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Judge rejects costs bid by West Midlands councils over asylum judicial review challenge
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Judge rejects housing claim brought by refugee against council and Home Secretary
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Judge rejects judicial review application over proposed QPR training ground
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Judge rejects judicial review application over proposed QPR training ground
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Judge rejects judicial review application over proposed QPR training ground
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Judge rejects judicial review challenge over day centre closures as out of time
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Judge rejects latest bid by Information Commissioner to have appeal by council over FOI enforcement notice struck out
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Judge rejects legal challenge over £27.4bn roads programme
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Judge rejects legal challenge over storm overflows discharge reduction plan
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Judge rejects legal challenge to decision-making for distributor road serving 7,500-home scheme
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Judge rejects legal challenge to grant of planning permission in dispute over whether committee could impose condition requiring 12 metre ecological corridor
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Judge rejects legal challenge to planning permission for ‘extra care’ residential development
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Judge rejects legal challenge to traffic regulation order prohibiting private vehicle access across bridge in Cambridge
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Judge rejects legal challenge to written ministerial statement on fracking definition
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Judge rejects use of court’s inherent jurisdiction to protect 17 year-old gang member
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Judge reminds councils of importance of following guidance on working with parents with learning disability
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Judge remits FOI case after finding First-Tier Tribunal was wrong to strike out proceedings, amid doubts over reliability of previous evidence from council
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Judge remits SEN case to fresh hearing after tribunal overlooked naming school subject to condition that parents arrange transport at own expense
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Judge rules against council in noise dispute
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