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Council mulls legal action over placement of “disproportionate” number of asylum seekers in area
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Council mulls legal options for evicting Israeli arms manufacturer
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Council mulls shutting down wholly-owned company that cannot service debts
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Council must address conflict of interests in wholly owned company: External auditors
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Council must consider impact on Welsh Language in all policy decisions relating to its community property stock, Tribunal affirms
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Council must pay damages in Japanese knotweed claim brought by neighbouring property owner, Court of Appeal rules
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Council names 10 chambers to £4m barristers services framework
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Council names supplier for £369k contract for off the shelf legal case management system
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Council names two firms to £800,000 contract providing legal support for major regeneration project
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Council nets permission for High Court challenge to decision by inspector over Local Plan and duty to cooperate
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Council nets permission from judge to register birth of child against fundamental philosophical opposition of father
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Council not entitled to refuse to assess needs of Vietnamese woman on basis of preliminary age assessment by different authority, judge finds
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Council obtains injunction to prevent sale of Tudor overmantel from listed building
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Council obtains injunction to secure affordable housing provision on development site
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Council obtains legal advice suggesting it can depart from standard method for calculating housing need
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Council obtains temporary injunction to protect 158 sites in borough from illegal encampments
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Council offers to plant trees equivalent to legal costs if protesters end action
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Council officers responsible for enforcing regulations requiring businesses to close during lockdown
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Council ordered to pay £150k after wall collapse injures girl
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Council ordered to pay costs after settling judicial review claim over failure to take enforcement action on church conversion
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