‘A decision on a planning application made by settled Travellers by North West Leicestershire District Council and the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities has been quashed by the Court of Appeal.’
Local Government Lawyer, 9th November 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A disabled woman had to sleep, eat and wash in her downstairs living room because Slough Borough Council took too long to decide whether she can have a stairlift, an investigation by the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has revealed.’
Local Government Lawyer, 4th November 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Essex County Council has personally apologised to a man and agreed to pay him £55,000 in compensation following a civil compensation claim over sexual abuse he suffered as a child while in the council’s care.’
Local Government Lawyer, 4th November 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Planning law in England should be updated to avoid a situation where the original planning permission granted to a site is invalidated by departures from the original approved plans because subsequent planning permissions granted for development within that site have made compliance with the original scheme physically impossible, an expert has said.’
OUT-LAW.com, 3rd November 2022
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘The High Court decision in dismissing a challenge against the grant of permission for development in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) has helpfully underlined hurdles to interfering with the merits of controversial decisions, writes Megan Forbes.’
Local Government Lawyer, 4th November 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The Upper Tribunal has provided guidance on social media evidence in age assessment cases. Donnchadh Greene examines its ruling.’
Local Government Lawyer, 4th November 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The Supreme Court has unanimously dismissed an appeal by a developer in a dispute with a national park authority over the implementation of successive planning permissions.’
Local Government Lawyer, 3rd November 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A disabled woman has won damages after her local authority took almost a year to decide on an application for a stairlift in her home.’
BBC News, 3rd November 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Court of Appeal has handed down a key ruling in conjoined appeals on the power of a local authority to prosecute consumer offences outside its area.’
Local Government Lawyer, 1st November 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Amba Griffin-Booth examines the lessons to be learned from a recent case concerning compliance with PD57AC.’
Local Government Lawyer, 28th October 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A recent Court of Protection ruling is important reading for the wide range of practitioners dealing with hoarding cases, write Julia Jones and Kate Hicks.’
Local Government Lawyer, 28th October 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘In the second in a two-part series on a recent procurement challenge brought by the Good Law Project, Juli Lau looks at the procurement principles considered by the court.’
Local Government Lawyer, 28th October 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘At the end of last year, Jonathan discussed the Court of Session’s judgment in D McLaughlin & Sons Ltd v East Ayrshire Council, where Lord Clark looked at the conclusiveness of a final certificate under a Scottish Standard Building Contract with Quantities, 2011 Edition (SSBC, 2011 Edition). That case has popped up in the law reports again, this time in the Inner House (also called D McLaughlin & Sons Ltd v East Ayrshire Council), where three lords (Carloway, Woolman and Malcolm) have considered the Council’s appeal against Lord Clark’s judgment. In a rare occurrence these days, that judgment split the house.’
Practical Law: Construction Blog , 26th October 2022
‘An investigation by the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has found that Leicestershire County Council left a visually impaired woman without the day-to-day support she needed for 21 months.’
Local Government Lawyer, 25th October 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A Court of Appeal decision which has broader significance for considering overcrowding and whether it is reasonable for a homeless applicant to remain in accommodation in an HMO with shared facilities. It also flags some arguments for the future by failing to decide what overcrowding standards should be applied to HMOs.’
Nearly Legal, 24th October 2022
Source: nearlylegal.co.uk
‘A Family Division judge has directed that a teenage girl at risk of suicide should be moved from hospital to a placement even though the latter is unregistered and the provider could be at risk of legal action by Ofsted.’
Local Government Lawyer, 21st October 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A second appeal from a section 204 appeal of Haringey’s decision to discharge homeless duty following a private rented sector offer (PRSO).’
Nearly Legal, 23rd October 2022
Source: nearlylegal.co.uk
‘The High Court has overturned an inspector’s decision to uphold an enforcement notice in respect of a property in south-west London. Sam Fowles explains why.’
Local Government Lawyer, 21st October 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘An investigation by the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has concluded that a family should never have been charged for 11 years’ worth of care home top-up fees for their mother’s care.’
Local Government Lawyer, 21st October 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The disconnect between overarching carbon reduction requirements in the CCA 2008, and national planning policy (and, ultimately, national and local planning decisions) continues to inspire litigation. No claim has yet succeeded. The legislative framework is such that the majority of challenges can only take aim at the rationality of the decision.’
Six Pump Court, 10th October 2022
Source: 6pumpcourt.co.uk
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