‘Clare Mendelle and James Hughes highlight the wide definition of Third-Party Income and the measures the courts are prepared to take to enforce the terms of longstanding contracts, by analysing the Buckinghamshire Council v FCC Buckinghamshire Limited case.’
Local Government Lawyer, 21st January 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A Natural Resources Wales (NRW) prosecution has seen a bakery fined for polluting a stream with its dishwasher.’
Local Government Lawyer, 20th January 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A county council failed to establish that a child’s injuries were inflicted and the investigation into responsibility for those injuries was “seriously flawed”, a Family Court judge has found.’
Local Government Lawyer, 20th January 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A woman was not told her neighbour had threatened to kill her just hours before he murdered her, a review has found.’
BBC News, 19th January 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Opportunities were missed to prosecute a domestic abuser before he murdered his partner and her daughter, a report has found.’
BBC News, 19th January 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Shaun O’Neil and Nicola Hyam report on a recent case where a claimant sought to argue that a village road in the Lakes should have been maintained to the standards of a footway.’
Local Government Lawyer, 14th January 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Michael Jones reviews some of the most signifcant public law children cases of 2021.’
Local Government Lawyer, 14th January 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A High Court judge was wrong to hold that the court cannot grant final injunctions against unauthorised encampment that prevent newcomers from occupying and trespassing on land, the Court of Appeal has said.’
Local Government Lawyer, 13th January 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Ashchurch Rural Parish Council has lost a judicial review challenge it brought over construction of a bridge to access large planned housing developments.’
Local Government Lawyer, 13th January 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Closing strip clubs in Bristol will push the sex industry underground and put dancers “into more danger”, a woman who works one of the venues says.’
BBC News, 11th January 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A Housing Ombudsman investigation has found complaint handling failures at the London Borough of Ealing that amounted to severe maladministration, in a case in which a resident had to wait six years for a leaking roof to be replaced.’
Local Government Lawyer, 11th January 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A landlord has been ordered to pay more than £64,000 for breaching a planning enforcement notice served on a property in Barking being used illegally as a House in Multiple Occupation (HMO).’
Local Government Lawyer, 11th January 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The Supreme Court has given Swindon Borough Council permission to appeal in a case about whether a planning condition can require the dedication of a highway.’
Local Government Lawyer, 10th January 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A planned new restaurant for TV personality Jeremy Clarkson’s Oxfordshire farm has been refused permission.’
BBC News, 10th January 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Michael Mousdale examines the measures in relation to waste enforcement and regulation set out in Part 3 of the Environment Act 2021 and assesses their impact on local authorities.’
Local Government Lawyer, 7th January 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A boy with special education needs who received “virtually no” education for two years should be given £6,900 in compensation by Suffolk County Council, an investigation by the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has recommended.’
Local Government Lawyer, 7th January 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Aformer publican has made legal history after accepting ‘substantial’ damages to settle a civil abuse of process claim – a cause of action last successfully sued upon 160 years ago, his lawyers have said.’
Law Society's Gazette, 7th January 2022
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘A mother of two disabled children has successfully brought a complaint against Greenwich Council after a Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman investigation found the local authority’s social housing allocation policy disadvantaged the family.’
Local Government Lawyer, 6th January 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘John Tughan QC of 4PB considers recent judgments that public law child lawyers need to know about.’
Family Law Week, 7th January 2022
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘A county council has been fined £300,000 for failing to inspect and maintain trees on a public footpath, following the death of a member of the public.’
Local Government Lawyer, 29th December 2021
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
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