Judicial review set to begin over new bridge – BBC News
‘A row over plans for a new bridge over the Thames is due to go to judicial review later.’
BBC News, 4th February 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: parks
Essex car park to be test case for legislation to protect landscapes – The Guardian
‘A commuter car park in Essex is to be one of the first test cases of whether the government will enforce new legislation aimed at protecting national parks and landscapes in England.’
The Guardian, 31st October 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
Disposal of open space – Local Government Lawyer
‘The High Court has rejected a challenge to the lease by a London borough of part of a park to Tottenham Hotspur FC for a women’s and girls’ football academy. Matt Hutchings KC explains why.’
Local Government Lawyer, 24th May 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Royal Parks workers bring landmark case over race and equal pay – The Guardian
‘A group of toilet cleaners and attendants for London’s most famous parks could be about to make legal history in the court of appeal by arguing that their outsourced contracts amounted to indirect race discrimination.’
The Guardian, 20th February 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
City fined £200k after grass cutting and arboriculture staff develop hand arm vibration syndrome and carpal tunnel syndrome – Local Government Lawyer
‘Plymouth City Council has been fined £200,000 after its failures led to employees developing hand arm vibration syndrome (HAVS) and carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS).’
Local Government Lawyer, 12th July 2023
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Cardiff: Hailey Park sewage pumping station legal bid starts – BBC News
‘A judicial review of plans to build a sewage pumping station in a popular park has begun.’
BBC News, 29th June 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Supreme court rules in favour of halting housebuilding in Shrewsbury park – The Guardian
‘Campaigners have won a supreme court appeal to stop houses being built on a park protected by a 100-year-old statutory trust in Shrewsbury, in a landmark ruling for the protection of green spaces.’
The Guardian, 1st March 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
Right to wild camp in England lost in Dartmoor court case – The Guardian
‘The right to wild camp in England and Wales has been lost, after a wealthy landowner successfully brought a case against Dartmoor national park, the last place it was possible without seeking permission.’
The Guardian, 13th January 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
Goring Gap: High Court overturns 475-home development plan – BBC News
‘Plans to build 475 houses in Worthing have been overturned by a High Court judge.’
BBC News, 1st August 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Lack of regard for council planning policy on playing fields led to unlawful planning permission, High Court finds – Local Government Lawyer
‘A decision by Leeds City Council to grant itself outline planning permission to build 61 affordable dwellings on a longstanding sports field was unlawful, a High Court judge has ruled.’
Local Government Lawyer, 11th July 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Hands off our park: Shrewsbury takes its council to the supreme court – The Guardian
‘Row over Greenfields recreation ground could be a test case on selling English public land for housing.’
The Guardian, 5th June 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
High Court quashes grant of planning permission by Secretary of State for Holocaust memorial – Local Government Lawyer
‘A High Court judge has quashed the Secretary of State’s decision to grant planning permission for a Holocaust memorial and learning centre in a park bordering the Palace of Westminster.’
Local Government Lawyer, 11th April 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Court blocks removal of Serpentine boathouse – Law Society’s Gazette
‘A High Court judge has backed the Royal Parks in its battle to stop the removal of a boathouse on the north bank of the Serpentine lake in London’s Hyde Park. The ruling hinged on the question of whether a wooden structure erected by the operator of rowing and pedal boats forms part of Hyde Park and therefore belongs to the Crown.’
Law Society's Gazette, 23rd August 2021
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Snowdon: Legal challenge warning for mountain visitor charge – BBC News
‘Any attempt to charge visitors to go up Snowdon mountain could lead to legal challenges, it has been warned.’
BBC News, 12th July 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Public open spaces and development – Local Government Lawyer
‘The conflict between the need for open spaces for recreation and the availability of land for residential development has resulted in another interesting Court of Appeal decision, writes Christopher Cant.’
Local Government Lawyer, 29th January 2021
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Alexia Walenkaki swing death: Tower Hamlets Council fined £330,000 – BBC News
‘A council has been fined £330,000 after a five-year-old girl died when a swing set collapsed on her in east London.’
BBC News, 22nd January 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Campaigners lose legal challenge over Lake District 4×4 vehicles – The Guardian
‘Drivers of 4×4 vehicles can continue to use off-road tracks in the Lake District after a judge dismissed a legal challenge from campaigners who argued the vehicles polluted the national park and endangered cyclists and ramblers.’
The Guardian, 24th August 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
High Court judge outlines reasons for granting interim injunction over anti-social behaviour in park – Local Government Lawyer
‘A High Court judge has given his reasons for granting, despite his misgivings, the London Borough of Hackney an interim injunction against anti-social behaviour in a park.’
Local Government Lawyer, 22nd July 2020
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
