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Disabled golfer sues council-run golf course for discrimination
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Disabled man moved to inappropriate temporary accommodation due to severe maladministration, Housing Ombudsman finds
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Disabled man stuck in bedroom on eighth-floor flat for 20 months loses judicial review challenge
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Disabled people seeking social housing facing avoidable injustices, Ombudsman says
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Disabled teacher who showed horror film to class wins £646k payout
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Disabled woman left in “state of neglect” after council took too long to decide what funding it would give her to manage own support needs, Ombudsman finds
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Disclosure and Barring Service entitled to come to different conclusion than Teachers Regulation Agency, Court of Appeal rules
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Discussions between Welsh Government and UK Government over future of justice in Wales to begin “shortly”: Counsel General
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Dispute between council and leaseholder over ice rink heads to arbitration
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Dispute between county and districts over local government reorganisation in Somerset heats up as voters directed to spoof website
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Dispute between county and operator over type of waste sent to plant heads to TCC
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Dispute over business rates exemption and gym provider reaches Supreme Court
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Dispute over eligibility of winner of mayoral election heads to County Court
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Dispute over empty properties and £10m+ in business rates to go to Supreme Court
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Dispute over permitted development changes to be heard by Court of Appeal
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Dispute over roadside boulders sees council hit with legal claim
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Dispute over sale of right to buy property at undervalue heads to court
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District agrees to quashing of drainage decision taken in breach of legitimate expectation of claimant being able to comment on application
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District and boroughs "extremely disappointed" over county council plan for reorganisation
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