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  • Arnold-Baker on Local Council Administration Twelfth edition
  • Cornerstone on Anti-Social Behaviour
  • A Practical Guide To Permitted Changes of Use (3rd ed)
  • A Practical Guide To Planning, Highways And Development
  • The Power of Neighbourhood Planning
  • Court of Protection Made Clear: A User's Guide (revised 1st ed)
  • Cornerstone on Information Law
  • Housing Regeneration: A Plan for Implementation
  • Information Rights
  • Pease, Chitty and Cousins: Law of Markets and Fairs
  • Planning Enforcement
  • Statutory Nuisance
  • The Law of Compulsory Purchase
  • Planning Policy
  • Planning Obligations Demystified: A Practical Guide to Planning Obligations and Section 106 Agreements
  • A Practical Guide to Licensing Law for Commercial Property Lawyers
  • A Practical Guide to the Law Relating to Food
  • A Practical Guide to the Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act 2018
  • A Practical Guide to Antisocial Behaviour Injunctions
  • Gypsy and Traveller Law
  • Patterson & Karim on Judicial Review Third edition
  • Local Authority Liability Seventh edition
  • Paterson's Licensing Acts 2020 including CD-ROM
  • Supperstone, Goudie & Walker: Judicial Review Sixth edition
  • Housing Allocation and Homelessness Law & Practice Sixth edition (with CD-ROM)
  • Licensing: The New Law Second edition
  • Judicial Review: A Practical Guide Third edition
  • Community Care Law and Local Authority Handbook Third edition
  • Care Standards Legislation Handbook Seventh edition
  • Employment in Schools: A Legal Guide Second edition
  • Enemies of the People? How Judges Shape Society
  • Law and Society in a Populist Age
  • Mental Health and Wellbeing in the Legal Profession
  • Emergency Powers in a Time of Pandemic
  • Participation in Courts and Tribunals
  • Dementia and Human Rights
  • A Practical Guide to GDPR for Schools
  • Covid-19, Homeworking and the Law – The Essential Guide to Employment and GDPR Issues
  • After The Revolution: Lessons From Local Government On Designing A Dynamic Democracy
  • A guide to UK data protection law with relevant provisions of the Data Protection Act 2018
  • Cornerstone on the Planning Court
  • Renewable Energy from Wind and Solar Power: Law and Regulation
  • Cornerstone on Social Housing Fraud
  • Essential Law for Cemetery and Crematorium Managers
  • The Law of Compulsory Purchase - Fourth Edition
  • Running Elections 2022
  • SAS Operation Galia
  • Crown and Government Land: Prerogative, Statute and Common Law
  • Adoption Law: A Practical Guide 2nd Edition
  • Effective Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB) Case Management Principles: A Guide for Social Housing Providers
  • Court of Protection Handbook: a user's guide
  • European State Aid Law and Policy (and UK Subsidy Control)
  • Fire Safety Law, 1st Edition
  • Making Decisions Judicially - A Guide for Decision-Makers
  • A Practical Guide to Succession to Social Housing Tenancies
  • A practical guide to factitious illness in care proceedings by Sharan Bhachu
  • Manual on Protest Injunctions Practice, Procedure and Persons Unknown
  • A Practical Guide to Alienation, Alteration and User Covenants in Commercial Property
  • A Practical Guide to Responding to Housing Disrepair and Unfitness Claims
  • Restrictions on the Use of Land: A Practitioner's Handbook 2nd ed
  • Child Care and Protection: Law and Practice 7th edition
  • Enquiries of Local Authorities and Water Companies: A Practical Guide 7th edition
  • Practical guidance for local authority enforcement officers series - Julie Barratt
  • Local Authority Conveyancing
  • The Family Court in Practice A safeguarding guide for all practitioners working with children
• Sharpe Edge
  • SharpeEdge Books
    • Local Authority Charging and Trading Powers (LACAT)
  • SharpeEdge Adults
    • Can a worker get paid for sleeping?
    • Mandatory Vaccination for Care Home Workers in England
    • Mandatory Vaccination for Care Home Workers in England – Update
  • SharpeEdge Child
  • SharpeEdge Comm Safety
  • SharpeEdge Education
    • Summer school on construction contracts
  • SharpeEdge Employment
    • Can you decline to sponsor skilled workers under the new immigration rules?
    • Can a worker get paid for sleeping?
    • Mandatory Vaccination for Care Home Workers in England – Update
    • Settlement agreements – waiving Personal Injury claims
    • The importance of due process, communication and fairness in employee conduct investigations – what you need to know.
    • Managing employees with long COVID and employees who have anxiety about returning to the office
    • Unconscious Bias, Discrimination and a Warning to Public Sector Employers
    • Witches’ hats, sexist comments, and a £2 million pay-out
    • Will employers still be able to use the practice of ‘fire and rehire’ in 2022?
    • Are you doing enough to promote equality and diversity in your workplace?
    • The Pathway to the Future – The Road Map for Employment Tribunals
    • New Financial Year – What are this year’s rate changes to Employment Law and other important updates.
    • Holiday entitlement and pay for atypical working arrangements: Harpur Trust v Brazel [2022] UKSC 21
    • New Anti-Strike Laws – Understanding the rights and duties of employers and employees in industrial action
    • A step towards change?
    • New statutory code announced – is the tide turning on the practice of ‘fire and rehire’?
    • New ACAS mental health guidance: reasonable adjustments
    • Private Members Bills that may affect employment law
    • Sharpe Minds – Everything that can go wrong in Employment Tribunal Litigation
    • Requesting flexible working
    • New disclosure timeframes for Custodial Sentences to Employers
    • Minimum service levels update – major change to UK trade union law
    • Equality Act to get EU upgrade
    • Updated: Employment Relations (Flexible Working) Act 2023 has received Royal Assent on 14 July 2023.
    • Enhancements to family leave published
    • Reforms to holiday pay, record-keeping requirements and TUPE: an important Employment Law update
    • Paternity leave is becoming more flexible
    • Spotlight on Employment Rights 2024
    • TUPE - crash course on the fundamentals
    • Employment law update – a lookback at 2024 so far and where we are heading…
    • IR35: when does it apply?
    • The WFH Debate: Changes to the Flexible Working Regime and lessons from the Wilson case
    • The King’s Speech - What is on the Employment Law Horizon
    • Preventing workplace sexual harassment The Worker Protection Amendment of Equality Act 2010 Act 2023
    • Pensions and IDRP for Pension Complaints to the Pensions Ombudsman
    • Employment Appeals Tribunal rules that a charity trustee was not precluded from bringing a whistleblowing claim
    • Navigating changes to TUPE, and the Employment Rights Bill in procurement
    • Should harassment in the workplace be deemed a breach of health and safety obligations?
  • SharpeEdge Environment
    • The Heat Networks (Scotland) Bill
    • Implementing Net Zero: Taking account of Carbon Reduction Plans in the Procurement of Major Government Contracts
    • Managing new enforcement powers for councils under the Traffic Management Act 2004
    • Climate emergency or climate catastrophe?
    • Net Zero – What’s new for local authorities?
    • Hard Times: Improving Air Quality with Clean Air Zones
    • Environment Act 2021: What Does it Mean for Waste Authorities?
    • The Electric Vehicle Revolution or…
    • The Revised National Planning Policy Framework: Better design, greener outcomes?
    • Momentum for Heat Network Roll Out Gathers Pace
    • Progress on Climate Change action plans in Local Government
    • A New NEC Option to tackle greenwashing in the construction industry
    • NET ZERO – What obligations are there on the UK to achieve it?
    • Refurbishment and Retrofitting: In with the old, out with the new!
    • A renewable future: focusing energy solutions at a local level
    • UK Emission Trading Scheme to include waste incineration installations
    • Net Zero: the Good Law Project continue to turn up the heat on the government
    • New NEC4 secondary Option X29: Climate Change clause
    • Net Zero transition plans in the UK construction industry
    • Things that local authorities can do under ‘business as usual’ to achieve Net Zero
    • Sharpe Pritchard offers 10 hours of pro bono legal advice to local authorities for green projects
    • The role of offsetting in local government climate change plans
    • Game changing planning decision for developers of renewables
    • Nature England – Green Infrastructure Framework
    • Carbon Offset, Carbon Credits and Other Ideas Webinar
    • Energy efficiency as part of local government decarbonisation plans
    • Energy efficiency webinar
    • New and updated guidance issued on Persistent Organic Pollutants
    • The importance of biodiversity as part of local authority climate change strategies
    • Biodiversity Webinar
    • This is the one about Hydrogen
    • Solar Success Strikes Again: Ledwyche Solar Limited v Shropshire Council
    • Seven to Three: Simpler Recycling?
    • The way wind works
    • Heat networks consumer protection consultation
    • Solar as part of a Net Zero strategy in local government
    • Sharpe Pritchard shines bright with launch of solar podcast
    • Green Steves Podcast - Episode 1 A deep dive into solar PV
    • Land based solar installations
    • Delivering Major Solar Installations
    • Making solar add up – The revenues of a solar plant
    • Business Cases and Financial Modelling for Solar PV Projects
    • New government, same challenge, new solutions
    • Summary of the Clean Power 2030 Action Plan: A new era of clean electricity
    • OFTO Build Model: Ofgem’s shift to early competition
    • Phasing-out of petrol and diesel cars for 2030: Comments and observations
    • Hydrogen in domestic heating – Developments in the UK
    • Burning Question: Does your Heat Network qualify for UK Heat Network Business Rates Relief?
    • Raising integrity voluntarily: The UK’s carbon and nature markets consultation
  • SharpeEdge Governance
    • Local government contracts and the ultra vires doctrine
    • Councils unable to hold meetings remotely from 7th May
    • The Queen’s Speech and Judicial Review
    • Autumn Budget Spending Review 2021 – What Public Bodies Need To Know
    • Levelling up – A new opportunity for further devolution in England?
    • Three new Levels to ‘level up’ Local Government in England?
    • New Government Guidance on PFI Expiry
    • The Queen’s Speech in Brief
    • Spotlight on the Law – 2023
    • Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill – An Update
    • LA cost recovery charging and the setting of licence fees
    • Can a Local Authority go “bankrupt” and what is a Section 114 Notice?
    • The effects of a s.114 notice on third party contractors
    • Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023
    • The impact of the Economic Crime and Transparency Act 2023 on local authorities and their companies
    • Avoid pre-election panic – How to navigate “purdah” as a local authority
    • More lessons learned from the Local Government PFI Investment Programme
    • Local authorities as trustees of charities
    • Value for money – general good practice for local authorities
    • Companies House outlines transition plan for upcoming company law reforms
    • Budget 2024: Highlights for local government
    • DfE’s Condition Improvement Fund – CMA Launches Investigation into Possible Bid-Rigging
    • Summary of the English Devolution White Paper
    • A shift in policy – More focused and cautious approach to legal reform nearly 4 years after Brexit?
    • Election challenges
  • SharpeEdge Healthcare
    • Can a worker get paid for sleeping?
    • Not so personal messages: R. (on the application of Good Law Project Ltd) v Secretary of State for Health and Social Care and Abingdon Health Plc [2021] EWHC 2595 (TCC)
    • The King (on the application of the Good Law Project Limited) v The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care v Abingdon Health Plc [2022] EWHC 2468 (TCC) – Part One: Standing
  • SharpeEdge Housing
    • HMO licensing, the ‘fit and proper’ test and spent convictions
    • Curing a breach of the Public Sector Equality Duty in possession proceedings
    • Sparks Flying: Increasing Network Connectivity For Tenants
    • Big Problems Need Radical Solutions – Time to Play Monopoly with District Heating?
    • Warm feelings or hot air: the Heat and Buildings Strategy and Heat Networks
    • An Introduction to the Building Safety Act 2022
    • Why do you need to use Heat Networks?
    • Martlet Homes Limited -v- Mulalley and Co Limited [2022] EWHC 1813 (TCC)
    • Appeals against Housing Act 2004 decisions as a "rehearing"
    • Key takeaways from the Government’s Long-Term Plan for Housing
    • The Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 looks set for change
    • Fueling Change: How local authorities can unlock the benefits of the Warm Homes Grant
    • Social housing and the new tenant satisfaction measures
    • Heat network regulation – a comprehensive guide
    • The Government's response to the Grenfell Inquiry Phase 2 report
    • Government statement provides update on Awaab’s Law
  • SharpeEdge Information Law
    • UK granted data protection adequacy decision
    • Adequacy Decision Granted to the UK
    • Top Tips for Local Authority Lawyers advising on Data Protection Matters
    • Back to School – Information Law Update
    • Through the ‘eyes’ of the ICO: facial recognition technology in the public sector
    • Personal data in FOI requests: cautionary tales
  • SharpeEdge Licensing
    • HMO licensing, the ‘fit and proper’ test and spent convictions
    • Martyn’s Law: considerations for property owners
  • SharpeEdge Litigation
    • Standing to bring a procurement challenge
    • HMO licensing, the ‘fit and proper’ test and spent convictions
    • Rooftop rows: What does an imposed Code agreement mean for site providers and operators?
    • Jurisdiction Clauses & Enforcing Adjudication Decisions
    • No overlap between substance and jurisdictional issues
    • The Queen’s Speech and Judicial Review
    • The limits of an adjudicator's jurisdiction
    • The use of experts only works when everyone plays by the same rules
    • The Judicial Review and Courts Bill
    • Make your mind up! Liquidated Damages clause upheld despite Employer’s challenge
    • Three times one equals one: Several disputed payment applications amount to a single dispute
    • The LADs are Alright
    • You Must Adjudicate First NEC3 imposes obligation to adjudicate first before commencing court proceedings.
    • Adjudication 101: Introduction and Overview
    • A sweet truth for selectivity
    • The UK government has this week introduced the Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Bill
    • The Cost of Freedom of Information – The Council’s Failure to Advise
    • The Adjudication Part 3: The Response and Further Submissions 9 June 2022
    • The Adjudication Part 5: Time Scales, The Slip Rule and Reasons
    • Judicial review – disclosure and the duty of candour
    • The 10 commandments? The 10 principles of the duty of candour.
