‘Almost 90% of local authorities failed to use new powers to fine rogue landlords last year, in the latest finding to suggest tenants are being failed by a lax enforcement regime.’
The Guardian, 29th November 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Ealing Council has obtained a confiscation order of nearly £450,000 against a landlord who ignored enforcement notices over ‘beds in sheds’ at one of her rental properties.’
Local Government Lawyer, 26th November 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A council offered a jailed sex offender the chance to play a part in the future of the child of a woman he raped, it has emerged. The rapist, who was part of a grooming gang in the North of the country and has no parental responsibility for his son, was contacted by the local authority to give him a chance to see the boy, a Times investigation has uncovered.’
Daily Telegraph, 27th November 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The parents of a girl sexually assaulted at the age of six by boys in her school playground have won compensation from the local authority.’
BBC News, 21st November 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Coffee shop fatigue in a coastal town has resulted in a council blocking a new cafe from opening in a store left empty for a year.’
Daily Telegraph, 14th November 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A borough council has won an appeal after an Employment Tribunal ordered disclosure which would, if given, have resulted in the local authority breaching the law.’
Local Government Lawyer, 7th November 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A Deputy High Court Judge has rejected a legal challenge to Waverley Borough Council’s adoption of certain policies in its Local Plan.’
Local Government Lawyer, 6th November 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The legal test in considering a breach of s41 remains to be found in James v Preseli Pembrokeshire DC [1993] PIQR P114 and Jones v Rhondda Cynon Taff CBC [2008] EWCA Civ 1497. Whilst the appellant was successful on the basis two pieces of evidence had not been considered with the correct weight, the lower Court had nonetheless applied the correct legal test.’
Park Square Barristers, 30th October 2018
Source: www.parksquarebarristers.co.uk
‘In this latest Environmental Law News Update, Christopher Badger and Mark Davies consider the environmental implications of yesterday’s Budget, a consultation between the FCA and the PRA on climate change and finance, and a recent case holding that an EIR request was “manifestly unreasonable”.’
Six Pump Court, 30th October 2018
Source: www.6pumpcourt.co.uk
‘The Supreme Court has agreed to hear conjoined cases over village greens, public authority-owned land and the concept of ‘statutory incompatibility’, it has been reported.’
Local Government Lawyer, 5th November 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has threatened Great Yarmouth Borough Council with a judicial review challenge over the local authority’s selective licensing plans.’
Local Government Lawyer, 5th November 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘This was a s.204 appeal of a s.202 review on suitability of temporary accommodation provided to the appellant by Lewisham. This was originally temporary accommodation provided under s.188 Housing Act 1996, but following Lewisham accepting the full housing duty, it became accommodation provided under s.193 HA 1996.’
Nearly Legal, 4th November 2018
Source: nearlylegal.co.uk
‘The government is facing a fresh legal challenge to its proposals to fast-track new fracking sites by loosening planning regulations.’
The Guardian, 4th November 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Campaigners have launched a judicial review challenge over a decision by Birmingham City Council to close a day centre used by people with a range of physical and learning disabilities.’
Local Government Lawyer, 1st November 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Cheshire East Council has failed in a High Court challenge to a planning inspector’s decision to grant a developer outline planning permission for 29 dwellings on appeal.’
Local Government Lawyer, 1st November 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A group of families have gone to the high court in London to try to overturn local authority cuts to special educational needs (SEN) spending, claiming their children are already failing to get the support they require.’
The Guardian, 31st October 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘City and County of Swansea Council has rejected an allegation that it used the wrong boundary to appraise a planning application that affects the Gower area of outstanding natural beauty (AONB).’
Local Government Lawyer, 31st October 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Cornwall Council has admitted that accommodating a homeless youth on a campsite “went on for too long”, after criticism from the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman.’
Local Government Lawyer, 31st October 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The Home Office is regularly attending local authority meetings with vulnerable migrant families to help collect data that can be used to remove the families from the UK.’
Rights Info, 29th October 2018
Source: rightsinfo.org
‘Camden Council is to end a private finance initiative deal and take legal action against contractors in a dispute over the recladding of tower blocks.’
Local Government Lawyer, 30th October 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
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