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Council defeats Supreme Court appeal over gang-related injunctions and standard of proof
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Council defeats tribunal bid by FOI requester for legal advice on power to issue excess charge notices over off-street car parking and to pursue criminal prosecutions for contraventions
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Council defends challenge over provision of secure accommodation for children at risk of being detained by police
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Council defends High Court challenge after cyclist injured on grass verge
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Council defends High Court challenge from care home operators
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Council defends High Court challenge over decentralised model of specialist educational support
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Council defends judicial review over decision not to consider out of time request for review of suitability of property offered
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Council defends planning committee after critical peer review
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Council defers vote on controversial taxi licensing policy
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Council demands urgent meeting with Housing Minister amid claims it is “between a rock and a hard place” over Local Plan
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Council did not do enough to help social housing tenant enduring homophobic abuse, Ombudsman says
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Council did not properly consider whether it needed to provide alternative education for young boy, Ombudsman finds
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