‘A couple has lost a High Court appeal over a council tax valuation dispute with Oxford City Council.’
Local Government Lawyer, 25th November 2021
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A cinema owner who defied the law by refusing to ask for Covid passes is facing court action.’
BBC News, 24th November 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The London Borough of Newham is to pay more than £8,000 to a mother of four after failing to move her and her family from “overcrowded and hazardous” accommodation for almost two years, following an investigation by the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman.’
Local Government Lawyer, 23rd November 2021
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘SR v Lambeth London Borough Council, County Court at Central London, 21st October 2021 H40CL201 – HHJ Roberts (unreported elsewhere). Our thanks to Justine Compton of Garden Court Chambers for the following note of a section 204 appeal judgment on a priority need decision, refused at s.184 and s.202 review, which features (once again) Now Medical reports done with no face to face assessment being preferred by the local authority decision makers over direct and specialist medical reports submitted by the applicant.’
Nearly Legal, 21st November 2021
Source: nearlylegal.co.uk
‘Julie Bann and James Hughes discuss the importance of fairness in employee conduct investigations, taking a look at the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham -v- Mr S Keable case.’
Local Government Lawyer, 19th November 2021
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The High Court has dismissed a legal challenge to the way in which Portsmouth City Council discharges its duties under the Education Act 1996 in respect of home-educated children.’
Local Government Lawyer, 19th November 2021
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Concerns were raised in 2010 over a former landfill site which later became the focus of a dispute over a seven-year-old’s death, it has emerged.’
BBC news, 22nd November 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn is taking legal action over a tweet that appeared to be mocking the Liverpool terrorist attack.’
Daily Telegraph, 18th November 2021
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Where a local authority proposes to discharge the homeless duty by an offer of private sector accommodation, what does it have to do to satisfy itself that the property is suitable, with regard to the conditions set out in Article 3 of The Homelessness (Suitability of Accommodation) (England) Order 2012 (that the property is in reasonable and legal condition and the landlord is a fit and proper person)? That was the question in these two joined appeals.’
Nearly Legal, 16th November 2021
Source: nearlylegal.co.uk
‘The Court of Appeal is this week hearing a key case on the lawful interpretation of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Regulations and the end product of developments.’
Local Government Lawyer, 16th November 2021
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Laura Campbell discusses liquidated damages in construction contracts, focussing upon the long-running Triple Point saga which ended in the Supreme Court this year.’
Local Government Lawyer, 12th November 2021
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Arianna Kelly analyses a case relating to the scope of the authority of Property and Affairs Deputies post the ruling in ACC.’
Local Government Lawyer, 12th November 2021
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A local authority has failed to persuade the Court of Appeal that a judge’s refusal of its applications for placement orders in respect of children aged two and almost four was irrational.’
Local Government Lawyer, 10th November 2021
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A High Court judge has handed down a ruling on whether it remains open to the court to exercise its inherent jurisdiction authorising a deprivation of liberty in cases where an unregistered placement either will not or cannot comply with practice guidance issued by the President of the Family Division.’
Local Government Lawyer, 9th November 2021
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Paul Stagg looks at the lessons from an important High Court ruling on ‘failure to remove’ claims.’
Local Government Lawyer, 8th November 2021
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Jamie Jenkins looks at the lessons to be learned from the latest judgments from the SEND Tribunal.’
Local Government Lawyer, 5th November 2021
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘On 9 September 2021, the law changed prohibiting local authorities from placing a child under the age of sixteen in an unregulated placement (The Care Planning, Placement and Case Review (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2021).’
St Ives Chambers, 12th October 2021
Source: www.stiveschambers.co.uk
‘A High Court judge has credited a psychological assessment “almost entirely” for helping repair a deeply polarised relationship between care workers and the parents of a boy with serious disabilities who is subject of an application for a care order.’
Local Government Lawyer, 29th October 2021
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A High Court judge recently accused four councils of abusing the court’s processes by failing to progress interim injunctions granted against “persons unknown”. Roderick Morton looks at the challenges faced by local authorities.’
Local Government Lawyer, 29th October 2021
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The London Borough of Brent breached its section 20 duties under the Children Act 1989 when it chose not to provide proper accommodation to unaccompanied asylum seekers while awaiting an assessment of their age, a High Court judge has ruled.’
Local Government Lawyer, 26th October 2021
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
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