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Judges dismiss judicial review challenge over interpretation by Prime Minister of ministerial code in Priti Patel "bullying" claims
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Judges dismiss legal challenge over use of WhatsApp and other non-government communications systems for government business
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Judges overturn conviction for refusal to give name and address in case of suspected Covid regulations breach
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Judges refuse council permission to appeal “academic” homelessness ruling
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Judges reject appeal against local authority decision not to determine appellant as “child in need” when he was 16
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Judges reject appeal by council in dispute over entitlement to right to buy
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Judges reject appeal over motion boycotting produce from Israeli settlements
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Judges reject appeal over succession to tenancy and meaning of “step-child”
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Judges reject appeal over whether protective duty had arisen in school exclusion case where pupil was vulnerable to child criminal exploitation
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Judges reject challenge by freeholders over changes to legislation on determination of sums payable on exercise of right to enfranchise
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Judges reject challenge over adoption and special guardianship for half-brothers
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Judges reject council challenge over requirement to participate in national dispersal scheme for asylum seeker children
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Judges reject legal challenge over system operated by council for allocating temporary accommodation including ‘transfer list’
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Judges rule on meaning of ‘isolated’ homes and National Planning Policy Framework
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Judges set to undergo bespoke training following reports of “inappropriate behaviour”
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Judges uphold listing of field as asset of community value despite trespassing
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Judgment reserved after hearing into plan to turn allotments into sport pitches
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Judgment reserved following hearing of election petition over Runcorn & Helsby by-election
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Judgment reserved in council appeal in asylum seeker airfield dispute
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Judgment reserved in council asylum seeker airfield injunction case
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