Campaigners seeking to challenge a plan by Tower Hamlets Council to remove low-traffic neighbourhoods have received permission from the Court of Appeal to appeal an earlier refusal from the High Court.

Submissions have been filed this month on behalf of the Essex Planning Officers Association (“EPOA”) at the Court of Appeal in support of a challenge to the previous government’s written ministerial statement (“WMS”) on local energy efficiency standards.

A deputy High Court judge has given a claimant permission to bring a judicial review concerning the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions’ common law powers.

Three linked claims challenging decisions by Devon County Council and Bristol City Council to enter so-called “safety valve” agreements (SVAs) with the Department of Education over their Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG) deficits have been dismissed by the High Court.

The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea has launched legal proceedings against a set of companies involved in the refurbishment of the Grenfell Tower.

Kent County Council has confirmed that it will “rethink” the redesignation of special schools as part of its new inclusion strategy, following the threat of legal action.

Westminster City Council has suspended two busking performance pitches in Leicester Square in order to comply with a magistrates’ court ruling that a statutory nuisance exists and is likely to recur from street performers.

The Court of Appeal has allowed a mother’s appeal against a judge’s refusal to grant her intermediary assistance in care proceedings, finding that the judge paid “insufficient attention” to the mother’s difficulties.

The Family Division of the High Court has made care orders in respect of four children in a case that reached 80 weeks before final hearing, with the judge warning that threshold should have been agreed at a “much earlier date” to allow the court to focus on welfare.

Birmingham City Council’s financial turmoil meant it was entitled not to reduce its charges for adult social care and the local authority did not breach the public sector equality duty, the Court of Appeal has found, declining to overturn a ruling last year by Mrs Justice Collins Rice.

The High Court has confirmed that duties in section 189A of the Housing Act 1996 apply to homelessness applications under its Part 7 even when made before the section came into force in April 2018, lawyers involved in a case brought against the London Borough of Hillingdon have said.

The High Court has rejected all grounds argued by a motorcyclist who claimed he had been injured in an accident because the London Borough of Lewisham failed to provide adequate warning of a build-out that partly obstructed a road junction.

The Court of Appeal has upheld a High Court ruling that the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs acted unlawfully in approving a river basin management plan.

The High Court has dismissed a judicial review application brought on behalf of a young person with complex needs over the lawfulness of an Education, Health and Care (EHC) Plan issued by the London Borough of Islington, after finding that the First-tier Tribunal is a “suitable alternative remedy”.

Basingstoke & Deane Borough Council and Hampshire County Council have secured an injunction to prevent persons unknown from setting up unauthorised encampments in parts of the area, but the borough council has been warned by a judge to improve Gypsy and Traveller provision and consider providing a transit site.

Rushmoor Borough Council has paused its efforts to pursue an injunction banning street preaching in two town centres after being challenged by a Christian legal campaign group.

A claimant has lost his application for judicial review in which he argued that the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea acted irrationally in refusing him a review of the suitability of a property he was offered.

A Senior Circuit Judge has backed a tenant in a dispute with Bristol City Council over whether her housing disrepair claim should be allocated to the fast track.

Care England, the representative body for independent care providers, has this week instructed lawyers to begin judicial review proceedings over the imposition of higher Employers National Insurance (NI) Contributions.

The Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal by a resident over what could be raised in a review request to London Borough of Haringey after she had rejected a property offer as unsuitable.

The Family Procedure Rule Committee is consulting on proposed changes to the Family Procedure Rules and associated Practice Directions, to ensure that experts instructed in family law children proceedings have the “relevant qualifications and oversight” to provide an expert opinion.

The Divisional Court has rejected an appeal by the owner of a company that contracted with local authorities to provide transport services for children with special educational needs against his conviction on four charges of being the operator of a private hire vehicle (PHV) when a PHV licence was not in force, and two charges of being the operator of a PHV when the driver was not the holder of a…

A property firm has lost a costs application against the London Borough of Lambeth after Martin Rodger KC, Deputy Chamber President, said at the Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) that, despite finding a combination of legal errors in the costs decision of the First-Tier Tribunal Property Chamber, it was inappropriate for him either to remit the case or remake the decision himself.

A parish clerk has been awarded £20,000 in damages after defamatory social media posts by a parish councillor, who was “consumed with a very strong personal dislike” of the clerk, were found to have caused serious harm to their reputation.

The Supreme Court has unanimously dismissed an appeal concerning whether Tower Hamlets Council was entitled to make a rule that only councillors who had been present when a planning application had previously been considered could vote on the deferred application.

A selective licensing scheme due to be implemented in Scunthorpe has been delayed following a legal challenge from local landlords seeking a judicial review of the decision.

The President of the Family Division and the Chief Coroner have this week (24 March) published guidance on good practice for Family Court Judges and Coroners where there are parallel proceedings in their jurisdictions.

GMB Union has launched legal proceedings on behalf of around 400 women working as school support staff at Barnet Council, in what the union says is the first local authority equal pay claim launched in London.

The Supreme Court will next week hand down its much anticipated ruling in a dispute about whether Tower Hamlets Council was entitled to make a rule that only councillors who had been present when a planning application had previously been considered could vote on deferred applications.