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Council ordered to reconsider homelessness status of convicted offender over failure to recognise intervening event
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Council ordered to undertake re-assessment of age of asylum seeker
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Council orders 204-home development to be torn down over significant deviations from planning permission
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Council overturns allotment change-of-use ban at CoA
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Council overturns FTT decision on timing of 'fit and proper' test
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Council passes motion of no confidence in local plan amid concern over impact of climate change on coast
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Council passes motion urging Welsh ministers to withdraw local development plan
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Council pauses charging 16-19-year-olds for using school buses after legal threat
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Council pauses local plan in hope that housing need numbers “will be greatly reduced” under new NPPF
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Council pays £1.5m+ in first year of redress scheme for people affected by abuse while placed in its children’s homes
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Council pays £55,000 and makes an apology to survivor of abuse in children’s home
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Council pays £8k+ after failing to protect children from older brother
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Council pays damages to settle claims over eviction of pro-life charity from country show
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Council pays landlord to house tenant he was seeking to evict
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Council persuades Court of Appeal to restore interim care order
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Council persuades court to strike out claim over aborted snow centre
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Council persuades High Court judge to quash judgment in default in data breach claim after papers posted to empty office during lockdown
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Council persuades TCC that outdoor advertising dispute falls outside EU rules
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Council planning board removes clause from s106 agreement restricting future occupants from bringing claims over noise after receiving advice move was unlawful
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Council plans fresh legal action against resident two years after £100k costs order
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