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Blue badge parking misuse and enforcement options

Blue badge parking misuse and enforcement options

Emma Hall sets out the options for local authorities looking to crack down on blue badge misuse.

January 16, 2026

Blue badge parking misuse and enforcement options

News

Latest Judicial Diversity and Inclusion Strategy includes focus on improving diversity in senior judiciary

January 23, 2026

Public authorities win Supreme Court case over claim for negligence brought by man found not guilty of murder by reason of insanity

January 21, 2026

Divisional Court to hear Reform UK challenge to local government election delays next month

January 20, 2026

Gender-critical campaigners launch judicial review proceedings over council chamber ban

Jan 19, 2026

President of Supreme Court becomes latest senior judge to announce intention to retire

Jan 16, 2026

LLG to pursue legislative change instead of intervening in Mazur appeal

Jan 16, 2026

Borough council secures non-party costs order after winning dispute over termination of bus station construction contract

Jan 16, 2026

Welsh Government names 36-strong panel of counsel

Jan 14, 2026

County appoints six law firms to £2.25m framework advising insurance team on claims service

Jan 12, 2026

Council must reconsider cat fouling complaint after High Court ruling

Jan 05, 2026

Court of Protection Bar Association launches free advice service for unrepresented family at urgent health and welfare hearings

Dec 23, 2025

Court orders quantum disclosure ahead of mediation of claim brought by Kensington & Chelsea over Grenfell fire

Dec 17, 2025

Administrative Court gives permission for legal challenge over decision by Welsh Government to ban greyhound racing

Dec 09, 2025

Council vehicles clamped after £138k in unpaid court costs

Dec 08, 2025

Supreme Court refuses Epping Forest bid to challenge Home Office intervention in asylum hotel proceedings

Dec 02, 2025

Report on administrative justice calls for widening of legal aid means test, introduction of Public Services Ombudsman for England

Dec 02, 2025

Bar Council updates AI guidance, urging barristers to better understand LLMs

Nov 27, 2025

Epping Forest to appeal refusal by High Court judge to grant final injunction in asylum hotel dispute

Nov 26, 2025

CILEX granted permission to appeal Mazur ruling

Nov 25, 2025

Law Society issues practice note on Mazur and the conduct of litigation

Nov 24, 2025

Court of Appeal to hear challenge over grant of planning permission for Wimbledon tennis grounds expansion

Nov 21, 2025

Council hints at appeal bid following High Court refusal of asylum hotel injunction

Nov 20, 2025

Home Office facing fresh legal challenge over new asylum seeker site

Nov 19, 2025

CILEX to seek permission for appeal over Mazur decision on conduct of litigation

Nov 18, 2025

High Court dismisses Coventry City Council challenge to asylum dispersal policy

Nov 14, 2025

Court of Appeal judges call time on “academic” case

Nov 12, 2025

Borough council resolves to take legal action over asylum hotel

Nov 10, 2025

District mulling legal action over plan to place refugees on army base

Nov 06, 2025

Council defeats judicial review challenge by unsuccessful bidder over sale of library building

Nov 06, 2025

Attorney General names six KCs to new Senior Treasury Counsel Group

Nov 06, 2025

Legal Services Board gives green light for CILEx fellows to be able to apply for standalone litigation practice rights

Nov 03, 2025

Council agrees £10m settlement with waste management firm

Oct 31, 2025

Court of Appeal agrees to hear Subsidy Control Act claim over £140m loans made by combined authority to developers

Oct 31, 2025

Court of Appeal says judge was wrong to terminate care proceedings at Issues Resolution Hearing in case with “dreadful history of delay”

Oct 31, 2025

Kensington & Chelsea settles judicial review claim and removes projects consultancy from list of banned suppliers drawn up after Grenfell Inquiry reports

Oct 31, 2025

FDAC is facility that should be “taken seriously” in Government campaign focussing on violence against women and girls: President of the Family Division

Oct 30, 2025

High Court finds inspectors did not err in approach to Green Belt designations for Greater Manchester development plan

Oct 29, 2025

Candidate to pay thousands in costs after failed election petition over dead heat

Oct 23, 2025

Judge finds First-Tier Tribunal ruling did not “cause or require or even permit” council to remove child from roll of special school [clarification]

Oct 23, 2025

Law Society issues practice note on conduct of litigation in light of Mazur ruling

Oct 22, 2025

Court of Appeal refuses permission to appeal village green deletion

Oct 21, 2025

Use of bailiffs by local authorities up by 30% in two years: report

Oct 21, 2025

Consultation on Liberty Protection Safeguards to be launched by Government next year

Oct 20, 2025

Must read

Local authority legal teams after Mazur

Local authority legal teams will need to review their practices and work allocation in the wake of Mazur, but there is no need for panic writes Timothy Leader.

