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Council sends pre-action protocol letter after being placed in Tier 3
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Council served enforcement notice over 261 unanswered FOI requests
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Council serves Community Protection Notice on major retailer for failing to enforce mask wearing in store
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Council set to shut regeneration company as operational model "no longer works"
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Council sets up development company after collapse of contractor
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Council settles case over treatment of five children at specialist school
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Council settles challenge over placing of women fleeing domestic abuse in accommodation shared with men
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Council settles claim brought by couple over halting of adoption process
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Council settles claim over school teacher who had asbestos cancer
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Council settles dispute with evangelical preacher it initially banned from holding event
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Council shelves proposals to redesignate special schools in county following threat of legal action
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Council shies away from legal action over called in planning decision on prison after KC says there are no grounds of challenge
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Council should have acquired planning permission before demolishing chapel, High Court finds
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Council snubs city council request to co-operate on delivering unmet housing need
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Council solicitor cleared of perverting the course of justice
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Council solicitor struck off after providing false information to colleagues about application to discharge interim care order
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Council strikes deal with Home Office to end bitter legal dispute over airfield
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Council stymied after legal advice suggests no basis to challenge consent order for solar power station
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Council submits £130m claims in High Court bid to recover costs under housing estate maintenance PFI
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Council succeeds in appeal after judge made decision based on erroneous belief about length of commitment of foster carer
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