    • Key updates to the Administrative Court Guide
    • Intermediate Track and Fixed Costs - a brave new world?
    • Local authority land, injunctions and newcomers
    • Update – Redactions in judicial review litigation
    • Can the Court now order that parties to court cases must engage In Alternative Dispute Resolution?
    • Redaction of names of junior civil servants in judicial review proceedings
    • Remediation Orders: What you need to know
    • Redactions to disclosure in judicial review litigation - a further update
    • The Courts and Mediation – a settled position?
    • Marcic reimagined
    • Recent orders for possession in University protest camp claims - implications for academic institutions
    • Key updates to the Administrative Court Guide
    • Class action tsunami: water companies face £1.5bn claim for allegedly misleading customers and regulators
    • Travis Perkins fined £2m for fatal accident
    • Court of Appeal confirms Natural England’s right to seek injunction as an incidental power
    • ASA ruling on Wahed Invest Ltd: a critical analysis
    • Court allowed council to offset legal costs from tenant’s rent arrears
    • Court of Appeal upholds state subsidy in Bulb takeover case
  • SharpeEdge Planning
    • Home is where the heart is
    • Time after time: extending time for determination of a prior approval application
    • Unlawful Award of Contract
    • What a bind: Section 106 planning obligations where there are multiple land interests
    • The Revised National Planning Policy Framework: Better design, greener outcomes?
    • Let’s paint the town green! Government plans for green homes
    • Nitrogen Credits Commentary
    • When Code and RAMS Collide
    • Council launches judicial review of ultra vires grant of planning permission
    • Planning and Parliamentary Spotlight 2023
    • Article 4 Directions – a helpful reminder
    • Parish council succeeds in Court of Appeal ‘Bridge to Nowhere’ dispute
    • Consultation on Infrastructure Levy – have your say!
    • Authorised guarantee agreements
    • Not that black and white: The use of landowner rights by planning authorities
    • Biodiversity Net Gain is a reality: the basics
    • BNG begins: considerations at the application stage
    • The Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023
    • Planning & Infrastructure Authorisation – looking forward: policy highlights
    • New laws to strengthen LPA powers of enforcement
    • Play by the Rules - understanding the Crichel Down Rules
    • Navigating 4/5G mast objections
    • Get (yourself) Connected – S228 Highways Act 1980 and adoption of the unknown…
    • EPC regulation – reform affecting commercial premises
    • “Just dropping in”: changing large development schemes
    • Policy Statement on onshore Wind
    • ‘How now, brown…field?’ – Legal considerations for councils in light of new brownfield funding
    • Planning Reform – Government Publishes Policy Paper on Modernising Planning Committees
    • Reforms to the NSIP Regime proposed in Government working paper
    • Clarification of Section 73 powers: Implications for local planning authorities
    • Planning and Infrastructure Bill - What you need to know
    • Planning and Infrastructure Bill – Planning Decisions
    • Planning and Infrastructure Bill – Spatial Development Strategies
    • Manchester United’s new stadium proposals: a subsidy banana skin?
    • LDES cap and floor scheme: Ofgem launches first application window for long duration electricity storage
    • Planning and Infrastructure Bill: Nature Recovery
    • LDES cap and floor scheme: Ofgem launches first application window for long duration electricity storage
  • SharpeEdge Procurement
    • The End of PFI or… a new dawn for local authority infrastructure investment?
    • Local government contracts and the ultra vires doctrine
    • Lockdown and local authority commercial development income
    • Who is in charge of the PFI Train?
    • Standing to bring a procurement challenge
    • Automatic suspension and withdrawal of the decision to award
    • Disallowed Costs, Definitions and Default
    • Procurement in an Emergency – Requirements for Transparency
    • Teckal and Beyond….
    • A step in the right direction
    • You can’t claim that! Court finds exclusion clauses work just like any other clause
    • The Subsidy Control Bill
    • Public Procurement Update June 2021
    • First Impressions on the New Subsidy Control Bill
    • When procurement law and contracts for interests in land meet
    • Transparency in Procurement: Procurement Policy Note (“PPN”) 07/21
    • Make your mind up! Liquidated Damages clause upheld despite Employer’s challenge
    • Insolvency – Termination and Beyond
    • Procurement reforms: update from Cabinet Office
    • Procurement Policy Note 08/21
    • Becoming More Inclusive: VAT and Public Procurement
    • ESG and its relevance to the public sector
    • The Public Procurement Review Service Report: Procurement Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them
    • Procurement reform – an update
    • Time limits for commencing proceedings in procurement challenges
    • The Government’s response to the Transforming Public Procurement consultation: what will change and what will not?
    • Stuck in traffic?
    • The Economic Crime Bill and the implications for public sector companies and LLPs
    • A call to review public contracts with Russian suppliers
    • Championing green goals through public buying
    • Procurement Bill – Initial impressions from the first draft
    • Local authorities on track to more freedom to cut ties with Russian and Belarusian suppliers
    • Tackling Teckal – does the new Procurement Bill adequately deal with the Teckal exemption?
    • Procurement reforms – implications for procurement challenges and remedies
    • Transforming Public Procurement – "our transparency ambition”
    • Read, check, repeat: the key to avoiding procurement errors
    • Public Bodies, the 1970 Act and the procurement rules post Brexit
    • The King (on the application of the Good Law Project Limited) v The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care v Abingdon Health Plc [2022] EWHC 2468 (TCC) – Part Two: Procurement principles
    • The Halloween “horror story” of how a procurement can go horribly wrong if the fundamental principles are ignored
    • It’s over! – Termination at will provision not subject to a duty to act in good faith
    • On your marks, get set…go
    • FOI and bidders in procurements
    • To reject or not to reject a non-compliant tender
    • Tackling Modern Slavery: new requirements for contracting authorities in procurements and contracts
    • Applying to end the automatic suspension
    • The updated Standard Selection Questionnaire
    • New regulations published regarding UK’s Register of Overseas Entities
    • Transparency requirements updated in PPN 01/17
    • Charities Act 2022: Changes in land disposal rules and how they affect you
    • Procuring steel in government contracts under PPN 04/23
    • Immediate changes to UK procurement regulations arising from International Trade Agreements
    • Guidance on modifying a contract during its term
    • Minimal financial assistance for grant recipients
    • An economic operator’s standing to bring a claim
    • What exactly is a concession contract?
    • Part 2 Consultation on draft regulations to implement the Procurement Bill
    • National Audit Office: lessons learned in public procurement and the legal implications
    • Where do we stand?
    • The Government’s Waste Tracking Response
    • The final act that marks the beginning: the Procurement Act 2023
    • NEC101 – Key Case Law
    • New Year, New Thresholds
    • Condition precedents in light of Lancashire Schools v Lendlease
    • Avoiding late payment in construction - a fair payment practices guide
    • Guidance on Transitional and Saving Arrangements Published
    • Bitesize PPAs – Synthetic Power Purchase Agreements
    • The LGA’s Transformation Capability Framework – ‘what good looks like’
    • The Procurement Regulations 2024
    • New National Procurement Policy Statement published
    • The Procurement Act 2023 (Commencement No. 3) Regulations 2024 – Transitional and Saving Provisions
    • Shareholders amend Articles of Association by conduct
    • Procurement Act 2023: What does the delay mean for you?
    • What are the NEC payment mechanisms?
    • The Subsidy Advice Unit: Making a Referral
    • Abandoning a Procurement – Is it time to jump ship?
    • Recognising the challenge of IT procurements
    • Amending JCT Design & Build Contract – lessons learnt from recent case law.
  • SharpeEdge Projects
    • The End of PFI or… a new dawn for local authority infrastructure investment?
    • Lockdown and local authority commercial development income
    • Who is in charge of the PFI Train?
    • Standing to bring a procurement challenge
    • Automatic suspension and withdrawal of the decision to award
    • Jurisdiction Clauses & Enforcing Adjudication Decisions
    • The Long Goodbye to the PFI
    • No overlap between substance and jurisdictional issues
    • Subcontract held to govern works commenced before execution
    • The use of experts only works when everyone plays by the same rules
    • When procurement law and contracts for interests in land meet
    • Liquidated damages and termination
    • Are Collateral Warranties Construction Contracts? Timing is Key.
    • Make your mind up! Liquidated Damages clause upheld despite Employer’s challenge
    • Bond, Performance Bond. Delivering value for the Public Sector?
    • Jumping to conclusions: Final Statements, liquidated damages and material breaches of natural justice
    • The LADs are Alright
    • JCT 101: Time and Punishment
    • Rocking aground the Christmas tree
    • Consultation on the Electronic Communications Code – What’s Changing?
    • JCT Dispute Adjudication Board Rules: a case of “three’s a crowd”?
    • Local Government Investment Programmes and the UK Investment Bank– lessons to be learned?
    • Adjudication 101: Introduction and Overview
    • Farrar Out
    • A New NEC Option to tackle greenwashing in the construction industry
    • Ask the team
    • An Introduction to the Building Safety Act 2022
    • Relationship between limitation act and scheme for construction contracts
    • The Adjudication Part 5: Time Scales, The Slip Rule and Reasons
    • Energy Price Caps and a Cost-Plus Revenue Limit
    • Commercial sensibilities in PFI disputes
    • The CLC and NEC send retentions to Coventry…
    • Land considerations in energy projects
    • Subsidy Control Act 2022 in force
    • NEC4 Amendments January 2023 Update
    • The Great Inflation
    • Minimal financial assistance: considerations for public authorities
    • Sharpe Pritchard joins the Equal Representation in Adjudication Pledge
    • The Government’s Plan to Power up Britain
    • A cautionary tale: Subsidy Advice Unit reports on government support for industry energy bills
    • The PFI Programme for Local Government: what worked well?
    • NEC 101 Series: Option X29 Climate Change
    • Get the timing right! Terminating a JCT contract
    • The PFI Programme for Local Government: What can be done to aid transition?
    • Early warnings
    • Compensation Events
    • Difficult second albums
    • Terminator II: issuing an invalid termination notice followed by a valid second
    • Durham v Durham: first subsidy control challenge dismissed
    • Common reasons for disputes and how to avoid them
    • The Energy Act 2023 – Heat Network Zoning: implications and opportunities for local authorities
    • Smash and grab and true value
    • Spotlight on Construction Law
    • Registration deadline extended for Registered Building Inspectors
    • Back-to-back contracting sounds simple, but is it really?
    • JCT 2024 – what’s changed?
    • The Heat is on: Everything you need to know about the Heat Network Technical Assurance Scheme
    • Deep dive into solar PV
    • Bitesize PPAs – local authorities and ‘private wire’ power purchase agreements
    • Delay analysis in construction projects
    • Breaches of natural justice in adjudications
    • Get in the Zone: why heat networks are the hottest thing in town
    • If the (aggregate) cap fits
    • Buildings-based solar installations
    • How to defend a smash and grab adjudication
    • Sleeved Power Purchase Agreements
    • A new investment programme for Local Government – Building on from PFI?
    • The Supreme Court on whether collateral warranties are construction contracts
    • The King’s Speech and construction: what did we get and what’s next?
    • GB Energy bill unveiled
    • The Court of Appeal decides on JCT DB 2016 termination provisions
    • Dear Government - It’s time to get innovative about means of public investment
    • Performance bonds and parent company guarantees in construction contracts
    • Budget 2024: What was in it for construction?
    • Roof Gardens and Higher-Risk Buildings – A tale of one too many storeys.
    • It’s time for CATOs
    • Defects under NEC4 contracts – summary of key terminology and mechanisms
    • Termination under JCT contracts
    • Webinar: NEC101 – Compensation Events, an introduction
    • AI in the energy sector
    • Breaking new ground – The tribunal’s approach to ‘just and equitable’ in Remediation Contribution Orders
    • The Construction Products Reform Green Paper 2025: paving the way for wide scale change to the construction products regime
    • Ofgem Approval of TM04+ Reforms – Fixing the Connection Queue
    • Allocating risk in amended JCT contracts: Lessons from John Sisk & Son Limited v Capital & Centric (Rose) Limited
  • SharpeEdge Property
    • Lockdown and local authority commercial development income
    • Insolvency influx – the upsurge of CVAs
    • Rooftop rows: What does an imposed Code agreement mean for site providers and operators?
    • Changes to the Electronic Communications Code
    • Home is where the heart is
    • Sparks Flying: Increasing Network Connectivity For Tenants
    • The Cram Slam – Part 26A Restructuring Plans and Commercial Leases
    • When procurement law and contracts for interests in land meet
    • Loose talk costs money: Oral agreement to forego liquidated damages was valid
    • Bucking the Trend on Specific Performance Buckinghamshire Council v FCC Buckinghamshire Limited
    • The Economic Crime Bill and the implications for public sector companies and LLPs
    • Adjudication 101: Commencing an Adjudication
    • The Role of Standard Form Construction Contracts in Achieving Green Goals
    • Signet Trading Limited v First Property Group – First Award under the Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Act 2022 Scheme
    • “True value” adjudications and subsequent “smash and grab” adjudications
    • ‘Cutting its Nose Off to Spite its Face’ – Contractor awarded damages after being excluded from re-tender
    • Adjudicators and natural justice: Van Oord v Dragados: Case Summary
    • The importance of clear Pay Less Notices
    • Supreme Court rules Tate Modern viewing platform invades privacy of flats
    • Restrictive covenants – when to refuse consent
    • Real Estate Spotlight 2023
    • Charities Act 2022: Changes in land disposal rules and how they affect you
    • ‘Going once…going twice…’
    • Selective licensing offences and the level of civil penalties
    • Martyn’s Law: considerations for property owners
    • ‘As easy as 123’ – Section 123 of the Local Government Act 1972 considered in R (Cilldara) v West Northamptonshire Council [2023] EWHC 1675 (Admin)
    • The effect of tenant administration on commercial leases – guidance for landlords
    • Land Registry ‘lawyer assured information’ process
    • New Law Society Codes for signing and exchanging property contracts 2024
    • The Golden Thread of information unravelled: navigating the Golden Thread Guidance for Higher-Risk Buildings
    • The importance of Jervis v Harris [1996] – a contractual self-help tool for landlords
    • Building Safety and The Remediation Acceleration Plan – What to expect in 2025
    • Defective Premises Act 1972 and Building Liability Orders
    • “Oh what a woollen web we weave…”
    • Please mind the “registration gap”!