Local authority legal teams after Mazur

Features

Scope of Judicial Review in a Contractual Context

Scope of Judicial Review in a Contractual Context

January 15, 2026

Olivia Dawson and Olivia Peake provide an update on recent case law and how it reflects on the scope of judicial review in a contractual context.

Promptness in bringing judicial review claims

Promptness in bringing judicial review claims

January 15, 2026

A recent judicial review decision in the Planning Court concerning carbon capture and storage highlights the importance of acting promptly, writes Glyn Lancefield.

Enforcement of costs awards made in Environmental Protection Act 1990 proceedings

Enforcement of costs awards made in Environmental Protection Act 1990 proceedings

January 15, 2026

Following a recent appeal in enforcement proceedings, Adam Rulewski and Natalie Pratt explain how awards made under section 82(12) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 are enforced (or, more importantly, how they cannot be enforced).

Cat crimes – should cat owners be concerned?

Cat crimes – should cat owners be concerned?

January 13, 2026

Adam Rulewski looks at the lessons to be learned from the recent case of Williamson v Caerphilly County Borough Council.

The “highly likely” test under s.31(2A) of the Senior Courts Act

The “highly likely” test under s.31(2A) of the Senior Courts Act

Jan 09, 2026

Public law case update Q3 2025

Public law case update Q3 2025

Jan 09, 2026

Roll up, roll up

Roll up, roll up

Jan 09, 2026

Defending Age Assessment Challenges: A Guide for Local Authorities

Defending Age Assessment Challenges: A Guide for Local Authorities

Jan 05, 2026

Providence Building Services Limited v Hexagon Housing Association Limited – The case for a stay

Providence Building Services Limited v Hexagon Housing Association Limited – The case for a stay

Dec 18, 2025

Judging the use of AI

Dec 12, 2025

Costs, detailed assessment and misconduct

Dec 12, 2025

Wolverhampton Traveller injunctions – where are we now?

Nov 28, 2025

Balancing public interest and planning control – accommodation of asylum seekers

Nov 28, 2025

Welsh-medium inquests and the death register

Nov 26, 2025

Public Sector High Court Litigation in 2025: Key trends so far

Nov 21, 2025

Dispersal of asylum seekers

Nov 21, 2025

Reconciling Conflicting Private and Public Interests on Large-Scale Infrastructure Projects

Nov 12, 2025

Children law update - October 2025

Nov 07, 2025

A Lawyer’s Toolkit for Unfair Prejudice Petitions: From Pre-Action to Trial

Oct 31, 2025

The End of “Cheshire West”? Deprivation of Liberty, Consent and Capacity in the Supreme Court

Oct 30, 2025

Independent Social Workers and judicial review

Oct 22, 2025

Navigating DOLS and 17-year-olds not in care

Oct 22, 2025

Phelps v The London Borough of Hillingdon - 25 years on

Oct 22, 2025

Challenges for a local authority prosecutor

Oct 17, 2025

Webinars

Defending Age Assessment Challenges: A Guide for Local Authorities

In this `Dekinar`, Dr Russell Wilcox and Anirudh Mandagere consider how to defend such challenges both at the judicial review stage and at the Upper Tribunal.

A Lawyer’s Toolkit for Unfair Prejudice Petitions: From Pre-Action to Trial

TOLATA Update 2024

Financial Remedies Update 2024

Public Law Update

Private Law Update 2024

Covert Recordings in Private Law Proceedings

Jobs

Weightmans Dec 25 RP (2)

Devon Senior Assistant Lawyer Litigation and Planning (3)

Cardiff Housing (2)

Camden Oct 25 HL

Devon Litigation Specialist

Leeds Jan 26 SH

SLLP Jan 26 SHLL (2)

West Northants Litigation (2)

Lincolnshire Jan 26 LL (2)

Devon Assistant Lawyer Litigation and Planning (2)

Weightmans Dec 25 PSSS (2)

SLLP Jan 26 LHL (2)

Litgation Solicitor

£49,282 - £54,496 per annum

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