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Growing apart?
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Local authority defends its approach to checking for mould after coroner report into death of council tenant
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Local authority department up for in-house team of year at Yorkshire Legal Awards
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Local authority enforcement in private rented sector “more reactive than proactive” amid concerns over barriers faced and lack of capacity
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Local authority legal team shortlisted in two categories for LawWorks pro bono awards
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Local authority loses judicial review over refusal by minister to revoke academy order for school council considered should close
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Local authority ordered to pay 85% of costs of wasted Court of Protection hearing
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Local authority ordered to pay more than £800,000 to waste business in contract dispute
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Local authority ordered to pay mother fleeing ex-partner £10k in compensation following data breach
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Local authority ordered to review conduct of child protection proceedings in light of failure to present case in “fair and balanced way”
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Local authority ordered to withdraw charging policy for council-provided care
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Local authority overcomes "high hurdle" to secure rehearing over injury to two-year-old girl
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Local authority pension funds raise alarm over stock exchange corporate governance rules
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Local authority pursues recovery of boat removal costs under Pre-Action Debt protocol
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Local authority secures compliance with High Court injunction to restore plot of land to open countryside
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Local authority secures court approval for vaccination of boy in face of parental objections
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Local authority senior solicitor and surveillance law expert joins Act Now Training
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Local authority threatens judicial review over proposed transfer of hospital services
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Local authority to procure counsel framework agreement
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Local authority told by Ombudsman to remove fly-tipped mattress from river on council land
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Local authority wins appeal over costs order made in private family law proceedings
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