  • SharpeEdge Regulatory
    • An Introduction to the Building Safety Act 2022
    • Significant tightening of rules for water companies – the Water (Special Measures) Bill
    • UK Government launches consultation on AI and copyright
    • New statutory obligations for public venues
  • SharpeEdge Transport
    • The End of PFI or… a new dawn for local authority infrastructure investment?
    • Local authority powers and traffic offences
    • Managing new enforcement powers for councils under the Traffic Management Act 2004
    • The Electric Vehicle Revolution or…
    • Thurrock Council & Another v Adams & Ors [2022] EWHC 1324 (QB)
    • Merseytravel Hydrogen Fuel Cell Electric Bus Project
    • The Public Service Obligations in Transport Regulations 2023
    • Bus franchising reform – on the road to change?
  • Rob Hann
  • Life on the Edge!
  • Local Authority Sports and Leisure provision – Challenges Post-Covid19
  • Restructuring plans and guarantor liability under commercial leases
• The Legal Department of the Future
  • The productivity puzzle
  • The race for talent
  • Reasons to be cheerful
  • The best of times, the worst of times
  • Improving internal efficiency simplified
  • Building the case for legal evidence management in local government
  • Changing priorities, new challenges?
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    • Charlie Adan appointed interim chief executive at city council
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    • Selection process launched for up to eight Court of Appeal judges
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    • Council to offer child protection specific training contract
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    • LLG launches fact-finding survey in preparation for national graduate scheme launch
    • Local government lawyer salaries rise 3% but senior pay rises sharply
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    • DAC Beachcroft promotes 14 to partner
    • Local government litigation solicitor handed judicial post
    • LLG President issues statement of solidarity with Black Lives Matter
    • North East law firm hires Walton to lead procurement team
    • Childcare lawyer to swap council for independent bar
    • Browne Jacobson appoints new Head of Higher Education
    • London borough names Binjal as Director of Law, Governance and HR
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    • Financial & Commercial Litigation Team at Brent wins ‘Legal Team of the Year’
    • Former UK Supreme Court Justice Lord Carnwath joins Landmark Chambers
    • Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council names Susan Zeiss as Monitoring Officer
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    • Choudhury takes up Deputy Director of Legal and Governance role at One Source
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    • SRA to change approach to assessment in bid to ensure high standards in solicitor advocacy
    • Bevan Brittan promotes three to partner in promotions round
    • Capsticks promotes four to partner, six to legal director in latest promotions round
    • Cumbria County Council legal team and Swansea Council solicitor shortlisted for Law Society Excellence Awards
    • Head of Government Legal Department stands down amid reports of unhappiness at re-writing of Withdrawal Agreement
    • Six new High Court judges appointed, with another ten on the way
    • Shadow authorities for new Northamptonshire unitaries name prospective directors of legal
    • LLG branch sets up student mentoring scheme with university
    • Remote working set to become the norm post-Covid, survey finds
    • Top Welsh public sector lawyer receives OBE
    • Devonshires promotes two housing solicitors to partner
    • LLG and chief executive groups send Treasury pre-action letter over making of regulations for exit payment cap
    • North West council appoints Ibrahim as Assistant Director – Legal, Governance and Workforce
    • Anthony Collins Solicitors promotes three partners and two legal directors
    • Peter Fish appointed interim Treasury Solicitor and Permanent Secretary of GLD
    • Local authority legal team shortlisted in two categories for LawWorks pro bono awards
    • Public law children barrister at county council switches to 3PB in Birmingham
    • Weightmans bolsters social housing team with hire of governance specialist
    • Barristers acting for local authorities and other public bodies recognised in 2020 silk round
    • Legally-qualified chief executive to step down after 17 years at helm of London borough
    • Planning barrister Juan Lopez joins 39 Essex Chambers
    • Sharpe Pritchard appoints Rob Hann as Head of Local Government
    • Sharp increase in legal professionals seeking help for anxiety, reports charity
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    • Sharpe Pritchard promotes trio to Legal Director
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    • Trowers & Hamlins names Head of Real Estate as next Senior Partner
    • Former Treasury Solicitor to join Public & Administrative Law team at City firm
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    • Lady Justice Rose to become Supreme Court justice
    • Bevan Brittan names head of employment as third consecutive female senior partner
    • Crawley Borough Council names new Head of Legal, Governance and HR
    • Art Group of Law Society of England and Wales to hold annual exhibition until 21 March
    • LLG calls for council legal teams to take part in its first national work experience week
    • Ex-local authority lawyer joins Public Law team at Spire Barristers
    • Public Law Group at 39 Essex Chambers takes on three new members
    • Devonshires promotes two lawyers to partner
    • Torbay Council names lawyer as chief executive and head of paid service
    • Bevan Brittan appoints property finance lawyer as partner
    • Law firm Capsticks promotes 21 lawyers in latest round
    • LLG invites students to apply for first legal talent work experience week
    • Anthony Collins Solicitors appoints housing litigation and management partner
    • Real estate solicitor rejoins Devonshires as a partner after eight years away
    • Anthony Collins Solicitors promotes three to partner including head of housing management
    • Council creates standalone monitoring officer roles as part of new operating model
    • Bevan Brittan promotes one lawyer to partner and eight to senior associate
    • Former local government lawyer joins Government Legal Department to help establish centre of excellence in public law
    • Weightmans appoints 11 partners in latest promotions
    • Browne Jacobson names eight partners in 2021 promotions round
    • Government Legal Department senior lawyer joins Browne Jacobson as commercial partner
    • Housing specialists named partners in latest promotions round at Forbes Solicitors
    • Lawyers, operations officer at Government Legal Department recognised in Queen’s Birthday Honours List 2021
    • DAC Beachcroft promotes 16 to partner and seven to legal director
    • Head of Law at Dudley wins ‘Inspirational Leader Award’ at LLG Awards 2021
    • Local authorities make shortlist for In-House Team of the Year in Law Society Awards 2021
    • Salford names Puzio as new City Solicitor
    • Increased instructions from shareholders and external clients during pandemic lead to surge in profits at council-owned LGSS Law
    • Law firm VWV promotes seven to partner
    • Browne Jacobson partner appointed social care sector ambassador for charity
    • Three judges appointed to Court of Appeal
    • Anthony Collins bolsters Manchester office with housing partner hire
    • Leading planning, property and public law chambers set up mentoring scheme for under-represented groups at the Bar
    • Bevan Brittan strengthens construction offering with hire of two partners and two senior associates
    • LawCare research warns of high risk of burnout among legal professionals
    • Liverpool names Fenwick as City Solicitor and Monitoring Officer
    • Browne Jacobson appoints Antoniou as new London Head of Education
    • Weightmans welcomes thirteen school leavers to its solicitor apprenticeship scheme
    • LLG extends tenure of current president for further six months
    • University and DHSC legal teams ‘highly commended’ in Law Society Awards 2021
    • Law firm makes string of hires following decision to focus more on public sector work
    • Bevan Brittan hires IT outsourcing and dispute resolution partners
    • QCs at 1GC and Doughty Street named High Court judges
    • Children, planning and public law specialists among 101 new Queen's Counsel
    • New fund launched to increase number of junior social welfare solicitors
    • Largest social landlord in the country appoints ex-law firm partner to housing association board
    • Council lawyer shortlisted for ‘Legal Personality of the Year’ at LexisNexis Legal Awards 2022
    • Leading regulatory crime barrister joins 2 Hare Court
    • City council to recruit eight trainee solicitors in one go as part of “grow our own” initiative
    • More than half of candidates pass first SQE assessment
    • LLG seeks candidates for Deputy Vice President as well as board director and national lead roles
    • Mansfield to bring legal service back in-house
    • Former head of legal at Natural England joins Freeths
    • Attorney General begins recruitment drive for members of London A, B and C panels
    • Selection process begun for appointment of Supreme Court justices to replace retiring Lord Lloyd-Jones and Lady Arden
    • Lane and Dehon named Chairs of Public Law Team at Cornerstone
    • Former head of legal at county council makes switch to private practice
    • LLG unveils categories open for nominations for 2022 Awards
    • Upper Tribunal judge named President of Property Litigation Association
    • Anthony Collins bolsters local government team with appointment of former director of governance and legal services as partner
    • Devonshires promotes eight to partner in 2022 promotion round
    • Social housing specialist among record number of new partners at Penningtons Manches Cooper
    • Shared service One Legal names Daya as new Director
    • Remote and hybrid working to become standard practice, research suggests, as growth of remote working shakes up jobs market
    • Helen Edwards appointed President of Lawyers in Local Government
    • Croydon Council names Director of Legal Services and Monitoring Officer
    • Capsticks promotes 25 including two equity partners and 11 salaried partners
    • DLA Piper hires partner to head up UK Contentious Public Law team
    • Public law expert Hocking switches law firm for barristers chambers 11KBW
    • Anthony Collins Solicitors promotes three senior associates to partner
    • Barnsley names new Service Director for Law and Governance
    • Legal mental health charity extends its online chat service to four days a week
    • Bevan Brittan names five new partners in 2022 promotions round
    • Weightmans promotes 12 to partner and 10 to legal director
    • Public law children specialist moves to 42 Bedford Row from London borough
    • Children & Families Team at Warwickshire wins LLG Team of the Year Award 2022
    • Borough council in Essex appoints solicitor as chief executive
    • Law Society questions need for extra regulation as SRA consults on changes to approach on treatment of work colleagues
    • Public law specialist Lindsay Johnson joins Cornerstone Barristers
    • Solicitor becomes interim chief executive at North West council after predecessor departs following controversial tweet
    • Two councils in Hertfordshire to share legal services as part of wider deal
    • Devonshires bolsters Leeds office with hire of landlord and tenant specialist from local authority
    • Bar aptitude test scrapped as it no longer “serves a useful purpose"
    • Regulator cries foul after membership body for Chartered Legal Executives opens formal talks with Solicitors Regulation Authority
    • Regulators expected to introduce new measures to ensure ongoing competence of lawyers after Legal Services Board publishes new statement of policy
    • Attorney General orders scrapping of diversity training at Government Legal Department
    • Former LLG President Horsfield runs for Yorkshire and Humberside seat on Law Society Council
    • Former local government lawyer joins St John’s Chambers
    • Legal Services Board approves £286 practising certificate fee for 2022-23
    • Solicitors Regulation Authority reports 77% pass rate for SQE2 amid concerns over disparity in achievement levels between different ethnic groups
    • Wilkin Chapman bolsters local government team, eyes wider presence with hire of ex-head of legal as partner
    • Attorney General kickstarts recruitment drive to refresh regional civil panels of junior counsel
    • Public and regulatory law specialist Melanie Carter joins Bevan Brittan
    • Government legal panels lacking diversity, Bar Council says
    • Recruiter welcomes Government pledge to scrap IR35 but warns locum lawyers to “read the fine print”
    • Alexander Horne joins Cornerstone Barristers as an Associate Tenant
    • Lord Chief Justice expresses concern at challenges in recruiting judges
    • Lubna Shuja is first Asian to become Law Society president
    • Approaches to diversity, technology and adding value are the three most pressing issues for 2022 for legal profession, says senior judge
    • Chancellor of the Exchequer says Government no longer plans to repeal IR35
    • DHSC Legal Team wins Legal Team of the Year at Employed Bar Awards 2022
    • City council names Tapping as new Director of Legal & Governance, ends sharing of role with county
    • Ex-borough solicitor becomes permanent chief executive at North West council
    • Capsticks reappoints Martin Hamilton as managing partner for third term
    • Leading NHS and social care law King's Counsel retires from the Bar
    • County council names Duncan as Service Director: Legal and Governance
    • Children, Court of Protection and planning specialists appointed King’s Counsel in 2022 competition
    • Two government lawyers recognised in New Year’s Honours
    • Edwards named Director of Law and Governance at West Midlands Combined Authority
    • Public law specialist joins Landmark Chambers
    • LLG invites applications for Deputy Vice President, Regional Directors and Junior National Lead
    • Lancashire County Council names MacAndrew as Director of Law & Governance
    • Lord Chief Justice names 29 new Deputy High Court Judges
    • LawCare report reveals "huge leap" in number of legal professionals with career concerns
    • London council names lawyer as Operational Director of Assurance and Monitoring Officer on permanent basis
    • McIntosh named Chief Legal Officer at Havant Borough Council
    • VWV bolsters public sector team with hire of former local authority strategic director
    • Apprentices "outperforming" other candidates seeking to qualify as solicitors: SRA
    • Housing specialist Richard Sharpe joins Sharpe Pritchard as partner
    • Amardeep Gill named National Head of Public Sector at Trowers & Hamlins
    • LLG sets out six categories open for nominations in 2023 Awards
    • Northumberland appoints Stephen Gerrard as monitoring officer on two-year contract
    • Sharpe Pritchard promotes four to partner in 2023 round
    • Devonshires promotes five to partner in 2023 round
    • Browne Jacobson promotes nine lawyers to partner in 2023 round
    • Government Legal Department names Croft as Director General
    • Weightmans promotes 11 to partner in 2023 round
    • London borough appoints ex-Strategic Director of Law & Governance and Monitoring Officer as permanent chief executive
    • Capsticks promotes record number of staff in 2023 round
    • Solicitors Regulation Authority issues guidance on new wellbeing at work rules
    • Bevan Brittan promotes five lawyers to salaried partner
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    • East Midlands housing group appoints law firm to £400k contract
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    • Natural Resources Wales to set up £652k parliamentary agents framework
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    • Government to set up £90m panel for finance and complex legal services
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    • NHS Resolution names 13 law firms to £523m legal services panel
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    • Thames Water sets out £48m replacement arrangements for managed legal service
    • SW housing association names nine law firms to £3.5m legal services panel
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    • London Boroughs Legal Alliance to procure £6.3m legal services panels
