Councils defeat government over school buildings – BBC News
“The government has been defeated in the High Court over the way it scrapped part of England’s school building programme.”
BBC News, 11th February 2011
Source; www.bbc.co.uk
Category: local government
Court rejects fluoride challenge – The Independent
“A local health authority’s plans for the fluoridation of a city’s tap water was not unlawful, the High Court ruled today.”
The Independent, 11th February 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Risk Management Partners Ltd v Brent London Borough Council and another – WLR Daily
“A group of local authorities who awarded insurance contracts to a mutual insurance company they had set up for that purpose, without putting the contracts out to competitive tender, had not been acting contrary to the Public Contracts Regulations 2006.”
WLR Daily, 10th February 2011
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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ICO issues third fine for loss of unencrypted laptops – OUT-LAW.com
“Two local authorities have been fined a total of £150,000 by data protection watchdog the Information Commissioner after the theft of two laptops which, contrary to the councils’ policies, were not encrypted.”
OUT-LAW.com, 10th February 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
People get power to take CCTV abusers to court – Daily Telegraph
“Any member of the public will be able to refer a local authority for judicial review if they can argue their cameras were set up or are being used inappropriately.”
Daily Telegraph, 10th February 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Residents lose ‘fight the flights’ court battle – The Independent
“Local residents have lost their High Court battle to block an ‘extremely large’ increase in the number of flights proposed for London City Airport.”
The Independent, 20th January 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Eric Pickles curbs councils’ empty home seizure powers – BBC News
“Councils will have to wait two years before seizing empty homes under plans by Communities Secretary Eric Pickles.”
BBC News, 7th January 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
The Public Sector Equality Duty – Speech by Mr. Justice Sales
“Mr. Justice Sales gave a lecture for ELBA and ALBA on 13th December 2010.”
Judiciary of England and Wales, 13th December 2010
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
Pembrokeshire care homes fees row in judicial review – BBC News
“The money Pembrokeshire council pays care homes to look after residents will be challenged in the High Court later.”
BBC News, 14th December 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Localism Bill: people to get legal right to buy threatened local shops or post offices – Daily Telegraph
“People will be given the legal right to buy threatened community assets like post offices or village shops, Communities secretary Eric Pickles will announce next week.”
Daily Telegraph, 11th December 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Regina (Conservative and Unionist Party) v Election Commissioner – WLR Daily
“It was not open to a petitioner to an election court to seek an order for costs under s 51 of the Senior Courts Act 1981 against the respondent’s political party and its local party association who had not been parties to the petition. Once the election commissioner had made a final order for costs and dealt with all aspects of the petiton under the Representation of the People Act 1983 he did not have the authority to re-open a decision as to costs and consider making an order against a third party.”
WLR Daily, 24th November 2010
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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Council house tenants set for eviction rule change – The Guardian
Councils are to be given powers to evict or transfer new tenants after as little as two years if their financial circumstances improve, under plans to be unveiled tomorrow.
The Guardian, 21st November 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
High Court action over London City Airport expansion – BBC News
“A group of residents from east London are taking a council to court over a decision to allow 50% more flights a year from London City Airport.”
BBC News, 18th November 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Regina (Gallagher and another) v Basildon District Council – WLR Daily
“There was no obligation on a local authority to implement recommendations of a local commissioner, nor was it necessary for a local authority to have cogent reasons for refusing to follow such a recommendation; but if a local authority gave reasons for rejecting a recommendation, the court was entitled to examine whether it had taken into account irrelevant considerations or failed to take account of relevant considerations, or its decision was irrational.”
WLR Daily, 10th November 2010
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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Appeal court ruling clears way for councils to cut social care services – The Guardian
“Local councils have been given the green light by the courts to cut social care services to elderly and disabled people previously assessed by law as needing them.”
The Guardian, 4th November 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Regina (Savva) v Kensington and Chelsea Royal London Borough Council – WLR Daily
“When exercising its duty under s 2 of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970 to make arrangements to meet an individual’s needs, a local authority was entitled to consider what that individual’s needs were in relative terms as the starting point for calculating the personal budget allocated to meet them, and had to give reasons for its decision.”
WLR Daily, 3rd November 2010
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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R (Veolia ES Nottinghamshire Ltd) v Nottinghamshire County Council (Shlomo Dowen and The Audit Commission for Local Authorities and the National Health Service for England, interested parties) – WLR Daily
“The right of ‘persons interested’ under section 15(1) of the Audit Commission Act 1998 to inspect the accounts to be audited and all books, deeds, contracts, bills, vouchers and receipts relating to them did not stretch, on the facts, to examination of commercially sensitive material which was protected by art 1 of the First Protocol of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.”
WLR Daily, 2nd November 2010
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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Higher court fees risk putting councils off care proceedings – The Guardian
“Cash-strapped councils could decide to give violent or neglectful parents one more chance rather than go to court.”
The Guardian, 28th October 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Regina (SO) v London Borough of Barking and Dagenham (The Children’s Society intervening) – WLR Daily
“Local authorities enjoyed, by virtue of s 23C(4)(c) of the Children Act 1989, the power to accommodate a person who had formerly been a child in care and was therefore a former ‘relevant child’ within s 23A of the Act, and a local authority was not entitled, when considering whether the welfare of a former ‘relevant child’ who was also an asylum seeker required that he be accommodated by it, to take into account the possibility of support by the National Asylum Support Service.”
WLR Daily, 20th October 2010
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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Public sector lawyers split on Government spending cuts – The Lawyer
“The implications of the Government’s Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR) for local government legal services will be immense.”
The Lawyer, 20th October 2010
Source: www.thelawyer.com
