunal judgment that contains some helpful analysis for gambling operators and their advisers.’
Local Government Lawyer, 13th January 2023
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Clíodhna Kelleher considers a recent High Court judgment that there was no parental right to withdraw children from relationships and sexuality education.’
Local Government Lawyer, 13th January 2023
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘It seems that with each week there is news of a new sector or profession announcing a strike. Julie Bann, Christian Grierson and Beth Edwards consider fundamental employment law principles, answer FAQs and explore the practical and legal risks of strike action impacting the public sector.’
Local Government Lawyer, 13th January 2023
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman report has revealed that a care provider commissioned by Cambridgeshire County Council failed to alert a late woman’s family of her deteriorating health and did not contact medical help.’
Local Government Lawyer, 10th January 2023
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
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