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    • Utilities giant to seek legal advisers for capital project worth up to £500m
    • Historic England to appoint legal services providers to £1m panel
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    • Social housing group appoints six firms to £600k legal services contract
    • Natural Resources Wales appoints law firm to £680k contract
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    • Hyde Housing Association to procure multi-million pound legal services panel
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    • Yorkshire council to set up £500k legal services panel
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    • Housing association to procure £860k legal services panel
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    • London Boroughs Legal Alliance expands number of firms on £6.3m solicitors panels
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    • Croydon selects Browne Jacobson for seven-year, £17.5m sole provider deal
    • NW councils to appoint two barristers chambers to £2.7m childcare advocacy deal
    • Regional transport body names three law firms to £300k panels
    • Shared legal service wins place on £1m panel set up by Historic England
    • Attorney General to refresh regional panels of junior counsel
    • Welsh housing association to set up legal services framework agreement
    • Purchasing consortium to re-procure £46m legal services panel
    • South London Legal Partnership to partner with external firms
    • University names two law firms to £4m contract for legal services
    • Thames Water names Eversheds Sutherland as new Managed Legal Services provider
    • CCS fleshes out £80m a year wider public sector legal services framework
    • East Anglian housing association to procure £1.25m legal services contract
    • District invites tender for legal services on its “biggest project for decades”
    • Fewer than half of firms retain place on £46m further education legal services panel
    • South London Legal Partnership names six firms to legal services panel
    • Government department appoints law firm to advise on Heat Networks guidance
    • Browne Jacobson advises city council on funding for £58m skills hub
    • Thirteen law firms win places on multi-million pound Homes England panel
    • East of England housing association appoints single firm to £600k contract
    • Barnsley names 11 law firms and county council to £3m
    • Academy trust to source £400k in high-level employment law advice
    • Health and Safety Executive to procure £9m enforcement legal services panel
    • Education regulator in Wales awards £1.7m contract to law firm
    • Government starts procurement of £320m legal panel for services to wider public sector
    • NW housing association to set up first legal services panel worth up to £2m
    • Group with 44 academies to set up legal services retainers
    • Water company appoints law firm to legal services contract
    • Purchasing group for Catholic education bodies names eight firms to £15m panel
    • Home Counties housing association to set up £2m legal panel
    • Southern Water to procure £13m litigation services panel
    • University to hold pre-tender exercise as legal services arrangements end
    • Council to seek legal advice on enforcing agreement with development partner
    • City council appoints three law firms to provide claims handling services
    • NHS business support joint venture appoints 28 firms to £100m panel
    • Regulator of Social Housing names six law firms to £1m panel
    • Legal adviser sought for tidal energy scheme near Anglesey
    • Scottish Government calls for input into £10m legal services framework
    • Peabody Trust to seek legal providers for call-off agreements
    • Combined authority to seek legal advice on relationships with transport operators
    • Housing Associations Legal Alliance names 12 firms to £6.4m legal panel
    • Surrey authorities to set up £8m property and regeneration legal framework
    • Insurance London Consortium appoints five firms to £7.5m panel
    • Councils in South of England to procure £60m legal services framework
    • Borough council to seek legal adviser on building affordable residential accommodation
    • Ofwat eyes £1m panel for Thames Tideway Tunnel and large-scale projects
    • Birmingham to seek legal advice on city centre development
    • University to procure £1m legal services framework
    • Nuclear regulator to appoint provider of enforcement legal services
    • Law firm secures £700k contract with East Anglian housing association
    • Housing consortium names 11 law firms to £50m legal services framework
    • LLG Southern Branch names 22 providers to £6m legal services framework
    • London university to set up £1.89m legal services panel
    • Council leads procurement of £11m+ legal services framework for LGPS advice
    • UK Anti-Doping to procure external legal services
    • Attorney General to “refresh” London C Panel of junior counsel
    • North West housing group to set up its first legal services framework
    • Southwark names 14 firms to £9m legal services panel
    • Transport for Wales to seek £500k legal and regulatory support on bus industry
    • Academy trust selects law firm for £400k HR legal advice contract
    • HealthTrust Europe to seek supplier engagement ahead of legal framework renewal
    • University names four firms to £5m legal services framework
    • Law firm nets £1m planning enforcement services deal with council
    • South West social landlord selects six firms for £2.2m legal panel
    • Major social landlord names five law firms to £4m development panel
    • East of England housing provider to set up £2m legal services framework
    • Liverpool to engage with suppliers for corporate professional services framework
    • Cardiff University to procure £2.4m legal services framework
    • County council to appoint legal adviser for waste procurement
    • Combined authority to appoint legal adviser to district heating network project
    • Housing association and charity to procure £1m legal services framework
    • Government to procure £64m costs lawyer services framework
    • Organising committee for 2022 Commonwealth Games to appoint legal services provider
    • NHS Commercial Solutions to procure £40m legal services panel
    • County council secures spot on £272m wider public sector framework
    • South East housing group invites tenders for £600k conveyancing framework
    • East Midlands authorities eye £8.9m panel of counsel for child care legal matters
    • North West housing group to procure £4-5m legal services panel
    • L&Q to procure £1m legal services for corporate real estate deals
    • Recently-merged housing association to set up £30m legal services framework
    • Welsh council to procure £3m panel for legal advice on major projects
    • Council to procure £100k legal advice for local enterprise partnership
    • Equalities watchdog to expand panel of counsel for £3m in advocacy and advice
    • Council to appoint two law firms to cover “unusually large volume” of childcare cases
    • Largest social landlord in Hampshire to set up legal services framework
    • Peabody Trust names 13 firms to £16m, post-merger legal framework
    • Health and Safety Executive names five firms to £9m enforcement panel
    • Group of Surrey councils select six firms to £8m property and regen panel
    • Utility appoints law firm to £450k litigation services deal
    • Council seeks provider for £200k contract to deliver legal advice on nuclear issues
    • General Optical Council to procure legal support for fitness to practice cases
    • NHS purchasing body eyes panel of alternative legal service providers
    • Welsh watchdogs to procure suppliers of external legal advice
    • Scottish councils to procure £4m+ legal services framework
    • Major housing association names ten firm to legal services panel
    • Housing group names Essex Legal Services and 22 firms to £12m panel
    • Ombudsman seeks three providers for £300k legal services panel
    • North of England social landlord to set up legal services framework agreement
    • Welsh utility to procure £14m legal services panel
    • Scottish Government to procure £15m legal services framework
    • Attorney General kick-starts competition for London A, B and C panels for civil work
    • Council to hire legal firm to advise on appointment of housing maintenance contractor
    • NHS procurement body names council-owned alternative business structure to legal services framework agreement
    • Twelve law firms appointed to £11.75m LGPS legal services panel
    • Invicta Law secures place alongside 13 law firms and 18 chambers on £60m Orbis Public Law panel
    • National Grid unveils plans for “more innovative” legal services tender
    • Procurement launched for £7.5m contract to provide planning law advice for Parliamentary estate
    • GMC launches procurement of panel of external solicitors
    • Major Scottish social landlord names nine firms to £7.3m legal services panel
    • Scottish housing association to procure legal services framework for 2019-2024
    • Anglesey Council awards £3m contract to law firm for advice on major projects
    • Group of housing providers appoint 10 law firms to £4-5m legal services panel
    • Greenwich Council chooses Bevan Brittan to advise on housing delivery plan
    • Social housing provider names four firms to land and property conveyancing framework
    • Browne Jacobson advises council on £6.6m hotel and leisure development
    • County exploring options for delivery of process server services, seeks expressions of interest
    • Government to procure £64m costs lawyers framework for use by public sector
    • De Montfort University fires gun on procurement of new £1.2m legal services panel
    • City of Edinburgh Council to re-tender legal services framework
    • Housing association names 15 law firms to £30m legal services framework
    • London borough to appoint provider to £1.67m debt recovery advice contract
    • Council-owned London Luton Airport to bring in specialist legal advice for airport expansion
    • Transport for Wales appoints law firm to £500k bus industry advice contract
    • Bevan Brittan advises district council on coastal management project
    • University selects six law firms for £1m legal services framework
    • Post Office names six law firms to £39m legal services framework
    • University names five law firms to £2.4m legal services panel
    • Bevan Brittan advises housing providers on merger
    • Borough appoints Anthony Collins Solicitors to advise on procurement of major housing maintenance contract
    • Sharpe Pritchard advises Southend on its largest ever regeneration project
    • Group of East Midlands authorities names six chambers for £8.8m child care law panel
    • Network Rail to hold market sounding exercise ahead of procuring claims handling and litigation service
    • Womble Bond Dickinson secures £250k+ contract to advise council on nuclear power
    • North East authorities fire gun on procurement of £60m legal services panel
    • TfL names 15 law firms to £86.25m legal services panel
    • University to appoint provider to £100-500k contract for libel legal services
    • Yorkshire authorities to procure £9m barristers panel for childcare legal services
    • Not-for-profit housing developer for over 55s to set up £1.8m panel of legal services providers
    • Scottish social landlord to set up £840k legal services panel
    • City of Edinburgh fires gun on procurement of £12m legal services framework
    • Housing company set up by North West council looks to appoint legal services provider to £110k, one-year contract
    • Bevan Brittan appointed legal partner to housing and community organisation
    • Police authority launches procurement of £3.98m legal services framework
    • North West housing association names 16 law firms to legal services framework
    • University to establish £6.8m legal services framework agreement
    • Sharpe Pritchard advises London borough on regeneration project that will deliver nearly 3,000 homes
    • Scottish housing associations to procure joint legal services panel
    • Welsh watchdogs name two law firms to legal services agreement
    • Water group to award £7.9m legal services framework agreements
    • University to seek tenders for multi-lot legal services framework
    • Major North of England housing association names five firms to £3.8m legal services panel
    • Leeds Beckett University to set up £600k legal services panel
    • London Boroughs Legal Alliance fires gun on re-procurement of £55m barristers framework
    • Further education group to procure fixed price, outsourced legal services
    • General Optical Council names three firms to £500k legal services panel
    • Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency to set up £4m panel for prosecution and legal services
    • High speed rail operator to procure £15m legal services framework
    • Health procurement body names ten law firms to £40m legal services panel
    • Scottish Government names 11 firms to £15m legal services panel
    • Major housing association to offer £6m contract for legal services
    • Scottish local government procurement body to procure £4.4m debt recovery and sheriff officer services framework
    • Education regulator in Wales to appoint legal adviser to fitness to practice committees
    • Housing association names five firms to £1m framework agreement
    • Utility to appoint legal adviser to £1m contract to support resilience project
    • Environmental regulator in Scotland to procure £500k in legal services
    • Major South East housing association to set up £4.1m legal services panel
    • North West council to offer £2.25m contract for provision of childcare barrister advocacy services
    • Gowling WLG to be official legal advisers to Birmingham 2022 Commonweath Games
    • Council to appoint legal adviser to £125k contract to support compulsory purchase for major estate regeneration scheme
    • Government names 11 firms to framework supplying costs lawyer services to public sector
    • Isles of Scilly Council to appoint legal adviser for support on electronic vehicle technology project
    • Browne Jacobson advises council on key cyber central development acquisition
    • Crown Commercial Service to hold engagement sessions on £400m agreement providing legal services to central government departments
    • Law firm secures £7.5m contract to provide planning law advice on Parliamentary estate
    • Midlands universities to procure £3.5m legal services panel
    • Landmark Chambers barristers advise Birmingham on Commonwealth Games CPO
    • North East councils appoint 36 providers to £60m regional legal services framework
    • University to appoint provider to deliver legal services to facilities team
    • Attorney General fires gun on selection for regional panels of junior counsel
    • Police and PCCs in Surrey and Sussex to procure supplier for £9.8m legal services framework
    • University to appoint external law firm for support to in-house legal team
    • National Procurement Service in Wales to engage with suppliers on plans for replacement solicitors framework
    • FE colleges to seek legal professional advisers for proposed merger
    • Chambers secures £2.25m contract to deliver childcare advocacy for city council
    • North East housing association to procure £600k legal services framework
    • L&Q appoints City law firm to £826k contract advising on corporate real estate transactions
    • Bevan Brittan advises county council on launch of children's services company
    • Education Workforce Council in Wales names law firm as legal adviser to fitness to practise committees
    • Next pan-Wales public sector legal services framework put on hold amid calls for greater simplicity in procurement
    • Educational business names law firm to legal advisory contract
    • Sharpe Pritchard advises borough council on 30-year, £1bn joint venture
    • Government signals plan to establish £70m Trade Law Panel
    • Scottish housing association appoints three law firms to £840k legal services panel
    • Legal Aid Agency to offer contract for housing and debt telephone legal advice services
    • Scottish housing association names two firms to £375k legal services framework
    • North West Legal Consortium fires gun on procurement of next solicitors framework
    • Scottish local authorities name six law firms to £4m legal services framework
    • Kent housing association seeks legal services provider to advise on moving valuation basis for stock
    • Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency names 12 firms to £4m legal services framework
    • Legal Aid Agency names 21 providers to panels for education and discrimination cases
    • National Grid appoints ten law firms to legal services framework agreement
