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Judge rejects application for interim relief after council offered unfurnished flat to claimant particularly vulnerable to COVID-19
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Judge rejects bid by boating groups for judicial review challenge over plans for increased mooring fees
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Judge rejects bid by council to obtain wardship over ill child
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Judge rejects bid by doctor to be joined to public law proceedings amid claims her professional opinion had been manipulated by the mother
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Judge rejects call by developer for summary judgment in dispute over s106 agreement and second planning permission
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Judge rejects calls for recusal in planning case amid accusations of bias
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Judge rejects challenge by unregulated sperm donor to local authority proposals in care proceedings
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Judge rejects challenge over council’s alcohol detox policy
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Judge rejects challenge over failure of council to allocate claimant into Band 1 of housing allocation scheme amid complaints over ASB by neighbours
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Judge rejects challenge over permission to expand site of Wimbledon Championships, but campaigners warn “insurmountable” obstacles to development remain
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Judge rejects challenge to 239-home scheme in Oxford over lack of transport improvement works obligations
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Judge rejects challenge to council declining to conduct EHC assessment
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Judge rejects challenge to decision by Assistant Coroner not to hold Article 2 inquest into death of woman in fire at home
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Judge rejects challenge to decision by council that claimant was not qualified for allocation of housing
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Judge rejects challenge to decision by council to sell cattle market site
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Judge rejects challenge to decision to send draft neighbourhood plan to referendum
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Judge rejects challenge to grant of planning permission for major development amid allegations of procedural irregularities, predetermination and bias
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Judge rejects challenge to how park authority decided against introducing traffic regulation order over off-road driving on two Lake District green lanes
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Judge rejects challenge to lawfulness of Care Act assessment
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Judge rejects challenge to ministerial decision to refuse planning permission for solar farm against recommendation of inspector
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