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Council secures injunction against garden fete that lacked proper risk assessment
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Council secures injunction against man who circumvented redaction in child protection papers
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Council secures injunction over residential use of caravans near Ashdown Forest
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Council secures injunction to ban proposed “tent city” homeless encampment
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Council secures interim High Court injunction over 100+ acres of Green Belt land
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Council secures interim injunction in bid to keep affordable homes subject to section 106 agreement
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Council secures interim injunction in High Court over creation of extra plots for caravans
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Council secures interim injunction stopping hotel from being used to house asylum seekers
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Council secures partial closure orders covering three high-rise blocks
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Council secures permission for appeal over secure flexible tenancies and possession during fixed term
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Council secures possession in case concerning effect of time spent in residential care by person with no mental capacity and whether it should deprive family member of right to succeed
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Council secures possession order evicting environmental protesters at development site
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Council secures reinstatement of part of penalty for failure to licence HMO
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Council secures six-figure fine for landlords who failed to comply with improvement notices
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Council secures strike out of parts of witness statement for claimant in £1.7m planning negligence dispute
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Council seeks ‘urgent’ legal advice over solar farm decision
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Council seeks clarification on fate of public funds held by leisure trust
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Council seeks judicial review in dispute over finding of planning inspector on duty to cooperate
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