‘Homeless people face being criminalised in a east London borough due to a ban on anti-social behaviour, a charity has warned.’
The Independent, 21st May 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Local authority housing lawyers will potentially have to review thousands of applications for accommodation after the Supreme Court widened the scope of vulnerable applicants who are considered homeless.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 18th May 2015
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Two mothers have lost a High Court challenge to a council’s decision to stop providing full time nursery education free of charge for three-year-old children.’
Local Government Lawyer, 19th May 2015
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Seven years ago, the Family Drug and Alcohol Court began in London: now it is being extended to England and Wales.’
The Guardian, 17th May 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Almost 5,000 disabled adults have been sexually abused in England in the past two years, figures have shown.’
The Guardian, 18th May 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The thing about the Supreme Court is that all those years of accrued, encrusted High Court and Court of Appeal case law just don’t matter. If the Supreme Court thinks otherwise, they are so much chaff. And so, to some extent, it proved to be in these joined appeals, where the issue was the meaning of vulnerability in s.189(1)(c) Housing Act 1996.’
Nearly Legal, 13th May 2015
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
‘The Supreme Court has today issued a landmark ruling in three linked appeals over when homeless people are to be considered “vulnerable” under the Housing Act 1996 and therefore in priority need.’
Local Government Lawyer, 13th May 2015
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Enfield Council is claiming to have become the first local authority nationally to have used the Prevention of Social Housing Fraud Act 2013 to successfully prosecute a housing association tenant for unlawful subletting.’
Local Government Lawyer, 12th May 2015
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The number of children being put forward for adoption has plummeted over the past year following a series of court rulings that have left local authorities frightened of removing them from birth families.’
The Independent, 12th May 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Regina (Nicolson) v Tottenham Magistrates’ Court: [2015] EWHC 1252 (Admin); [2015] WLR (D) 204
‘Before being empowered to make an order under regulation 34(7) of the Council Tax (Administration and Enforcement) Regulations 1992 for costs reasonably incurred by a local authority in council tax enforcement proceedings, the magistrates’ court had to have made a proper judicial determination of what costs had been reasonably incurred by the applicant in obtaining the liability order, that determination being based on proper and sufficient material provided by the applicant.’
WLR Daily, 6th May 2015
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
‘Out of what some may think to be an everyday spat between the Co-Op (existing supermarket) and an out-of-town supermarket proposer, comes a salutary reminder from Singh J that local authorities cannot behave like private litigants when they are judicially reviewed. Different rules apply.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 7th May 2015
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘A new information platform has been set up to help local authorities improve the way they communicate on social media.’
OUT-LAW.com, 6th May 2015
Source: www.out-law.com
‘Fylde Council in Lancashire, confirms it ends eight years of legal wrangle by settling claim involving man who fell when lavatory bowl collapsed.’
Daily Telegraph, 3rd May 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Supreme Court, 29th April 2015
‘Charmaine Moore a Romani Gypsy and a single mother of 3 dependent children. She and one of her daughters are disabled. She owns and occupies land in the London Borough of Bromley. In 2010 she applied for planning permission to live on her land. That application has still to be determined finally. The application was a modest one “change of use – private Gypsy and Traveller Caravan Site comprising pitch, accommodating one mobile home and one touring caravan”. She has never sought more.’
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No. 5 Chambers, 24th April 2015
Source: www.no5.com
‘Ofsted inspections of children’s services are outdated and do not always protect vulnerable children, according to a new report.’
BBC News, 29th April 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The High Court has rejected a parish council’s challenge to the joint planning strategy of several Nottinghamshire local authorities after finding that the correct approach had been taken to the proposed alteration of green belt boundaries.’
OUT-LAW.com, 28th April 2015
Source: www.out-law.com
‘A couple of recent Upper Tribunal (Land Chamber) decisions on HMOs under licensing schemes.’
Nearly Legal, 27th April 2015
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
‘A statute modernising adult social care law that came into force this month could expose local authorities to greater litigation risks.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 27th April 2015
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The judge who disqualified Lutfur Rahman is one of the country’s leading electoral law practitioners and has handed down previous, scathing judgments resulting in councillors being removed from office.’
The Guardian, 24th April 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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