    • University to set up £1m four-year legal services framework
    • Midlands housing group to set up £7.5m legal services framework
    • Sport and arts bodies to set up £2.5m+ legal services framework
    • Scottish social landlord appoints two firms for legal services over 2019-2024
    • North East housing association names three firms to provide property and development legal advice
    • Mayor’s Office for Police and Crime gives notice for re-tender of £65m national legal services framework
    • Group of Scottish local authorities name seven firms to £12m legal services framework
    • Fire authority to appoint solicitors, barristers to £480k specialist legal services framework
    • Welsh utility appoints 10 law firms to £14m legal services framework
    • Social landlord to procure £1.8m legal services framework
    • Scottish housing association to appoint provider to £700k legal services contract
    • Scottish social landlord to set up £550k legal services framework for 2020-24
    • North East council to procure legal services for insurance claims
    • Not-for-profit company to procure legal counsel for Anglesey tidal energy public inquiry
    • Midlands university to set up £4m legal services framework
    • Crown Commercial Service to set up £50m, pan government rail legal services panel
    • Scottish environmental regulator appoints three firms to legal services panel
    • Midlands university names five firms to £600k legal services agreement
    • University of Hertfordshire to set up £1.7m legal services contract
    • Education group to appoint providers to legal services contract
    • Consortium of social housing providers to procure latest multi-million pound legal services framework
    • LBLA names 26 chambers to £55m advocacy and related legal services framework agreement
    • Council seeks solicitors to advise on use of ‘Bare Trust’ for land pooling on 2,400-home scheme
    • Highways England to appoint single supplier to £3m advocacy and litigation services contract
    • Social landlord names five firms to £1.8m development legal services panel
    • North Lincolnshire social landlord appoints seven firms to provide legal services worth £2.24m
    • Scottish social landlord names eight firms to £550k legal services framework
    • University looks to appoint single legal services provider to £2m contract
    • Borough council to appoint legal practices to advise on s.106 agreements
    • Scottish Police Authority selects nine firms for £3.84m panel
    • Utility names six law firms to legal services panel
    • Forestry Commission issues notice on plans to procure £3m in legal services
    • Lincolnshire social landlord to set up £500k legal services framework
    • Social housing consortium names 22 firms to legal services framework agreement
    • Large Midlands social landlord names 12 firms to £7.5m panel
    • District council to appoint five legal providers to £4m panel for special projects
    • University invites tenders for £1.7m legal framework
    • NW social landlord to procure £13m+ legal services framework
    • Welsh Government fires gun on procurement of new £60m solicitors services framework
    • District appoints City law firm to £700k contract for legal advice on commercial property acquisitions
    • Local government pension pool to appoint single law firm to advise on alternatives platform
    • Another local authority expresses interest in calling off legal services from Harlow special projects framework
    • South Yorkshire Housing Association names 13 firms to £1.75m legal services panel
    • Universities purchasing consortium to procure £30m legal services framework
    • NW social landlord appoints Trowers to provide regulatory compliance and governance services
    • University appoints five providers to £1.4m legal services framework
    • Health and care regulator to engage with market ahead of procurement of £6m legal services framework
    • Highways England appoints single law firm to £3m contract to clear backlog of network claims
    • Housing association to procure £10m legal services panel
    • Lambeth eyes joining LBLA for access to barristers framework
    • Welsh social landlord appoints council and eight firms to £4.2m legal services framework
    • Council to hire legal services provider on contract to advise on major bypass
    • University names Eversheds Sutherland to £1.2m legal services contract
    • Yorkshire council to set up legal services framework panel
    • Newly-merged education group to establish legal services panel
    • Largest affordable homes provider in North West to hold soft market testing on procurement of legal services framework
    • University names six firms to legal services framework worth up to £4m
    • Procurement body unveils plans for legal services dynamic purchasing system
    • Welsh social landlord to procure legal services framework
    • North West social landlord names 12 firms to £13m legal services framework
    • Major North West housing provider to re-procure £6m legal services panel
    • North Yorkshire housing association to set up next legal services panel
    • Exeter University to set up legal services panel for £800k-£1.4m advice
    • DAC Beachcroft appointed to advise Network Rail on public and employer’s liability claims
    • Spending watchdog kicks off tender for £1.885m in legal advice
    • Borough council seeks to appoint legal adviser to £800k contract for regeneration project
    • University appoints law firm as sole provider in £2m contract
    • South West local authority to procure £8m legal services framework
    • Regulator of health and care professions to procure £5.9m legal services panel
    • University to procure five-supplier, £2m legal services panel
    • MoJ issues call for competition for £2.5m housing possession mediation services pilot
    • Welsh Language Commissioner to procure legal services framework
    • NHS procurement consortium to re-procure legal services framework agreement
    • Public bodies in Scotland combine to procure £3.9m legal services framework agreement
    • Law firm given £240k contract to advise new body for protection of rights of EU and other citizens
    • North Wales social landlord names council and eight law firms to legal services framework
    • Twenty law firms make it on to £60m Welsh public sector legal services framework
    • Social landlord names four firms to £1m panel for legal advice on complex matters
    • Consortium of Scottish economic development agencies names four firms to £8.7m legal services framework
    • Law firm awarded £640k contract to provide planning advice on bypass
    • Major NW social landlord to procure £5m legal services framework
    • Major housing association fires starting gun on £13m legal services framework
    • London universities to procure £30m legal services framework
    • University names seven providers to £800k-£1.4m legal services panel
    • Council names two firms to £800,000 contract providing legal support for major regeneration project
    • University of Edinburgh appoints three firms to £2.6m legal services framework
    • Forestry Commission selects two firms for £2.5m legal services contract
    • Administrating authority for Greater Manchester Pension Fund to procure legal advice framework
    • Sport England selects nine for £2.5m legal services panel
    • London Boroughs Legal Alliance predicts value of next legal services framework will double to £16m, calls for expressions of interest
    • Scottish council to procure legal services framework worth almost £1m
    • Housing association selects seven firms for £2.2m property and development legal panel
    • Council prepares to retender expiring legal services framework worth £1.6m
    • Health and care regulator names two firms to panel worth up to £6m
    • Merseytravel to appoint single firm as advisors on rail matters under £750k contract
    • Transport for Greater Manchester names six law firms to major projects panel
    • South West council appoints eight firms to £8m legal services framework
    • Major Midlands housing association set to award £22m legal services contract
    • NHS procurement consortium appoints 11 firms to re-procured legal services framework agreement
    • LBLA raises estimate of value of legal services framework by £4m to £20m
    • Social landlord appoints seven law firms to £5m legal services framework
    • Combined authority appoints law firm for projects legal advice worth up to £4m
    • Harlow names five law firms to £4m major projects panel
    • Crown Commercial Service to hold market engagement on next £200m ‘wider public sector’ legal services framework
    • Government fires gun on procurement of £430m legal services framework for central government departments
    • Historic England to procure £2m legal services panel of four firms
    • WYLAW authorities to procure latest legal framework worth £1m
    • Medway issues VEAT notice for procurement of law firm to advise on Housing Infrastructure Fund and Grant Determination Agreements
    • Combined authority to procure legal services framework agreement worth up to £7.5m
    • Largest social housing group in the UK fires gun on procurement of £40m legal services panel
    • Spending watchdog names two firms to £1.8m+ legal services contract
    • University names five law firms to £2m legal services panel
    • North West Legal Consortium to extend barristers portal for four years, calls for more chambers to join
    • Nine law firms appointed to £65m police consortium legal services panel
    • Higher education purchasing consortium appoints 17 firms to £30m legal services framework
    • Kent County Council and Invicta Law to set up barristers framework
    • Procurement body to set up £3.4m legal services framework for FE/HE sector in Scotland
    • Social housing provider to appoint solicitors to £8m framework supporting development directorate
    • Borough council to set up £3m barristers framework
    • Department of Health and Social Care to procure latest £772m framework for NHS Resolution
    • University fires gun on £3.8m legal services contract
    • Major North East housing association to procure multi-lot legal support services contract
    • Crown Commercial Service kickstarts procurement of £80m rail legal services framework
    • North West council to appoint “strategic legal triage project partner”
    • Historic England chooses four law firms for £2m legal services panel
    • County names six law firms to expanded framework for delivery of claims service
    • DEFRA hands law firm £360k contract for Environment Agency civil litigation cases
    • Two North of England housing associations to procure £3m legal services framework jointly
    • Major NW social landlord names 10 firms to £5m legal services framework
    • Twelve law firms named on £2m Scottish legal services framework
    • Major social landlord names five firms to £10m legal services framework
    • Council to procure £4m barristers’ services framework
    • Law firm secures three-year deal to advise combined authority and Merseytravel on rail matters
    • University to procure £1.4m contract for external legal services
    • Housing and care group to procure £1m legal services framework
    • L&Q issues prior information notice on planned £2m legal services framework
    • Social work regulator names law firm to £920k+ contract as it investigates legacy cases
    • Six law firms win place on place on £3.1m further and higher education legal services framework for Scotland
    • South Wales social landlord unveils plans for legal services framework
    • North East councils to procure £15m barristers framework for Children and Adult Services
    • North West council names Trowers as “strategic legal triage project partner”
    • Crown Commercial Service selects 19 firms for £430m legal services framework
    • Combined authority appoints seven firms to £7.5m legal services framework
    • Police force to procure legal services worth up to £650k
    • North of England social landlords name five law firms to £3m framework
    • Homes England issues prior information notice for 2022-26 legal services framework
    • EM Lawshare increases estimate for value of next legal services framework by 40% to £70m
    • South West housing consortium to procure £9m legal services framework
    • Major social landlord to procure legal services framework
    • NHS Shared Business Services to procure next £80m legal services framework
    • Major social landlord appoints 17 firms to £12.8m legal services framework
    • Leeds appoints Pinsents to advise on major infrastructure and housing development
    • Crown Commercial Service notifies costs lawyers of upcoming £50m framework
    • NHS Resolution names 11 firms to £772m legal services framework
    • EM LawShare adds three law firms to next legal services framework amid soaring demand
    • Housing regulator to procure £850,000 legal services panel
    • London borough to procure £10m insurance legal services panel
    • University names three law firms to £1.4m panel
    • Major social landlord names 12 law firms to £22.4m legal services framework
    • Attorney General begins recruitment drive for members of London A, B and C panels
    • Homes England fires gun on latest legal services framework with estimated value of £47m
    • Further education purchasing body to set up £49m legal services framework
    • Council names 10 chambers to £4m barristers services framework
    • University names nine providers to £3.8m legal services panel
    • Scottish social landlords to procure £2.5m legal services framework
    • North East affordable housing providers to procure £5.8m legal services framework
    • Liverpool-based social landlord to procure £1.4m 2022-26 legal services framework
    • Crown Commercial Service tweaks approach to next £200m legal services framework for 'Wider Public Sector'
    • British Library seeks market information ahead of potential £500k legal services framework
    • County council appoints law firm to £300k contract to advise on waste PPP contract
    • Largest further education provider in London to appoint law firm to £1m contract
    • University to procure £4m legal services framework for 2022-26
    • Housing Associations Legal Alliance fires gun on £30m legal services framework procurement
    • Housing and care provider Anchor names seven firms to its new legal services panel
    • North East council to procure claims handling legal services framework
    • South Yorkshire public bodies to appoint single provider to £500k legal services contract
    • London borough invites chambers to apply for housing disrepair arbitration pilot
    • Welsh education bodies launch tender process for £1m of legal services
    • Law firm appointed to £450k contract to provide legal services to police force
    • Major London and South East housing provider launches procurement of legal services framework
    • Commercial Services Group owned by Kent County Council to procure £250m national framework of legal services providers
    • Development corporation names two firms to £8m legal services contract
    • Cabinet Office awards Burges Salmon £9.8m contract for legal services for Covid-19 Public Inquiry
    • Major affordable homes provider to procure £1.9m legal services framework
    • London and South East social landlord to set up £4m solicitors framework
    • Major social landlord to procure £16m legal services framework
    • South Wales landlord fires gun on legal services framework
    • Regulator of Social Housing names five firms to £850k legal services panel
    • Bevan Brittan secures £500k legal services contract to advise council on company law and commercial agreements
    • Large FE college names law firm to £1m legal services contract
    • Further education purchasing body appoints eight firms to £49m legal services framework
    • City council names three firms to £300k claims handling legal services framework
    • Prior information notice given on multi-provider legal services framework for LGPS
    • Equalities watchdog looks to hire legal services provider to advise on employment law
    • Kent council aiming to appoint legal services provider to £2.1m, seven-year contract to advise on ‘garden town’ development
    • North West university to appoint up to three firms to £2m legal services framework
    • Major Scottish housing provider to procure £3.7m legal services framework
    • Yorkshire housing association to procure legal services framework
    • Ten firms selected for £5.8m housing association legal services contract
    • Major East Midlands development corporation awards £300k legal services contract
    • South West housing procurement consortium names eight firms to £9m legal services framework
    • Scottish Government issues prior information notice on next legal services framework
