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Growing apart?
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DAC Beachcroft strengthens public sector liability expertise with four-strong, partner-led team hire
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DAC Beachcroft unveils sixth successive year of growth, increased profitability ahead of impacts of COVID-19
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Dame Christine Gilbert to lead independent review into Ofsted response to death of headteacher
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Dame Sue Carr sworn in as Lady Chief Justice
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Damning CQC report calls for improved community-based capacity, pooled budgets and new national specialist commissioner of complex care
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Damning legal advice sees council withdraw from inquiry and remove planning refusal reasons
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Daniel Stilitz QC named joint head of chambers at 11KBW
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Data fails to show link between size of council and its performance: District Councils Network
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Data protection claim ends in court ordering claimant to pay majority of council costs
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Data protection law not a barrier to sharing information to save lives and stop crime: ICO
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Data was copied without authorisation in recent cyber attack “with criminal intent”, London boroughs reveal
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Data watchdog relaxes regulatory function to prioritise guidance on complying with law during coronavirus public health emergency
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Date set for Birmingham school protests injunction hearing
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Date set for Court of Appeal case on lack of reasons for refusal to call in scheme
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David Kerfoot obituary
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Day-to-day adoption practice by regional adoption agencies “strong”, but challenges remain: Ofsted
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DCLG defeats challenge over failure to give reasons for not calling in scheme
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DCLG in call for evidence on local authority licensing of park homes
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