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Only or Principal Home…again
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New pre-action protocols for disrepair and possession claims
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New requirements for Residential PEEPS (Personal Emergency Evacuation Plans)
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New RIPA Codes of Practice
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New standards for “professionalisation” of social housing sector could cost councils £18m in first two years, LGA claims
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New Statutory Guidance on Data Sharing
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New tenders must be published on ‘Find a Tender’ website first: Cabinet Office
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New value for money standard brought in for private providers of social housing
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NHS estates company defeats Planning Court challenge to grant of permission for residential development on part of hospital site
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Nitrates pollution leaves councils in Hampshire facing planning appeal costs, disruption to local plans
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No bailiff enforcement action until 11 January 2021 save in “most egregious cases”: MHCLG
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No breach of duty in assault of employee
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No case to answer on EPA prosecution
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No case to answer: prosecution under s. 82 Environmental Protection Act 1990 dismissed
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No discrimination in shared parental leave appeals
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No evidence benefits claimants subjected to harms or financial detriment from use of algorithms by local authorities: Information Commissioner
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No extensions: timing and flexible tenancies
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No overlap between substance and jurisdictional issues
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No preference is a reasonable preference - R (Mallon Montero) v London Borough of Lewisham
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Noise nuisance and hypersensitivity under the Environmental Protection Act 1990
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