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Judge rejects application for interim relief after council offered unfurnished flat to claimant particularly vulnerable to COVID-19
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Judge rejects call by developer for summary judgment in dispute over s106 agreement and second planning permission
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Judge rejects challenge over failure of council to allocate claimant into Band 1 of housing allocation scheme amid complaints over ASB by neighbours
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Judge rejects challenge to 239-home scheme in Oxford over lack of transport improvement works obligations
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Judge rejects challenge to decision by council that claimant was not qualified for allocation of housing
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Judge rejects challenge to decision that 9-year-old was not a “child in need”
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Judge rejects challenge to decision to send draft neighbourhood plan to referendum
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Judge rejects claim over lawfulness of written ministerial statement on local authorities and energy efficiency standards
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Judge rejects claim Work and Pensions Secretary acted unlawfully in case where tenant found to have starved to death after benefits stopped
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Judge rejects claims by parish that nuns conspired to provide district council with false information to secure planning permission
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Judge rejects housing claim brought by refugee against council and Home Secretary
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Judge rejects legal challenge to planning permission for ‘extra care’ residential development
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Judge rules against council in noise dispute
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Judge rules against council on meaning of 'needs' for Care Act assessment
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Judge rules against woman who re-entered property after locks were changed
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Judge rules on interaction between obligations of council and Home Secretary regarding accommodation of asylum seekers with eligible care needs
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Judge rules plan need not be professionally drawn in gypsy site case
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Judge says serious issue to be tried in procurement case against social landlord but lifts automatic suspension
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Judge upholds decision by London borough on neighbourhood plan referendum
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Judges allow appeal by council over affordability and non-payment of rent
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