    • NHS Commercial Solutions to procure £150m legal services framework
    • NHS Shared Business Services to procure £200m legal services framework
    • City council to procurement child advocacy barrister services worth £1.5m
    • Waste authority to appoint legal services provider to £1.6m+ contract
    • Largest UK housing association names 17 firms to £40m legal services panel
    • County council to procure £25m legal services framework
    • City council to procure £450k barristers services framework
    • Major housing association to re-procure £30m legal services framework
    • LBLA names law firms to new £16m legal services framework
    • Council awards £315k case management contract
    • Department for Education selects four firms for £16m legal services panel
    • Housing associations name 17 law firms to £30m solicitors panel
    • East of England housing association to procure legal services framework
    • Yorkshire housing association appoints seven firms to legal services contract
    • Attorney General kickstarts recruitment drive to refresh regional civil panels of junior counsel
    • Procurement launched for framework agreement for LGPS legal services
    • City council to appoint provider to multi-million pound legal services contract advising on restructuring of major PFI agreement
    • Commercial Services Group owned by Kent County Council appoints 19 law firms to £250m national legal services framework
    • Major housing association names eight law firms to £12m legal services panel
    • Group of housing providers and commercial entities to procure £5m legal services framework for 2023-27
    • London & Partners to seek legal adviser for £550k contract
    • National park authority names two county councils to provide legal services
    • Gambling regulator to procure £4m solicitors and barristers framework
    • North West council to appoint provider to £500k+, four-year civil litigation contract
    • University names six firms to £4m legal services panel
    • City council appoints three sets to £450k barristers framework
    • Major affordable housing provider names 19 law firms to £250m legal services framework
    • Public procurement body to conduct early engagement on £100m legal services framework
    • North West university names three firms to £2m legal services framework
    • Council-owned children’s services company to appoint single provider to £340k SEND tribunal services contract
    • North East councils to hold market testing on procurement of £50m legal services framework
    • Equalities watchdog to set up solicitors framework agreement
    • North West housing group to procure £1.5m solicitors framework
    • MoJ to engage with suppliers on proposed legal panel to support forthcoming Housing Loss Prevention Advice Service
    • Housing association selects 15 firms for £4m legal services framework
    • Council awards £2m contract to law firm for legal services on major estate regeneration
    • Northern colleges fire gun on tender for four year legal services contract
    • Birmingham housing organisation seeks bids for £1m legal services contract
    • Information watchdog to set up law firm panel to enforce debts arising from unpaid monetary penalties
    • South East housing association to procure four-year legal services framework
    • Fourteen law firms selected for £6m framework agreement for LGPS legal services
    • Equalities watchdog calls for tenders on £1.8m legal services panel
    • NHS Commercial names 18 firms to legal services framework
    • South West social landlord to procure legal services framework worth up to £3.2m
    • County and city councils in Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire to procure £5m panel of solicitor agents for child proceedings
    • Gambling watchdog names seven chambers and law firms to £5m legal services framework
    • Social landlord names seven law firms to £4m solicitors framework
    • Scottish Government £28m legal services framework for 2023-2027 set to be almost double value of existing agreement
    • Edinburgh Council issues prior information notice on re-tender of legal services framework
    • Law firm Browne Jacobson wins Government Legal Department contract to advise DEFRA
    • Major housing association names 14 law firms to £30m legal services framework
    • Health procurement body fires gun on £40m 2023 legal services framework
    • Wiltshire to procure ten-lot counsel services framework
    • British Library to procure single-supplier framework worth £100-500k
    • Information watchdog names two firms to advise on debt recovery for unpaid penalties imposed after GDPR or PECR contraventions
    • Crown Commercial Service to procure £60m framework agreement for costs law services
    • Government to procure litigation support worth £5m for pursuit of companies it claims are avoiding responsibility to pay to fix unsafe buildings
    • North East councils to procure £50m legal services framework agreement with significantly reduced number of suppliers
    • Innovation agency gives notice of intention to procure £1m contract for legal services
    • North of England social landlord to procure £500k legal services framework
    • Social landlord seeks expressions of interest in solicitors panel
    • Hyde Housing to procure next barristers framework
    • London Boroughs Legal Alliance seeking bids for £60m barristers framework
    • Scottish councils seeking tenders for £22m legal services framework
    • East of England social landlord to procure £1m in legal services
    • Value of legal services framework for Scottish councils revised upwards to £26m with addition of four more participating authorities
    • East Midlands social landlord selects Capsticks as sole provider of housing management services on three-year deal
    • Major further education provider to appoint single supplier to £2m legal services contract
    • South of England landlord to procure £9.9m legal services framework
    • Procurement body to set up £89.5m national framework for academy services including legal services
    • Police force to establish £1.1m+ legal services framework
    • South West housing association names nine firms to £3.2-4m legal services framework
    • Nuclear waste management body to hold pre-market engagement on £29m contract for legal services to support disposal facility
    • Major social landlord to procure latest £30m legal services framework
    • Health procurement body names ten firms to £40m 2023 legal services framework
    • Social Work England fires gun on selection of external legal services provider
    • Scottish Government names eight law firms to £28m framework
    • Police forces and PCCs in Surrey and Sussex to procure £22m legal services framework
    • NHS Shared Business Services names 28 law firms to £200m legal services framework
    • East Midlands authorities name law firms to children law proceedings framework
    • North West community housing group to create £750k pa legal services flexible purchasing system
    • University to procure “one-stop shop” legal services framework
    • Eight firms appointed to £26.3m legal services framework for Scottish councils
    • North West Legal Consortium to procure 2024-2028 solicitors framework
    • London Boroughs’ Legal Alliance selects 24 chambers for £60m barristers legal services framework
    • Womble Bond Dickinson chosen to provide legal support for local delivery body for City Deal
    • Procurement organisation to procure framework for professional services - including legal - for academies
    • North of England social landlord names six firms to legal services framework
    • Police force appoints council legal team and two law firms to £2m framework
    • Major social landlord to procure £9.5m legal services framework
    • Further education group to procure £1.4m legal framework
    • Delivery body for restoration of Houses of Parliament selects strategic legal services partner
    • Combined authority appoints law firm to advise on project to deliver residential children’s homes
    • British Library to select legal services provider to advise on complex property matters
    • Local authority to procure counsel framework agreement
    • Procurement group fires gun on legal services framework worth up to £20m
    • G15 social landlord to appoint legal services provider to advise development directorate
    • East Midlands councils to procure public law children barristers framework worth nearly £9m
    • Social landlord names 12 law firms to £9.9m legal services framework
    • North East councils procurement arm doubles value of next legal services framework to £100m
    • Crown Commercial Service to conduct market engagement on £650m ‘Legal Panel for Government’
    • DfE appoints four firms to £11m contract for teacher misconduct cases
    • London borough names law firm to £3.8m debt recovery contract
    • North Yorkshire housing association names five firms to legal services panel
    • Waste authority awards law firm £1.47m contract to advise on expiry of waste management contract and procurement of new services
    • Major social landlord seeks engagement with legal services providers
    • Major social landlord to procure replacement legal services framework
    • North West landlord to procure £10m legal services framework
    • Artificial Intelligence Safety Institute appoints law firm to £1m contract
    • Major housing association names 15 firms to £30m legal services framework
    • TfL fires gun on procurement of £120m legal panel
    • North East councils name 18 firms to £100m legal services framework
    • Procurement group fires gun on £2bn legal services framework
    • Procurement group for academy trusts names seven firms to £22m legal services lot on professional services framework
    • Orbis Legal Partnership to hold market engagement ahead of framework re-tendering
    • Transport body to procure £120m professional services framework with legal services among proposed lots
    • London borough to establish £20m dynamic purchasing system for professional services including legal
    • Notice issued for re-tender of £35m national framework for legal services to police
    • Procurement consortium names 24 housing law firms to legal services framework
    • North West Legal Consortium selects 15 firms for £25m legal services framework
    • Social landlord to procure £1m framework for ad hoc legal services
    • Transport for Greater Manchester to set up £120m professional services framework
    • NHS procurement groups to establish £200m legal services framework
    • University to establish £1.5m legal services framework
    • Housing association to procure £1m legal services framework
    • University names four law firms to £2m legal services framework
    • GLD opens recruitment for Attorney General’s regional panels of counsel
    • Social landlord awards near £1m contract to firm to advise development directorate
    • North West social landlord names 14 firms to £10m legal services framework
    • Spending watchdog eyes appointing advisor on local public audit legal services to six-year contract
    • Combined authority selects law firm to advise on bus franchising
    • Forestry Commission fires gun on procurement of £5m legal services contract
    • Procurement body to undertake market engagement on proposed £100m framework for barrister services
    • North Wales social landlord to procure £4.2m legal services framework
    • Welsh landlord to procure £2m legal services framework
    • Procurement group YPO names seven firms to £2bn legal services framework
    • Delivery authority for restoration of Palace of Westminster to appoint legal adviser on planning and consents
    • Contract notice issued for re-procurement of £35m national legal services framework for police bodies
    • Cornwall Council to procure £12m legal framework agreement
    • Welsh Language Commissioner to procure next legal services framework
    • Yorkshire council to procure £1.67m legal services framework
    • South of England authorities fire gun on £40m legal services framework
    • Further education group to procure legal services worth £1.8m
    • Glasgow City Council to procure £22m legal services framework
    • NHS Resolution to hold market engagement over management of claims in primary and secondary settings
    • Universities procurement body to procure £25m legal services framework
    • Major social landlord names five firms for latest legal services framework
    • Government to hold market engagement on proposed £200m legal panel for wider public sector
    • Major social landlord to procure £1.5m legal services framework
    • University to procure £1.5m legal services framework
    • University to tender for retainers for legal services worth £1.75m
    • City council names five firms to £1.67m legal services framework
    • City council and procurement group to set up 27-lot flexible purchasing system for legal services worth up to £1bn
    • Crown Commercial Service to procure £820m Legal Panel for Government
    • Borough council to procure £400k legal services framework
    • Welsh Language Commissioner names three firms to legal services framework
    • LBLA fires gun on procurement of £72m legal services framework
    • Guinness Partnership names nine firms to £9.3m legal services framework
    • Cornwall names council and eight law firms to £12m legal services framework
    • NHS procurement group names 13 law firms to £200m legal services framework
    • Largest FE provider in London appoints law firm to £1.8m contract
    • Major affordable housing provider to hold preliminary market engagement on legal services tender
    • University to appoint single legal services provider to £2.52m contract
    • Welsh environmental watchdog to appoint two providers to £1.56m parliamentary legal services framework
    • Largest council in Scotland names nine providers to £22m legal services framework
  • Instructions
    • High Court: Mayfield Care v St Helen’s Council
    • High Court: Wenman v SSCLG
    • High Court: Calverton Parish Council v Nottingham City Council
    • Court of Appeal: Begum v Birmingham City Council
    • Commercial: Harrow Council £31m ICT partnership
    • Trowers & Hamlins advises Breckland DC on innovative property JV
    • Court of Appeal: Westminster City Council v Sos for Communities & Local Government & Anor
    • Court of Appeal: Luton BC v Central Bedfordshire & Ors
    • High Court (TCC): Leeds City Council v Waco UK
    • High Court (Chancery): Southward Housing Co-Operative v Walker & Anor
    • Bond Dickinson, Trowers & Hamlins advise on £40m GLA home ownership product
    • Cornerstone wins tender for review of safeguarding manual for London authorities
    • Capsticks advises NHS bodies on £250m proton beam therapy project
    • Nplaw helps Welsh council secure CPO for Grade II* listed hospital complex
    • Law firm Acuity advises West Sussex on first council-owned solar farm in county
    • Nightclub owner seeks judicial review over permission for change of use
    • Birmingham instructs Richard Clayton QC and Sam Skinner to obtain unlawful trespass injunction
    • Hempsons advises on creation of largest GP super-partnership in country
    • Newham appoints 4-5 Gray’s Inn Square duo for London City Airport planning inquiry
    • Leeds City Council names Pinsent Masons as legal advisers to East Leeds Extension
    • London borough partners with law firm on contracts and commercial work
    • Law firm advises Viridor on 25-year waste contract with four Welsh councils
    • Ministry of Justice instructs BLM to audit prisoner compensation payments
    • Haringey awards law firm £500k contract to advise on regeneration scheme
    • North Yorkshire chosen as one of three suppliers to Merseyside Fire & Rescue
    • Tate Modern turns to FTB’s Grant in bid for new premises licence
    • Community Housing Cymru hires Devonshire to advise on reclassification of housing associations
    • London borough appoints Woods Whur to advise on Olympic Stadium premises licence
    • Bond Dickinson advises Plymouth Communities Homes on phase 3 of North Prospect redevelopment
    • Clarke Willmott advises L&Q on £300m secured bond issue
    • Housing provider awards ASB legal services contract to Muckle
    • Cornerstone duo advise Future Housing Review on extension of Right to Buy
    • Law firm advises on social impact bond on mental health and employment
    • Weightmans advises student accommodation provider on £169m credit facilities
    • Dentons advises London borough on CPO for £200m regeneration scheme
    • Housing association secures £75m loan with Japanese bank
    • Law firm advises borough council on £4m purchase of town centre site
    • Law firm advises Newcastle City Council on Science Central deal
    • Lincoln House barrister prosecutes trademarks case for North West council
