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Court of Appeal upholds adoption after rare hearing of substantive application for revocation
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Court of Appeal upholds broad discretion of family courts in FGM cases
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Court of Appeal upholds decision by Ombudsman to disclaim jurisdiction over two complaints
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Court of Appeal upholds decision to register part of port as village green
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Court of Appeal upholds High Court decision limiting private law actions in pollution disputes
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Court of Appeal upholds lawfulness of decision by Manchester mayor to implement bus franchising
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Court of Appeal upholds length of sentences for planning breaches
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Court of Appeal upholds no order for costs decision in housing case where claimant withdrew proceedings after being given new accommodation
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Court of Appeal upholds order for disclosure to police of documents filed in care proceedings
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Court of Appeal upholds plan for adoption for 18-month-old boy as placement with extended family in Pakistan “not achievable within his timescales”
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Court of Appeal upholds refusal of application for placement orders in case where parents showed “grossly unreasonable attitude” towards professionals
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Court of Appeal upholds rejection of CAAD appeal but rules Upper Tribunal did not have power to make costs order
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Court of Appeal upholds ruling on order diverting footpath round garden of private house
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Court of Appeal upholds ruling on responsibilities of Information Commissioner when complaint made about subject access request
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Court of Appeal upholds ruling on vaccination of children in care of local authorities
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Court of Appeal upholds ruling that council overcharged tenants for water
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Court of Appeal urges consideration of rule changes to procedure for judicial review claims after dismissing challenge to ‘lockdown’ regulations
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Court of Appeal urges councils to take prompt action in adoption cases where there is uncertainty about paternity
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Court of Appeal urges mediation as council seeks repayment of housing benefit recipients were not entitled to
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Court of Protection "unlikely to consider streamlined procedure appropriate" for authorisation of deprivation of liberty in living arrangements of 16/17 year olds, says judge
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