There is no obligation to serve parking fine notices in Welsh in Wales, a judge has ruled in the case of a language activist who refuses to pay a fine notified in English.
The Supreme Court has allowed a Welsh council's appeal in a dispute over the diminution in value of land arising from the encroachment of Japanese knotweed.
National Park Authorities (NPAs) in Wales should improve on a number of areas including member officer relations, as well as the appointment and the diversity of members, Audit Wales has said.
A local resident is threatening legal action against the Vale of Glamorgan Council over the construction of a complex of modular homes to house Ukrainian refugees.
The Lady Chief Justice, Dame Sue Carr, has created a Transparency and Open Justice Board, which will “lead and coordinate the promotion of transparency and open justice across the courts and tribunals of England & Wales”.
The Welsh Government and Cafcass Cymru have published guidance to help support parents and other carers when they are explaining decisions made in the Family Court to children.
Audit Wales has unveiled plans to improve the timeliness of its performance audit work at NHS and local government bodies and to restore the auditing of accounts of the 800 public bodies across Wales to pre-pandemic timescales over the next few years.
An investigation by Newport City Council has found that all 14 of its town and community councils are failing to publish a compliant Register of Interests (RoI) on their websites.
Mark Roach, Sarah Davies and Dawn Gowland review a recent High Court case where a contractor sought to enforce an adjudicator’s decision against a Welsh council.
To help schools to understand the formalities and technical issues that need to be taken into account when a pupil is permanently excluded from a maintained school in Wales, Al Hussain and Trish D’Souza have put together a permanent exclusion checklist.
The Welsh Language Tribunal has decided in favour of the Welsh Language Commissioner in a significant decision which confirms the extent to which bodies must consider the impact of their policy decisions on the Welsh language, write Daniel Taylor and Tomos Lewis.
The prospect of a single unified tribunal system for Wales has moved closer, with the publication by the Welsh Government of a white paper, entitled ‘A New Tribunal System for Wales’. The white paper provides some much-needed detail about the proposed system which will act as a basis for consultation, says Matthew Williams.
Matthew White analyses a recent Court of Appeal decision that a Welsh council should pay damages in a Japanese knotweed claim brought by a neighbouring landowner.
The Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 (“the Act”) establishes a new and reformed legislative framework for Welsh local government elections, democracy, governance and performance. Victoria Searle sets out the key elements.
James Goudie KC will no longer conduct an independent review into social media posts made by an officer at the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales after concerns were voiced about the barrister's ties to the Labour party.
The Welsh Government has failed to ensure that local authorities are carrying out their legal duties with respect to the provision of accommodation for Gypsies and Travellers, the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales has said.
The Cabinet Office has published a first batch of guidance documents aimed at providing technical guidance on the Procurement Act 2023 and helping with interpretation and understanding of the new regime.
Professor Alison Young has started today (18 March 2024) as the Commissioner for Public and Welsh Law for a period of five years, replacing Nicholas Paines KC.