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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 network’s analysis finds £268m drained from local authorities annually
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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 not liable for actions of third parties on children in its care, Supreme Court rules
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Council not required to disclose advice of independent person: Tribunal
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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 disclose further information on incinerator deal
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Council ordered to pay £150k after wall collapse injures girl
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Council ordered to pay £230k after working injured when re-laying ice rink
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Council ordered to pay £68k on account in costs over coroner burial policy case
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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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Council ordered to pay out £150k after tree branch fell and killed driver’s baby
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