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Jun 18, 2025

Consultation on Surrey reorganisation kicks off

The Government has launched a consultation on local government reorganisation in Surrey, asking for views on whether to adopt a two-unitary structure or a three-unitary structure for the county.
Jun 13, 2025

Government minded to send Commissioners into Croydon

The Government is minded to escalate the intervention at Croydon Council following the ninth report of the local authority's Improvement and Assurance Panel, which has warned of a rapidly deteriorating financial position at the London borough.
Jun 12, 2025

Borough councils set to agree on shared legal service

Guildford Borough Council and Waverley Borough Council are poised to agree on a shared legal service in an effort to bring £50,000 worth of savings to each local authority per annum, alongside other benefits.
Jun 10, 2025

Ofsted and CQC to change way area SEND inspections are undertaken

Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) are to make a series of improvements to the way area SEND inspections are carried out, following a review of the framework for inspecting local area partnership arrangements launched in January 2023.
Jun 09, 2025

ICO launches AI and biometrics strategy

The Information Commissioner’s Office has launched a new AI and biometrics strategy in a bid to ensure organisations are developing and deploying new technologies lawfully.
Jun 09, 2025

Public law specialist joins 11KBW

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.
Jun 09, 2025

David Kerfoot obituary

David Browne and Stephen Humphreys pay tribute to planning solicitor David Kerfoot.
Jun 04, 2025

Council secures fundamental dishonesty finding in highways tripping claim

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.