‘A new report by The Rights Lab and ECPAT, a leading children’s rights organisation, has highlighted the ways in which the UK government and local authorities could become more effective at handling child protection in relation to modern slavery.’
Each Other, 14th February 2024
Source: eachother.org.uk
‘In this post, Emma Pinkerton, a Partner in the Real Estate Disputes team at CMS, comments on the Supreme Court’s decision in Wolverhampton City Council and others v London Gypsies and Travellers and others [2023] UKSC 47, which was handed down on 29 November 2023.’
UKSC Blog, 12th February 2024
Source: ukscblog.com
‘A fresh judicial review threat has been made over Plymouth City Council’s controversial redevelopment plans, which saw the local authority fell more than a hundred trees on a city street.’
Local Government Lawyer, 12th February 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has called on North Northamptonshire Council to pay nearly £15,000 after the local authority’s failings led to a child missing out on education for two years.’
Local Government Lawyer, 12th February 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Kyle v Coventry City Council (2023) EWCA Civ 1360. Mr K was homeless and addicted to class A drugs. During the relevant period for this second appeal, he was on a methadone treatment prescription. He had applied to Coventry as homeless. He had been given s.188 Housing Act 1996 accommodation in hostel supported accommodation (a “halfway house”).’
Nearly Legal, 11th February 2024
Source: nearlylegal.co.uk
‘Montano, R (On the Application Of) v London Borough of Lambeth (2024) EWHC 249 (Admin). A short note on this judicial review. Ms M had requested that Lambeth exercise a discretion to back date her entry on the housing register (for greater priority) to the date of her homeless application. Lambeth denied that it had any discretion to do so under its allocation policy.’
Nearly Legal, 11th February 2024
Source: nearlylegal.co.uk
‘In a unanimous judgment, the Court of Appeal has dismissed the government’s appeal of a High Court judgment which proscribed the government’s practice of routinely redacting the names of junior civil servants when supplying disclosure in judicial review proceedings. Christian Grierson and Jonathan Blunden analyse the judgment.’
Local Government Lawyer, 9th February 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Sarah Whittle and Daniel Taylor analyse a landmark Court of Appeal decision regarding procurement challenges.’
Local Government Lawyer, 9th February 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead has lost a High Court judicial review case over whether it correctly assessed the housing needs of a family with two children who have severe disabilities.’
Local Government Lawyer, 8th February 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The government has laid legislation in Parliament to transfer the Police and Crime Commissioner functions to the West Midlands and South Yorkshire mayors.’
Home Office, 8th February 2024
Source: www.gov.uk
‘It was put in place more than 70 years ago to protect citizens from the “dark arts” but now an old-fashioned law banning hypnosis and mesmerism has been overturned by a comedy hypnotist – and he did it without putting anyone under.’
The Guardian, 7th February 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Former residents of a children’s home are suing Kent County Council over allegations they were abused in care.’
BBC News, 5th February 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Doug Mullen looks at the complex issues around equal pay that arise with local authority trading companies.’
Local Government Lawyer, 2nd February 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Lee Parkhill reviews new Government guidance on the joint duty under s.117 of the Mental Health Act 1983.’
Local Government Lawyer, 2nd February 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘In Lancashire Schools SPC Phase 2 Ltd v Lendlease Construction (Europe) Ltd and others [2024] EWHC 37 (TCC), the Technology and Construction Court considered whether a dispute resolution clause (DR clause) which required the parties to engage with adjudication before proceeding to litigation, ousted the jurisdiction of the court.’
Law Society's Gazette, 2nd February 2024
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The Supreme Court has granted permission for an appeal against the Court of Appeal’s dismissal of a challenge concerning the lawfulness of Tower Hamlets Council’s standing orders requiring councillors to be present for the whole of a committee’s consideration of an item to vote on it.’
Local Government Lawyer, February 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Lawyers have raised alarm at the lack of oversight in local government, as a Guardian analysis found almost one in 10 councils in the UK have been subject to a corruption investigation in the past decade.’
The Guardian, 2nd February 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Court of Appeal has upheld a High Court ruling that an error in the award of an NHS orthodontic contract was not sufficiently serious to entitle the claimant to Francovich damages.’
Local Government Lawyer, 30th January 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The High Court has ruled that a vulnerable teenage girl should be moved from hospital to her local authority’s proposed placement in an unregistered placement “as a matter of urgency”, under a high degree of restriction to keep her safe.’
Local Government Lawyer, 30th January 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Megan Forbes analyses a recent High Court case that has provided guidance on the practical implications of the Supreme Court’s Hillside decision.’
Local Government Lawyer, 26th January 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
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