“A High Court judge has ruled that a local authority’s housing allocations policy and its application to a domestic abuse survivor amounted to indirect discrimination.”
Local Government Lawyer, 5th January 2023
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The Local Government Association (LGA) has said the Government must ensure funding is made available for the successful implementation of a new law which requires venues to take steps to protect the public from terror attacks.’
Local Government Lawyer, 20th December 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A man with physical and mental health problems is “living” in a hospital despite being fit to leave, a court has heard.’
BBC News, 19th December 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Home Office’s policy of placing asylum seekers in hotels and hostels has given rise to a number of legal issues for local authorities. Dean Underwood and Jack Barber detail the areas of concern.’
Local Government Lawyer, 16th December 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Aileen McColgan KC examines a Court of Appeal ruling that the Government’s planning definition of “gypsies and travellers” was unlawfully discriminatory.’
Local Government Lawyer, 16th December 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘New legislation will be introduced to tighten security at venues in the wake of the Manchester Arena bombing. The new rules, dubbed Martyn’s Law, will cover all of the UK and require venues and local authorities to have preventative action plans against terror attacks, the government said.’
BBC News, 19th December 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘An investigation by the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has found that Oxfordshire County Council failed to provide alternative education for a boy with autism for a year.’
Local Government Lawyer, 15th December 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Patrick Adie sets out the most common types of endeavours obligation found in property contracts and – depending on your circumstances – the best obligation to agree.’
Local Government Lawyer, 16th December 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The Supreme Court has unanimously dismissed an appeal by Swindon Borough Council in a dispute over whether it is lawful for a planning authority, in granting planning permission for a development, to impose a planning condition that the developer will dedicate land within the development site to be a public highway.’
Local Government Lawyer, 14th December 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A former leader of the London Borough of Haringey has lost a judicial review challenge over a decision by the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman to name him in a report.’
Local Government Lawyer, 12th December 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Shrewsbury Town Council owned a plot of land which was subject to a statutory trust arising either under section 10 of the Open Spaces Act 1906 or, impliedly, under the Public Health Act 1875. Pursuant to that trust, the town council had to allow the public to enjoy the land as an open space.’
UKSC Blog, 12th December 2022
Source: ukscblog.com
‘Journalists will be able to report what happens in family courts from the end of January, under a pilot scheme taking place in Leeds, Cardiff and Carlisle.’
Local Government Lawyer, 5th December 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘An application for a judicial review into the decision to shut Doncaster Sheffield Airport has been refused, Doncaster Council has said.’
BBC News, 1st December 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The High Court has granted Great Yarmouth Borough Council an interim injunction restricting around 60 hotels in the resort town from accommodating asylum seekers.’
Local Government Lawyer, 30th November 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Councils, NHS trusts and other local bodies will be required to consider how their decision-making impacts upon members of the Armed Forces community, under a new duty introduced last week (22 November).’
Local Government Lawyer, 28th November 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A £364m reduction in yearly local authority spending on planning has led to “major challenges in resourcing, skills and performance” for planning authorities, new research has revealed.’
Local Government Lawyer, 28th November 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A child from West Sussex who was unable to attend school missed out on education after the council failed to provide a suitable alternative, an investigation by the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has revealed.’
Local Government Lawyer, 25th November 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Prof Roy Light analyses the case law around the burden of proof in taxi driver licence appeals.’
Local Government Lawyer, 25th November 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A defendant has been ordered to pay more than £80,000 over the destruction of 16 oak trees in breach of a tree preservation order.’
Local Government Lawyer, 23rd November 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘YR, R (On the Application Of) v London Borough of Lambeth (2022) EWHC 2813 (Admin). Ms YR had applied to Lambeth as homeless. Her household consisted of her three children and four of her sister’s children, A, her youngest child, is 6 months old; R is 4; Y is 7; B is 9; H is 12; J is 12; and S is 16. Ms YR is a Spanish national with pre-settled status, and Spanish speaking. After becoming homeless in December 2021, she had been staying with a friend, but this could not continue. Following an approach to Lambeth, she was given temporary accommodation in a two bedroom flat in the borough, and the children were enrolled in schools in Lambeth. The accommodation was obviously overcrowded. A formal homelessness application was made in July 2021, with a request for suitable accommodation, together with a request for assessment of the children as in need under section 17 Children Act 1989.’
Nearly Legal, 20th November 2022
Source: nearlylegal.co.uk
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