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Judge rejects challenge to police decision on council conduct and criminal proceedings
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Judge rejects challenge to validity of enforcement notice issued by district council
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Judge rejects claim over childcare facilities and permission for "community purposes"
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Judge rejects claim over lawfulness of written ministerial statement on local authorities and energy efficiency standards
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Judge rejects claim planning committee failed to grasp "intellectual nettle" of previous decision
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Judge rejects claim planning inspector dealt with application in procedurally unfair way
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Judge rejects claim planning permission for project should have been granted as only way to remove infestation of Japanese knotweed on site
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Judge rejects claim Work and Pensions Secretary acted unlawfully in case where tenant found to have starved to death after benefits stopped
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Judge rejects claims by parish that nuns conspired to provide district council with false information to secure planning permission
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Judge rejects costs bid by West Midlands councils over asylum judicial review challenge
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Judge rejects council bid for planning statutory review of 49MW battery energy storage facility
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Judge rejects housing claim brought by refugee against council and Home Secretary
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Judge rejects JR application brought by council over incinerator
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Judge rejects judicial review challenge over day centre closures as out of time
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Judge rejects latest bid by Information Commissioner to have appeal by council over FOI enforcement notice struck out
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Judge rejects legal challenge over £27.4bn roads programme
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Judge rejects legal challenge over storm overflows discharge reduction plan
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Judge rejects legal challenge to decision-making for distributor road serving 7,500-home scheme
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Judge rejects legal challenge to grant of planning permission in dispute over whether committee could impose condition requiring 12 metre ecological corridor
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Judge rejects legal challenge to planning permission for ‘extra care’ residential development
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