‘A court has ordered a Leicester bar to pay more than £20,000 in legal costs to Leicester City Council after an unsuccessful appeal of licensing restrictions, which were aimed at reducing crime, disorder and noise problems.’
Local Government Lawyer, 11th November 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Stoke on Trent City Council has warned owners of historic buildings in the city that they will face legal action if they do not maintain their buildings following two successful prosecutions that lead to the courts handing out more than £60,000 in fines.’
Local Government Lawyer, 14th November 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Natalie Hurst and Paul Lloyd analyse recent housing law judgments of interest to local authorities and housing associations.’
Local Government Lawyer, 14th November 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Judgment was given in the famous Wednesbury case 75 years ago today, on 10th November 1947. Readers of this blog know full well the facts of the case, the judgment of Lord Greene (reported [1948] 1 KB 223), the mythical status of “Wednesbury unreasonableness” and critiques thereof, such as Lord (previously Sir Robin) Cooke’s dislike of what he saw as Lord Greene’s circumlocution, a “retrogressive” decision and the unnecessary use of “the geographical epithet” of Wednesbury.’
UK Constitutional Law Association, 10th November 2022
Source: ukconstitutionallaw.org
‘Does a local planning authority owe a duty of care to an applicant for planning permission? Simon Ricketts analyses a recent High Court ruling.’
Local Government Lawyer, 11th November 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A High Court judge has quashed a district council’s grant of planning permission for the erection of five self-contained buildings to store and facilitate construction of carnival floats, after finding that the permission was vitiated by apparent bias on the part of two councillors.’
Local Government Lawyer, 11th November 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A national review into safeguarding children with disabilities and complex health needs has revealed serious failures at residential special schools registered as children’s homes.’
Family Law, 4th November 2022
Source: www.familylaw.co.uk
‘Lawyers for two councils have urged the High Court to block the Home Office’s contractors from using large hotels to house asylum seekers, claiming the schemes break planning laws and harm communities.’
BBC News, 9th November 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A decision on a planning application made by settled Travellers by North West Leicestershire District Council and the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities has been quashed by the Court of Appeal.’
Local Government Lawyer, 9th November 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A disabled woman had to sleep, eat and wash in her downstairs living room because Slough Borough Council took too long to decide whether she can have a stairlift, an investigation by the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has revealed.’
Local Government Lawyer, 4th November 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Essex County Council has personally apologised to a man and agreed to pay him £55,000 in compensation following a civil compensation claim over sexual abuse he suffered as a child while in the council’s care.’
Local Government Lawyer, 4th November 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Planning law in England should be updated to avoid a situation where the original planning permission granted to a site is invalidated by departures from the original approved plans because subsequent planning permissions granted for development within that site have made compliance with the original scheme physically impossible, an expert has said.’
OUT-LAW.com, 3rd November 2022
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘The High Court decision in dismissing a challenge against the grant of permission for development in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) has helpfully underlined hurdles to interfering with the merits of controversial decisions, writes Megan Forbes.’
Local Government Lawyer, 4th November 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The Upper Tribunal has provided guidance on social media evidence in age assessment cases. Donnchadh Greene examines its ruling.’
Local Government Lawyer, 4th November 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The Supreme Court has unanimously dismissed an appeal by a developer in a dispute with a national park authority over the implementation of successive planning permissions.’
Local Government Lawyer, 3rd November 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A disabled woman has won damages after her local authority took almost a year to decide on an application for a stairlift in her home.’
BBC News, 3rd November 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Court of Appeal has handed down a key ruling in conjoined appeals on the power of a local authority to prosecute consumer offences outside its area.’
Local Government Lawyer, 1st November 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Amba Griffin-Booth examines the lessons to be learned from a recent case concerning compliance with PD57AC.’
Local Government Lawyer, 28th October 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A recent Court of Protection ruling is important reading for the wide range of practitioners dealing with hoarding cases, write Julia Jones and Kate Hicks.’
Local Government Lawyer, 28th October 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘In the second in a two-part series on a recent procurement challenge brought by the Good Law Project, Juli Lau looks at the procurement principles considered by the court.’
Local Government Lawyer, 28th October 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
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