    • Sharpe Pritchard advises on fly-tipping prosecution that led to 52-week sentence
    • Winckworth Sherwood advises DfT on promotion of HS2 Phase One Act
    • FTB’s Grant appears for conservation trust at Jermyn Street SEV licence hearing
    • Landmark barristers appear for promoters of West Hendon regeneration
    • College names four firms to legal services framework
    • Gowling WLG to provide legal advice on Arden Cross HS2 interchange site
    • Pinsent Masons advises university on £197m student accommodation deal
    • Trowers advises Croydon on new integrated health and social care service
    • CMS and Pinsent Masons advise on £1bn Northern Gateway regeneration
    • Trowers advises Royal Borough on trading company share acquisition
    • Trowers & Hamlins acts for Hackney on site acquisition from Tesco
    • DWF advises waste authority on termination of £3.8bn PFI contract
    • Eversheds Sutherland to lead review of PF2 contracts guidance
    • Trowers & Hamlins advises four councils on innovative shared services project
    • Browne Jacobson acts for London borough on £53m retail park acquisition
    • Bevan Brittan advises Canal & River Trust on sale of marinas business
    • Trowers & Hamlins advises combined authority on 5G testbed roll-out
    • Ashfords advises heir hunting business on obtaining primary authority partnership
    • Kensington & Chelsea sees Grenfell legal costs reach £4.5m
    • Ashfords advises joint venture partnership on planning agreement for 3,000 home scheme
    • Shoosmiths advises district council on £7m+ business park unit acquisition
    • Browne Jacobson advises on major North West NHS university hospital trusts merger
    • Law firm acts for West Midlands social housing group on £600m corporate finance restructuring
    • DAC Beachcroft advises North West council on £47m shopping centre acquisition
    • Kings Chambers barrister secures three CPO confirmations for council at public inquiry
    • Trowers advises Legal & General Affordable Homes on housing management agreement
    • Law firm advises borough council on £18.7m acquisition of long leasehold interest in leisure park
    • Law firm advises Clarion on acquisition of canal-side property for 66-home scheme
    • Law firm advises borough council on largest solar and battery-storage project in UK
    • Trowers & Hamlins advises London borough on first phase of 10,000 home regeneration scheme
    • Law firm advises social housing group on first sustainability linked loan
    • Bevan Brittan to advise city council on roll-out of 5G across region
    • No5 barristers act as Court of Appeal refuses legal challenge to grant of planning permission for development including new synagogue
    • Law firm advises social housing provider on deal with L&G to provide 600 homes a year
    • Law firm advises district council in new leisure deal
    • NS&I appoints Bevan Brittan to £3.5m legal advice contract
    • Law firm advises on trio of waste and recycling deals worth £400m
    • North Wales social landlord to set up £4.2m legal services framework
    • Sharpe Pritchard advises county on s106 agreement delivering transport improvements ahead of SnOasis development
    • Devonshires acts for social landlord on £540m debt restructuring
    • North West Legal Consortium names 14 firms to 2020-24 legal services framework
    • DAC Beachcroft acts for council in successful defence of £8m sixth-form centre dispute
    • High speed rail operator names four firms to multi-million pound legal services framework
    • Law firm advises social housing provider on £23m modular housing partnership
    • Winckworth Sherwood advises social housing provider on £75m private placement
    • Law firms advise Welsh housing association on private placement and revolving credit facility
    • Trowers advises not-for-profit housing company on £100m regeneration project
    • Trowers & Hamlins advises social landlord on 145-home stock transfer to council
    • Law firm advises Newcastle City Council on Stephenson Quarter regeneration joint venture
    • Browne Jacobson advises Homes England on largest West Midlands regeneration project agreement
    • DfT calls in Pinsent Masons for Stonehenge judicial review
    • Trowers advises North East housing association on £110m refinancing
    • Trowers advises social landlord on selection of JV partner for major Tower Hamlets regeneration
    • Winckworth Sherwood lead funders on charging of 1,699 residential units by social landlord
    • Government Legal Department forced to outsource legal services for Test and Trace due to Brexit
    • Housing association picks seven firms for £600,000 legal panel
    • Bristol appoints Womble Bond Dickinson as part of Capital Strategic Partnership to support city's post COVID-19 recovery
    • Trowers & Hamlins advises property investment company on “unique arrangement” to help council meet its housing needs
    • Law firms advise social landlords on largest stock swap to date
    • Trowers & Hamlins advises social landlord on strategic partnership with investment firm
    • Law firm advises G15 housing group on partnership deal
    • Trowers advises social landlord on first ever sustainability-linked private placement for housing association
    • Liverpool appoints Exchange Chambers QC to defend judicial review brought by former mayor over refusal to provide legal costs indemnity
    • Bevan Brittan advises Peabody on corporate acquisition of owner of 44-acre site in Dagenham as part of plans for 3,100-home scheme
    • Trowers advises London borough on CPO for strategic infrastructure works for £6bn Meridian Water development
    • Trowers & Hamlins advises Building Better on offsite homes framework
    • Freeths advises on project to convert landfill site into community owned solar-farm
    • Trowers advises district council on financing of 600-home joint venture
    • Bevan Brittan advises borough council on £7m purchase of town centre site
    • Law firm advises borough on deal to build largest film and tv production centre in London
    • Law firm advises city council on decarbonisation heat network project
    • Law firm acts for city council on 20-year digital infrastructure partnership
    • Landmark barristers to appear in four Supreme Court property cases in five months
    • Law firm advises social landlord on 2,500 home Swindon scheme
    • Devonshires advises Sage on 420-home stock purchase
    • Hugh James advises council on purchase of indoor shopping centre as part of 'Masterplan'
    • Law firm advises county council on agreement with Lovell for £700m homes scheme
    • Trowers advises on £4.2bn Major Projects Framework for Places for People Group
    • Trowers & Hamlins advises council and special purpose vehicle on collaboration agreements creating 3,000 homes near HS2 interchange
    • Bevan Brittan advises major housing associations on merger
    • Geldards advises city council on phase two of £200m regen scheme
    • Devonshires advises registered provider on £20m deal for 105 homes in Peterborough
    • Freeths advises housing association on £18m deal
    • Law firm advises provider of rent-to-buy homes on collaboration agreement with registered provider
    • Bevan Brittan advises major North West housing association on £60m funding deal
    • Bevan Brittan advises council-owned company on appointment of contractors for energy centre
    • Keystone Law advises city council on £60m neighbourhood project
    • Bevan Brittan acts for London borough on £83m affordable homes partnership as council hails Regeneration Lease model
    • Winckworth Sherwood advises Sovereign on £17.6m shopping centre acquisition ahead of Farnborough town centre regeneration
    • Burges Salmon advises city council on low carbon energy infrastructure project
    • Bevan Brittan advises Manchester City Council on tech hub deal
    • Bevan Brittan advises district council on shopping centre purchase
    • Capsticks advises major North West affordable housing provider on joint venture to develop its largest ever site
    • Ashfords advises borough council on multi-million pound regeneration of former railway works
    • South West council signals plans to procure legal services framework
    • TLT advises London borough on procurement of hybrid developer and contract for two schemes
    • Devonshires advises English Rural Housing Association on merger with Gloucestershire social landlord
    • Winckworth Sherwood advises major housing provider on £50m bond sale
    • Bevan Brittan advises combined authority on “biggest regeneration in Bristol’s history”
    • TLT advises major affordable housing provider on £400m joint venture
    • Wilkin Chapman advises council on securing bankruptcy order over large council tax debt
    • Law firm advises London boroughs on refinancing of streetlighting PFI deal
    • Bevan Brittan advises North West council on strategic shopping centre acquisition
    • Law firm advises South West council on compulsory purchase of Grade II* listed pier
    • Browne Jacobson to advise Welsh Government on Renewable Energy Developer programme
    • Brabners advises North West council on selection of development partner for major regeneration project
    • DWF advises council on multi-million pound regeneration of shopping centre
    • MoJ appoints firm to provide Carillion litigation legal services
    • Law firm Burges Salmon advises North Somerset Council on £90m bypass
    • TLT advises housing association on 250-home acquisition
    • Law firm advises councils on establishment of first combined county authority in England
    • Trowers advises city council on purchase of 740 homes, in largest social housing transfer of its kind
    • Trowers advises council-owned not-for-profit body on £750m collaboration with charity to deliver up to 2,500 rental properties in London
    • Ashfords advises council on consenting for £4bn battery gigafactory
    • Burges Salmon advises borough council on major heat network project
    • Law firm completes major sale for L&Q Housing Trust
    • Browne Jacobson advises council on acquisition of town centre market
    • Browne Jacobson acts for London borough on major town centre regeneration project
    • Browne Jacobson advises city council on asset transfer deal
    • Browne Jacobson advises largest freeport in Wales as it opens for business
    • TLT advises major social landlord on acquisition of affordable homes as part of regeneration project
    • Burges Salmon advises city council on sale of 487 homes to social housing and shared ownership provider
    • Browne Jacobson advises city council on shopping centre acquisition
    • Trowers advises Torbay on first of its kind ‘hotels to homes’ scheme
    • Bevan Brittan advises joint waste partnership on multi-million pound contract extension
    • Geldards advises Nottingham City Council on £12.6m contract for construction of bridge across River Trent
    • Trowers advises Birmingham on 3,500-home regeneration scheme
    • Sharpe Pritchard advises city council on procurement of energy from waste facility contract
    • Geldards advises Nottingham City Council on Broad Marsh regeneration project
    • Trowers advises local authority on innovative financing structure for acquisition of 368 homes for temporary accommodation 
    • DAC Beachcroft advises university on £10m fit out works contract for new London campus
  • People
    • SRA confirms decision to withdrawn from voluntary code on recruiting trainees
    • London boroughs to offer ten legal apprenticeships via University of Law tie-up
    • Centre for Public Scrutiny names Staffordshire director as new Executive Director
    • Buckinghamshire appoints Peart to head of legal post shared with Harrow
    • Trowers & Hamlins promotes public sector commercial associate to partner
    • Barnet names Fiore as Director of Assurance with monitoring officer role
    • Weightmans names local government dispute resolution specialist to partner
    • DAC Beachcroft promotes public law specialist Ros Ashcroft to partner
    • Assistant County Solicitor at Lancashire becomes Lawyers in Local Government President
    • Criminal law specialist elected Deputy Vice President of Law Society
    • Lawyers in Local Government launches mentoring scheme for members
    • LLG looks for lawyers to get involved with special activity areas
    • Signatories to support trainee solicitor recruitment code despite SRA withdrawal
    • BLM bolsters catastrophic injury team with partner and consultant hires
    • VWV hires employment specialist Byford in drive for HE and FE practice growth
    • Hempsons strengthens London clinical negligence team with partner hire
    • Geldards boosts public services practice with Cloynes hire
    • 11KBW local government QC appointed as High Court judge
    • Former DCLG Permanent Secretary to chair Centre for Public Scrutiny
    • Capsticks bolsters ASB advisory team with Dunn hire
    • Education and local government specialist David Lawson moves to Serjeants’ Inn
    • Anthony Collins boosts funding team with Coane appointment
    • Clay takes top law role at London Borough of Tower Hamlets
    • Weightmans bolsters healthcare team with Webb-Jenkins hire
    • CILEx inaugarates local government lawyer as president
    • County council poised to appoint chief legal officer as head of paid service
    • Bevan Brittan boosts property and social housing practice with Shaw hire
    • Applications process opens for Local Government Legal Awards 2015
    • Stuart takes top legal role at Peterborough City Council
    • TLT strengthens social housing team with double partner hire
    • BLM bolsters abuse claims practice with Jefferson hire
    • Planning law specialist Bowes moves to Cornerstone Barristers
    • Five councils to have apprentices in legal teams from this month
    • TLT hires Isaacson in boost for social housing team
    • Paul Nicholls QC moves to Matrix Chambers
    • Hempsons promotes two lawyers in London to partner
    • Tayler moves to 42 Bedford Row from Hampshire County Council
    • 39 Essex QC named on panel to streamline Local Plan-making process
    • Suffolk Legal lawyers secure higher rights of audience
    • Bevan Brittan bolsters Leeds office with ex-heads of local government at rivals
    • Hempsons bolsters life sciences, healthcare advisory practices
    • LLG names lawyers, teams through to stage 2 of 2015 Awards
    • Public law specialist Glenister joins Landmark Chambers
    • Eversheds names Rolant Jones as new head of local government
    • 11KBW bolsters public law practice with Auburn hire
    • Eversheds boosts local government team with ex-head of legal at Cardiff
    • VWV boosts procurement team in London with double hire
    • Leading public law barrister on Northern Circuit joins 39 Essex Chambers
    • LLG fires gun on Deputy Vice President nomination process
    • 11KBW makes second appointment to public law practice in a month
    • 4-5 Gray's Inn Square to introduce name-blind recruitment
    • Browne Jacobson boosts independent health practice with Auty hire
    • Leading housing management partner joins Capsticks team
    • TLT strengthens licensing practice with Skeens hire
    • Leading social housing law QC becomes circuit judge
    • Underwood names as next chair of Social Housing Law Association
    • Veale Wasbrough Vizards promotes Cook and Hickman to partner
    • Bond Dickinson partner to chair Compulsory Purchase Association
    • Rotherham MBC names Pearson as new Assistant Director of Legal Services
    • Arden Chambers bolsters local government and housing team with Campbell hire
    • Former Treasury Solicitor joins investigations and audits team at Matrix
    • Bevan Brittan builds new Leeds office with three more partners
    • Head of Legal at Viridian awarded MBE in New Year's Honours List
    • Senior lawyers at universities win recognition in New Year's Honours List
    • Barristers with public law practices strongly represented in 2016 silk round
    • Shami Chakrabarti to leave Liberty after 12 years leading human rights group
    • Goodman takes legal advisor role at Avon Fire & Rescue
    • Local government law specialist Paulin moves to 4-5 Gray’s Inn Square
    • Bhogal to head London healthcare advisory team at Hill Dickinson
    • Philip Kolvin QC appointed board member of sports grounds safety body
    • Hill Dickinson boosts healthcare team with ex-head of public sector legal at PwC
    • University of Law names Trowers’ Randall as visiting professor
    • Bevan Brittan hires property specialist Rowe for Bristol office
    • Browne Jacobson strengthens public sector team with hire of ex-head of legal
    • Bond Dickinson bolsters public procurement team with new legal director
    • Bond Dickinson appoints real estate partner to Leeds office
    • Ward and Moser voted in as new joint heads of Monckton Chambers
    • Leading public law QC joins Landmark from Garden Court
