A local authority cannot take into account that a qualifying young person is being provided with, or might be provided with, National Asylum Seeker Service (NASS) accommodation under s95 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 when deciding whether there are exceptional circumstances for the purposes of s24A(5) of the Children Act 1989, the High Court has ruled.

The High Court has told Havering Council to reconsider its decision not to identify an illegal landfill as 'contaminated land', after raising concerns that the London borough appeared "to have been very confused about the correct legal approach" to the site.

The Court of Appeal has allowed an appeal by a local authority over the refusal of a Family Court judge to make a care order in respect of a girl, who is rising 2.

A Family Court judge has said he was "inexorably led" to the finding that North Yorkshire Council should be the designated local authority for a one-year-old child who is subject to a care order, despite the council insisting that Birmingham City Council should remain the designated authority.

When the expert exceeds Legal Aid Agency rates, what is the Court to do? Eleanor Hull analyses an important recent ruling from the President of the Family Division.

The High Court has rejected a claim that a girl should not have been permanently excluded from school because her Article 4 ECHR rights were infringed.

The High Court has granted an interim injunction against siting residential homes or caravans on a patch of rural land after Tunbridge Wells Borough Council raised fears that the site was about to be occupied without planning permission.

The High Court has given its reasons for refusing an injunction application aimed at curbing future protests by trans rights campaigners who had previously staged a four-day protest outside the Equality and Human Rights Commission's (EHRC) London offices.

A London borough took a “leisurely” approach to a disrepair case even though an accompanying court order carried a penal notice naming its chief executive, Mr Justice Rajah has said in the High Court.

The High Court has taken the rare step of ordering a local authority to delete land from a village green register in a case brought by a school against Bristol City Council and a local campaigner.

Campaign Group Transport Action Network has won a Court of Appeal case over whether it was lawful for the Secretary of State for Transport to reduce funding for measures to encourage walking and cycling.

The £14.2bn Sizewell C nuclear power station project faces legal action from a local campaign group just as Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves has signalled the long-delayed scheme would proceed.

The Supreme Court has refused a school permission to appeal a ruling that the dismissal of a Christian employee constituted unlawful discrimination on the ground of religion or belief.

The Attorney-General for Northern Ireland has made a reference to the Supreme Court over whether proposed changes to Northern Ireland's Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards Code of Practice that differ from the approach set out in the landmark Cheshire West ruling nevertheless satisfy Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights (the right to liberty).

A High Court judge has refused civil liberties organisation Liberty permission for a legal challenge against the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) over the lawfulness of its consultation on an updated Code of Practice for services, public functions and associations.

Juliet Wells, whose practice spans public law, group litigation, commercial law, international law, public inquiries, and costs and litigation funding, has joined 11KBW from Temple Garden Chambers.

Practical and effective measures must be taken by those within the legal profession with individual leadership responsibilities and by those with the responsibility for regulating the provision of legal services to ensure that artificial intelligence is not misused in litigation, a Divisional Court has warned.

Hartlepool Borough Council has been criticised by a judge for an “utterly contemptuous” response to a case brought by a resident over the positioning of a dustbin.

Castle Point Borough Council has launched legal action after a planning inspector allowed an appeal over a decision by the local authority to refuse planning permission for residential development in Daws Heath.

The Civil Justice Council has said that all forms of crowdfunding litigation should be regulated.

A local authority has secured a finding of fundamental dishonesty in a highway ‘tripping’ claim, with its counsel reporting that the court had agreed it was not possible for the claimant to have been in the vicinity of the defective pavement at the point he sustained his injury.

The High Court has ordered Dorset Council to undertake a re-assessment of an asylum seeker’s age, which takes account of new evidence in the form of an Afghan national identity card and three reports relating to it.

Civil liberties organisation Liberty has launched legal action against the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), arguing that the watchdog breached its statutory duties by trying to rush through “sweeping changes” to its Code of Practice, and not giving individuals and businesses a lawful amount of time to respond to a consultation.

Mid Sussex District Council has launched a judicial review against the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government in a row about a planning inspector's finding that the council's local development plan failed to meet the duty to cooperate.

The London Borough of Hillingdon has confirmed that it is considering legal action against the Home Office over the cost of supporting asylum seekers without additional Government funding.

Human rights charity Rights & Security International (RSI) has sent a pre-action letter to the Home Secretary and the Police Commissioner for the Metropolitan Police, arguing that a failure to collect “adequate” data to support equality monitoring within the Prevent programme constitutes a breach of the Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED).

The High Court has agreed to hear a judicial review challenge against the Environment Agency over its alleged regulatory failings in respect of a landfill site that has been a long-running source of complaints over pollution.

Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council has secured a renewed injunction against persons unknown who might set up unauthorised encampments in its area.

The City of London Corporation has lost a High Court challenge to the lawfulness of a scheme designed to mitigate empty property rates by regularly filling a space with boxes.