Piers Riley-Smith analyses a Court of Appeal case concerning whether there was a legal power to vary an Abatement Notice issued under s.80 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990.

Stefan Liberadzki discusses the new Intermediate Track and fixed costs.

A recent Upper Tribunal decision involving a city council has significant implications for local housing authorities and landlords alike, writes Mikhail Charles.

Catherine Craven, Ian Larkins and Martha Mpangile round up the latest cases and court decisions of interest to housing associations and local authorities.

A recent judgment has significant implications for public procurement and the disclosure of documents in English law, writes Cheye Waithe.

A council recently won an appeal over a ruling on whether a 20-year-old man had capacity in certain areas. Lucinda France-Hayhurst analyses the judgment.

Stephen Crispin and Matthew Brookes-Baker analyse the outcome of a fact-finding hearing in care proceedings concerning allegations that one or other of the parents had deliberately inflicted injury to a non-mobile infant.

Shiva Krishnan and Hannah Taylor examine a judge's new formulation for interim declarations on capacity in the Court of Protection.

Michael Jones KC provides an update on recent public law children cases of interest to practitioners.

A recent High Court case shows that there is still scope for arguable failure to remove claims, writes Ella Davis.

Alex Ruck Keene KC (Hon) examines an important, but curious, case about the limits of the duties imposed by Article 2 ECHR on public bodies to seek to secure the life of individuals in the community.

The Court of Appeal recently allowed an appeal by the mother against a finding that injuries to a child were caused by one of six relatives who were present, rather than accident. Sara Chalk analyses the judgment.

Sarah Christy, Laura Waby and Sumi Begum round up the latest housing law cases and court decisions of interest to local authorities and housing associations.

A recent decision of Fordham J highlights some useful practice points about settling judicial review cases, writes Charlotte Tosti.

Clare Middleton analyses a Court of Protection judgment concerning an important decision taken at a procedural hearing.

Kate Fenwick provides a summary of the updated Protocol for Police Disclosure in the Family Court.

Amjad Kadhim explores the issue of applications for expert evidence under Part 25 Family Procedure Rules 2010 in light of a recent Family Division case decided..

A High Court judge recently refused a local authority’s application for a deprivation of liberty (DoL) order in respect of a 12-year-old girl with “profound and enduring” disabilities. Alex Ruck Keene KC (Hon) analyses the ruling.

Charles Holland examines a recent ruling where conditions restricting the ability to cross-border subcontract were quashed on appeal.

A High Court judge has ruled that the general principle that a litigant in judicial review proceedings is not entitled, as a matter of course, to redact, on the ground of relevance, the identities of officials in disclosure cannot be contracted out by the parties’ agreement through a consent order. Jonathan Blunden and Christian Grierson analyse the judgment.