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will mean in practice for social landlords.

Housing management in practice
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on six key challenges in housing
management including how to tackle
anti-social behaviour.

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.

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and delivery. Targets have been set and missed; waiting lists have grown longer,
and the most vulnerable people in our society have been left with fewer safe,
affordable places to call home. Technology has a key role to play to address this
situation writes Andrew Lloyd of Search Acumen.
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Public children law case update – Winter 2026
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Personal welfare deputies, principle and pragmatism
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Hoarding and learning from inquests – safeguarding to prevent tragic outcomes
Natural justice and costs in the Court of Protection
Self-neglect and capacity
Fact finding in the Court of Protection
Independent Social Workers and judicial review
The Welsh Language and the Court of Protection
Revisiting Cheshire West
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Court of Protection case update: July 2025
The final say
Cross-border deprivation of liberty
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Defending Age Assessment Challenges: A Guide for Local Authorities
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Data Centres Enter the NSIP Regime
Scope of Judicial Review in a Contractual Context
Promptness in bringing judicial review claims
The EIP: 10 Days of the 10 Goals - Goal 2: Air
Town halls and charitable trusts
Hillside: Three years on
Compulsory purchase order valuation under scrutiny
Homelessness law reform in Wales
Mobile homes and separate planning units
Cat crimes – should cat owners be concerned?
Section 58 defences and reactive systems
Maintenance of a river embankment
Changes to the building safety regime in Wales
Local authority leisure services: The agency model
Public law case update Q3 2025
Kinship care – latest developments
Roll up, roll up
Proposed changes to the consumer standards
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Deputyship Surgery: Court of Protection Updates & Practical Guidance
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The unorthodox quashing of the pre-existing nullity
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The updated Standard Selection Questionnaire
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The Upper Tribunal on s.249A penalties and late appeals
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The use of medical research literature as evidence in care proceedings
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The use of Specific Issue Orders
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The validity of tenancies granted by fraudulent employees
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The Walleys Quarry litigation – a commentary
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The way forward for CQC – something old, something new….
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The way wind works
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The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together (Shakespeare, Macbeth)
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The weight placed on local authority age assessments
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The Welsh Housing Quality Standard (WHQS) – 1st April 2024 update
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The Welsh Language – not only the language of the school playground, but the language of the community
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The WFH Debate: Changes to the Flexible Working Regime and lessons from the Wilson case
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The White Fraiser Report: lessons in PFI management
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The Winter Plan and the right to family life
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Therapy for parents pre-proceedings
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There is a “clear anxiety” among returning officers over burden of voting reforms ahead of next election, Parliamentary committee warns
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There is little to suggest social care has turned a corner: The King’s Fund
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Things that local authorities can do under ‘business as usual’ to achieve Net Zero
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