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Cat fouling and statutory nuisance

Cat fouling and statutory nuisance

What can we learn from the most recent statutory nuisance judgment from the Court of Appeal, and what additional issues does the judgment leave untouched? Gordon Wignall explains.

November 04, 2026

Cat fouling and statutory nuisance

News

Council loses Court of Appeal battle over determination of complaint about cats fouling in garden

November 04, 2026

Supreme Court agrees to hear subsidy control appeal over loans by combined authority to property group

November 03, 2026

Judge refuses to allow council to rely on late documents in permission-stage judicial review case

November 03, 2026

Social worker issues pre-action letter over CAFCASS Gender Identity Guidance

Nov 03, 2026

Council settles judicial review over decision to ban gender-critical campaigners

Oct 30, 2026

Civil Justice Council calls for new practice direction on AI use in court documents

Oct 30, 2026

Family President issues guidance on management of short notice applications in public family law proceedings

Oct 29, 2026

University fails in bid to get Free Speech Union to pay costs of intervention in regulatory dispute with Office for Students

Oct 28, 2026

Council agrees to prioritise legal challenge over withdrawing local plan, following warning from minister

Oct 28, 2026

Closed material in Forced Marriage Protection Order proceedings should continue – for a short period – to be withheld from parents in context of care proceedings, High Court rules

Oct 27, 2026

High Court dismisses judicial review challenge over closure of leisure centre

Oct 26, 2026

LGA welcomes proposed review of review of existing equal pay claims rules of procedure

Oct 23, 2026

Reorganisation pause will not impact devolution timeline, minister stresses

Oct 23, 2026

Use of AI by public bodies creating barriers to judicial review, says access to justice charity

Oct 21, 2026

Court of Appeal hears appeal by council over requirement to redetermine complaint by resident over neighbour’s cats

Oct 20, 2026

Tribunal judge committed misconduct when standing as candidate in local election

Oct 20, 2026

Magistrates’ Court to hear appeal this week from community church against council decision to issue Community Protection Notice over preaching

Oct 19, 2026

Council facing legal challenge over aviary closure plans

Oct 16, 2026

Two more councils launch legal challenges over reorganisation decisions

Oct 13, 2026

Councillor launches judicial review over standards decision following LGBTQIA+ event row

Oct 13, 2026

Government to press ahead with reforms to enforcement of council tax but promises to carry out new burdens assessment

Oct 12, 2026

Judiciary sets out five core principles in position statement on judicial use of AI

Oct 12, 2026

City council launches legal action after primary school site sold off in conveyancing error

Oct 08, 2026

Supreme Court hears appeal over data breach claims and threshold of seriousness

Oct 07, 2026

Court of Protection rules 16-year-old boy is not subject to deprivation of liberty despite extensive restrictions

Oct 05, 2026

County council launches judicial review over solar development approved through NSIP process

Oct 05, 2026

County to take “precautionary steps” to protect position during review of local government reorganisation

Oct 05, 2026

Council in Derbyshire issues pre-action protocol letter over paused reorganisation decision

Oct 05, 2026

High Court rejects claim against council over decision not to renew option agreement for stately home

Oct 02, 2026

New Business and Property Division of High Court comes into effect

Oct 01, 2026

Met Police refers Kensington & Chelsea Council to CPS for charging decisions over Grenfell Tower fire

Oct 01, 2026

Government unveils £16m Legal Support Grant for people facing eviction, debt issues

Sep 30, 2026

Judge in charge of Administrative Court issues practice statement amid spike in applications for urgent consideration

Sep 30, 2026

Practice direction for possession proceedings comes into force amid phased rollout

Sep 29, 2026

Council loses appeal against £42k damages award over water running off highway

Sep 24, 2026

Leicestershire councils send pre-action protocol letter “to protect legal position” over local government reorganisation

Sep 23, 2026

High Court judge allows claim over level of support for disabled 13-year-old

Sep 22, 2026

Leading planning silk among ten new High Court judges

Sep 22, 2026

Company behind “box-shifting” business rates mitigation scheme lodges application with Supreme Court for permission to appeal Court of Appeal setback

Sep 21, 2026

Developer seeks permission from Supreme Court to appeal subsidy control ruling

Sep 21, 2026

Council to take Government to High Court after being stripped of powers to decide major planning applications

Sep 21, 2026

Council publishes s.5A report on prima facie breaches but monitoring officer concludes they were “minor and inadvertent”

Sep 18, 2026

Discrimination claim against council officer “totally without merit”, court rules

Sep 17, 2026

Features

Disclosure and wasted costs: lessons from a recent care case

Disclosure and wasted costs: lessons from a recent care case

October 30, 2026

Graeme Bentley considers a recent matter in which the Court provided important reminders to local authorities, their legal representatives and other professionals as to the duties of disclosure and information sharing.

Airport subsidy control case heads to Court of Appeal

Airport subsidy control case heads to Court of Appeal

October 29, 2026

The Court of Appeal has agreed to hear the high-profile Subsidy Control case of Bristol Airport v Welsh Ministers. Alexander Rose and Jake Vincent look at what is at stake.

The 2026 Administrative Court Guide: time limits, urgent applications and AI

The 2026 Administrative Court Guide: time limits, urgent applications and AI

October 23, 2026

Paul Henty, Head of Public Procurement at Beale & Co, sets out three things from the 2026 Administrative Court Guide that should change how council legal teams work.

Summer heat and the defensibility of highway claims

Summer heat and the defensibility of highway claims

October 15, 2026

Henry Bermingham considers what the RAC's latest findings mean for highway authorities defending claims from motorists.

Article 8 protections after AGNI

Article 8 protections after AGNI

Oct 15, 2026

Small claims, mediation and discontinuances

Small claims, mediation and discontinuances

Oct 08, 2026

Out of time, out of luck?

Out of time, out of luck?

Sep 18, 2026

Vulnerability in the Family Court – logistics, practicalities and adaptations

Vulnerability in the Family Court – logistics, practicalities and adaptations

Sep 10, 2026

Public authorities, omissions and the limits of liability

Public authorities, omissions and the limits of liability

Sep 09, 2026

Accidents on cycle lanes

Sep 09, 2026

Preliminary findings on factual causation and dangerousness

Sep 01, 2026

Accurate civil penalty notices

Aug 21, 2026

First decision on the Crime and Policing Act 2026

Aug 14, 2026

Public law case update Q1 2026

Aug 14, 2026

Emerging drug trends in the UK: Testing for new substances in the family courts

Aug 12, 2026

Knotty problems – the importance of causation in Japanese knotweed cases

Aug 12, 2026

High Court Orders Government to Pay Costs Following Free Speech Union Judicial Review

Aug 04, 2026

Court of Appeal Dismisses Westminster’s Appeal in Section 106 Affordable Housing Case

Aug 04, 2026

The Crime & Policing Act 2026: Key Amendments to POCA 2002

Jul 10, 2026

A Modern Jarndyce v Jarndyce: Privy Council Endorses Robust Approach to “Inordinate” Appellate Delay (Baird v Goldgar and others [2026] UKPC 23)

Jun 18, 2026

Limitation and other arguments in subsidence claims

Jun 10, 2026

Housing conditions claims and allocation

Jun 03, 2026

Transparency and open justice in the Court of Protection

May 29, 2026

Judicial review of sports governing bodies

May 27, 2026

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