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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 rules against council on meaning of 'needs' for Care Act assessment
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Judge rules against Jehovah's Witnesses over care proceedings and religious duty of confidentiality
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Judge rules against woman who re-entered property after locks were changed
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Judge rules birth father should have been notified of existence of child but accepts he cannot force mother to reveal his identity
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Judge rules challenge to grant of planning permission by City of London Corporation for new court building and police HQ out of time
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Judge rules council and CCG failed lawfully to assess s.117 after care services for claimant
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Judge rules council breached ECHR rights of orthodox Jewish 15-year-old boy - but not his brother - over proposal for respite placement accommodation
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