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Judge refuses costs appeal by professional deputy after failed application to be appointed
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Judge refuses Liberty permission to challenge length of consultation by equalities watchdog on updates to code of practice
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Judge refuses permission for challenge to district council HQ relocation plans
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Judge refuses permission for judicial review challenge over age assessment
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Judge refuses permission for judicial review of 2,300-home garden town development
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Judge refuses permission for judicial review of age assessment, finding it was carried out in accordance with Welsh Government toolkit
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Judge refuses permission for judicial review of planning permission for 10,000 home garden town project
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Judge refuses permission for legal challenge to age assessment
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Judge refuses permission for legal challenge to Inner Temple planning permission
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Judge refuses relief despite finding council failed to acquaint itself with legal status of land prior to granting permission for development
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Judge refuses Tesco permission to bring judicial review challenges over permissions for new Aldi store
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Judge refuses to authorise deprivation of liberty of vulnerable 12-year-old girl in acute psychiatric admissions unit, despite lack of alternative accommodation
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Judge refuses to grant union interim injunction but full trial looms in bins dispute
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Judge refuses to lift suspension on award of community health services contract
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Judge refuses to make deprivation of liberty order where local authority feared termination of placement if none made
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Judge refuses to strike out negligence claim brought against public bodies by man who killed three elderly men
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Judge rejects £1.7m claim brought by developer against local planning authority
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Judge rejects appeal in 'snails in crates' business rates dispute
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Judge rejects appeal over refusal of planning permission for demolition of Victorian villa in conservation area and subsequent development
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Judge rejects application by Official Solicitor for council to pay costs in s.21A proceedings
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