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Judge gives guidance on care cases where parent has learning disability
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Judge gives guidance to social workers drawn into disputes between parents
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Judge gives permission for High Court challenge over requirement in Covid regulations for meal if alcohol being served
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Judge gives permission for judicial review challenge over suitability of NASS accommodation for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children
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Judge gives permission for judicial review over grant of changed dredging licence for material from nuclear power station construction site
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Judge gives permission for legal challenge over Cherwell local plan partial review
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Judge gives permission to campaigners for judicial review over library closure
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Judge gives reasons for granting interim injunction prohibiting anti-HS2 protesters from overnight sleeping and other acts on council land next to construction site
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Judge gives reasons for rejecting application for judicial review of consultation on SEND provision
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Judge grants city council possession order over square with homeless camp
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Judge grants council three-year injunction over unlawful encampments
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Judge grants permission for judicial review challenge to lack of enforcement action over church building conversion
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Judge grants permission to bring claim over alleged failure to treat as former relevant child
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Judge hails "vital" role of Family Drug and Alcohol Court after making supervision order
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Judge hands down ruling on children under 16, deprivations of liberty and inherent jurisdiction after amendment of statutory scheme for placements
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Judge hands down ruling on effect of withdrawal agreement on homeless applicants who are former EU nationals
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Judge hands down ruling on interplay between obligations of local authority under Care Act, and obligations of Home Secretary under immigration law
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Judge hands down ruling on meaning of 'child in need' under Children Act for families who have 'no recourse to public funds'
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Judge hands down ruling on true provenance and parentage of 11-month-old girl brought into UK from Nigeria
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Judge hearing family contact dispute criticises Welsh council of adopting “too narrow a perspective” and “missing the point” over support it could offer
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