    • Local government specialist makes equity at national firm Weightmans
    • Liberty names Doughty Street barrister as successor to Shami Chakrabarti
    • Shami Chakrabarti to join 39 Essex Chambers as door tenant
    • Easterbrook to take over from Evans as senior partner at Bevan Brittan
    • Walker Morris promotes head of housing litigation and management to partner
    • Forrester-Brown takes over as President of Lawyers in Local Government
    • BLM hires healthcare specialist Trinder from Bevan Brittan
    • Public law specialist Davies joins 39 Essex Chambers
    • Charlie Adan appointed chief executive at Royal Borough of Kingston-upon-Thames
    • Blacklaws elected deputy vice president of Law Society
    • Forbes strengthens social housing team with Mansfield hire
    • Bevan Brittan promotes three lawyers to partner
    • Eden District Council names Neal as Director of Governance
    • Bond Dickinson promotes four lawyers - including Jackie Gray - to partner
    • Foot Anstey hires dispute resolution specialist Rhys-Jones
    • Barnet brings in Southampton lawyer to investigate election problems
    • Trowers & Hamlins bolsters regeneration practice with Plumley hire
    • Sir Terence Etherton to become next Master of the Rolls
    • Bircham Dyson Bell promotes two from Government & Infrastructure team to partner
    • Public Law Project appoints Pickup as new Legal Director
    • Theo Huckle QC steps down as Counsel General for Wales
    • Olwen Dutton joins Anthony Collins Solicitors as Head of Local Government
    • Landmark hires Newhall as Chambers Director
    • Walker Morris hires Webster as director in Energy, Infrastructure & Government team
    • Browne Jacobson boosts Birmingham healthcare offering with Charlton hire
    • Maples Teesdale's Sutton joins Law Society planning committee
    • Law Society and SRA consult on PC fee for individual solicitors in 2016/17
    • Mick Antoniw named Counsel General for Wales
    • Human rights specialist Samuel joins Doughty Street Chambers
    • Tributes paid following death of top public law QC
    • 39 Essex Chambers barrister nets role at Boundary Commission
    • HHJ Lucraft QC named as new Chief Coroner of England and Wales
    • 42 Bedford Row adds two barristers to public law children team
    • PM appoints duo to Committee on Standards in Public Life
    • Tributes paid after head of law at city council dies following cycling event
    • Six judges appointed to the Court of Appeal
    • Woods Whur hires senior licensing lawyer as consultant
    • Housing specialist Talbot switches from Weightmans to St Ives Chambers
    • Monitoring officer issues section 5 report over re-designation of role
    • FTB welcomes Forrest as new tenant
    • Lord Dyson returns to 39 Essex after retiring as Master of the Rolls
    • Doncaster's Miller elected as new president of Solace
    • Bevan Brittan hires Caton as health partner in London
    • Tributes paid following death of Bevan Brittan partner Tim Rowe
    • Legally-qualified strategic director named joint chief executive of two councils
    • Baker Small director agrees rebuke from SRA after investigation into tweets
    • Browne Jacobson bolsters construction team with hire of PFI specialist
    • Children law specialist Giles joins St Philips
    • City council names Daya as Service Director for Legal and Democratic Services
    • Lieven, Rose, Steyn and Swift among 18 new Deputy High Court judges
    • Miller leaves Bevan Brittan as firm decides not to re-tender for SRA panel
    • Doncaster lawyer recognised in Inspirational Women in Law award
    • London Mayor appoints Philip Kolvin QC as chair of Night Time Commission
    • Hempsons strengthens procurement team with Ramshaw hire
    • Law Society chief executive resigns over slow pace of governance reform
    • Bevan Brittan hires new Director of Business Development & Marketing
    • Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse appoints Brian Altman QC as new lead counsel
    • Communities Secretary confirms King as new Local Government Ombudsman
    • Public law, planning and children barristers well represented among latest QCs
    • Former Ombudsman joins Committee on Standards in Public Life
    • Landlord and tenant specialist Agnihotri joins Arden Chambers
    • VWV secures major boost to local government team with Heath hire
    • Law Society hires ex-housing association chief exec as interim chief executive
    • Clyde & Co boosts public procurement offering with hire of public sector head at VWV
    • Bevan Brittan recruits healthcare property partner to Leeds office
    • Clyde & Co boosts procurement with hire of public sector head at VWV
    • Capsticks expands housing practice with new partner and team from Clarke Willmott
    • Bevan Brittan takes on three more apprentices
    • Christopher Frank Skinner
    • Tributes paid after death of practice director of nplaw shared legal service
    • Supreme Court begins search for two justices and new president
    • Cornerstone Barristers bolsters planning team with Grant arrival
    • Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal to hear case against ex-mayor of Tower Hamlets next week
    • Gummer re-joins infrastructure group at Sharpe Pritchard
    • 7BR boosts public law team with arrival of Richard Clayton QC and Lee Parkhill
    • Principal solicitor and children law specialist swaps council for 3 Paper Buildings
    • LLG Board recommends extending Forrester-Brown presidency by six months
    • Nicola McIntosh joins family group at No5
    • Carolyn Hilder named Senior Judge of the Court of Protection
    • Hill Dickinson bolsters national health team with commercial partner hire
    • Mr Justice Holgate named Planning Liaison Judge
    • Housing law specialist Salmon joins Field Court
    • McNeill to step down as Chief Legal Officer at Norfolk County Council
    • Clarke Willmott strengthens social housing team with 11 appointments
    • Bevan Brittan promotes Bradberry and Brealey to partner
    • Bevan Brittan appoints two new housing management partners
    • Public sector barristers make shortlists for inaugural Employed Bar Awards
    • David Connolly to act as interim Housing Ombudsman as Fowler departs
    • Natalie Connor joins 11KBW to practice across all specialisms
    • Browne Jacobson promotes seven to partner, six to new legal director role
    • Lord Chief Justice appoints 21 Deputy High Court Judges
    • Landmark Chambers names Rupert Warren QC as joint head of chambers
    • Matrix barrister named legal director at equalities watchdog
    • No5 Chambers pays tribute following death of one of its family law barristers
    • Durham appoints new head of legal and democratic services
    • Former government lawyer struck off for dishonesty by backdating documents
    • Bircham Dyson Bell bolsters public law team with partner appointment
    • Trowers & Hamlins promotes seven to partner
    • Wilson leaves housing sector for chief legal officer role at SLLP
    • GLD lawyer wins ‘outstanding achievement by a public service barrister’ award
    • Bevan Brittan bolsters social investment legal expertise with Hiscoke hire
    • Bristol Legal lawyer appointed part-time judge in Valuation Tribunal
    • Sir Ian Burnett selected to be next Lord Chief Justice
    • Baroness Hale to become first female President of Supreme Court
    • Public sector property specialist among seven new partners at Ward Hadaway
    • LLG invites entries to Local Government Legal Awards 2017/18
    • Local authority lawyers shortlisted for Law Society Excellence Awards 2017
    • Capsticks hires housing management specialist as equity partner
    • VWV bolsters commercial team with hire of procurement specialist Rickard
    • Leading public law QC moves to Landmark Chambers
    • DWF appoints Sir Nigel Knowles as chairman
    • Planning specialist Lambert joins Cornerstone Barristers
    • Former practice director of nplaw receives posthumous award
    • Squire Patton Boggs boosts projects practice with Helm hire
    • Winckworth Sherwood strengthens regulatory and social housing finance teams
    • Hill Dickinson boost new Leeds office with commercial health legal director
    • 1 Chancery Lane chooses Simon Readhead QC as head of chambers
    • Former TCC judge in Birmingham joins litigation team at Trowers & Hamlins
    • Council backs £100k+ payoffs for head of legal and deputy chief exec
    • Bevan Brittan strengthens Birmingham property practice with Pinsents hire
    • Planning specialist Wigley moves from No5 to Landmark Chambers
    • 4-5 Gray’s Inn names new chief executive and executive clerk
    • Browne Jacobson boosts health litigation practice in London with partner hire
    • Director of legal services and monitoring officer at NW council resigns
    • Forbes Solicitors appoints Shackell to head debt collection service
    • Sir Wyn Williams sworn in as first President of Welsh Tribunals
    • Senior public law QC joins Cornerstone Barristers
    • Philip Kolvin QC appointed Recorder of the Crown Court
    • Bevan Brittan bolsters construction and infrastructure with double hire
    • Planning lawyer Bell joins Birketts as senior associate
    • Leading property and commercial chancery silk joins Landmark Chambers
    • Public law and property barrister Campbell joins Field Court
    • Serjeants’ Inn bolsters Court of Protection team with Sutton arrival
    • Sir Andrew McFarlane named new President of Family Division
    • Chief executive of Kent-owned alternative business structure Invicta Law resigns
    • Langdorf appointed Senior Clerk at Cornerstone Barristers
    • Landmark Chambers boosts property team with Cohen arrival
    • Shoosmiths promotes eight lawyers to partner or legal director
    • Bevan Brittan promotes 14 lawyers to senior associate or associate
    • Bevan Brittan strengthens housing team with senior associate hire
    • Lawyers in Local Government names Deborah Evans as chief executive officer
    • Quentin Baker resigns from council-owned social enterprise firm LGSS Law
    • Weightmans hires former head of local government at BLM
    • Leading local government QC joins Ely Place Chambers
    • Anthony Collins hires experienced city council lawyer for housing management team
    • National firm Weightmans promotes six to fixed share partnership
    • 1 Crown Office Row barrister named commissioner at equalities watchdog
    • Public law and housing specialist joins Cornerstone Barristers
    • Infrastructure planning specialist moves to Francis Taylor Building
    • First Treasury Counsel James Eadie QC to receive knighthood
    • Housing and local government specialist joins Field Court Chambers
    • Three new justices appointed to Supreme Court
    • Seven judges to step up to Court of Appeal
    • Charlie Adan leaves Kingston Council following change in administration
    • Cornerstone duo appointed to Attorney General’s B Panel
    • Cornerstone duo appointed to Attorney General’s B Panel
    • Five lawyers including two solicitors appointed High Court judges
    • Public law family barrister moves to 42 Bedford Row
    • Leading planning lawyer rejoins Ward Hadaway 25 years later
    • Leading medical and public law QC joins Serjeants Inn
    • West of England Combined Authority hires Daya as Director of Legal Services
    • Trowers partner appointed chair of Stonewall Housing
    • Lawyers from 11KBW, Landmark and 1GC among new Deputy High Court judges
    • 39 Essex Chambers bolsters offering with nine new tenants
    • Children law barrister bolsters team at St John’s Chambers
    • Ashfords hires former Head of Social Housing at TLT
    • Housing and public law specialist McKeown joins Field Court Chambers
    • Clarke Willmott boosts Manchester team with ex-deputy group solicitor at housing body
    • FTB bolstered by arrival of planning specialist Emyr Jones
    • Bevan Brittan strengthens Leeds litigation team with partner hire
    • Bevan Brittan bolsters litigation practice in Birmingham with Rhys hire
    • Commercial and administrative law QC joins Field Court
    • Weightmans strengthens social housing team with Wilson hire
    • Bevan Brittan promotes two partners from within
    • 1 Chancery Lane bolsters civil law practice with arrival of seven-strong team
    • 11KBW boosts public, commercial and international practices with Kosmin arrival
    • Bevan Brittan strengthens property and housing with Dentons team hire
    • Browne Jacobson boosts public sector litigation practice with partner hire
    • Public services lawyer among seven promoted to senior associate at Geldards
    • Leading public law silk appointed as High Court judge
    • Top human rights QC moves to Monckton Chambers
    • QC from 39 Essex Chambers appointed as High Court judge
    • Planning barrister boosts Hardwicke property team
    • Bevan Brittan hires partner to head information law team
    • Chadwick moves to Pinsents as strategic planning adviser
    • Edwards becomes Chief Legal Officer and MO at Norfolk
    • Landmark Chambers boosts property practice with the appointment of three juniors
    • Philip Kolvin QC reappointed as board member of Sports Grounds Safety Authority
    • Browne Jacobson promotes 12 lawyers to new senior associate role
    • Norris appointed interim monitoring officer at combined authority
    • Court of Protection specialist joins No5 Chambers
    • Spire Barristers strengthens public law children team with Woodliffe arrival
    • Forbes bolsters anti-social behaviour and gang injunction expertise with Varley hire
    • Bevan Brittan reappoints Easterbrook to senior partner for three-year term
    • Public law and judicial review specialist joins Cornerstone Barristers
    • General counsel elected Law Society deputy vice-president, will become president in 2021
    • Irwin Mitchell promotes public law and human rights specialist to partner
    • DAC Beachcroft appoints 19 partners and seven legal directors
    • Weightmans promotes social housing lawyer to partner in latest round of promotions
    • Brown named interim chief executive at Cafcass
    • Bevan Brittan promotes three new partners in promotions round
    • Equalities watchdog more than doubles the size of its £3m panel of counsel
    • Director of Children’s Services at London borough takes chief executive role at Cafcass
    • Barrister appointed to chair Telford sexual abuse inquiry
    • Forbes appoints Hankinson as partner to lead housing and regeneration team
    • Trowers & Hamlins promotes 12 lawyers to partner
    • Kingston names McCann as Assistant Director of Law and Governance, Monitoring Officer
    • Public law specialist bolsters Family Group at 42 Bedford Row
    • Woods Whur bolsters licensing team with Elford hire
    • Glaister-Young arrival boosts 42 Bedford Row Family Team
    • 1GC Family Law strengthens children law and CoP teams with double hire
    • Bello joins Cornerstone Barristers as new CEO
    • Lord Reed to become President of the Supreme Court as three new justices announced
    • Trowers strengthens Manchester commercial litigation team with partner hire
    • Senior childcare barrister hire boosts family group at 42 Bedford Row
    • Cornerstone Barristers QC appointed deputy High Court judge
    • Leading children, public and employment law QCs named new High Court judges
    • Council lawyer and housing association legal team shortlisted for Law Society Excellence Awards 2019
    • Judiciary launches programme aimed at boosting number of deputy High Court judges from under-represented groups
    • 11KBW public law silk follows joint head of chambers in being named High Court judge
    • Former Law Society President joins Anthony Collins Solicitors as non-executive director
    • Borough council names solicitor as chief executive
    • Blakeway starts as Housing Ombudsman “at vital time”
    • Marsh returns to BDB Pitmans in boost to planning and infrastructure team
    • Kennedys hires historic abuse and local authority specialist as partner
    • Lancashire County Council trainee legal executive wins ‘Visionary Leadership’ award at CILEx Awards
    • Kate Charlton leaves role as City Solicitor and Monitoring Officer at Birmingham
    • Planning and NHS property law specialists among four new partners at Bevan Brittan
    • Daniel Stilitz QC named joint head of chambers at 11KBW
    • Cory-Wright and Harwood named new Joint Heads of 39 Essex Chambers
    • Bevan Brittan makes new partner, four associates in mid-year promotions round
    • Capsticks appoints Hamilton to further term as managing partner
    • Public, administrative and children law specialists among 24 new Deputy High Court Judges
    • Matrix Chambers QC appointed High Court judge
    • Former Deputy Head of Legal at Blackpool joins Forbes Solicitors as Senior Associate
    • Browne Jacobson chooses leading member of government sector group as new managing partner
    • ICO regulatory enforcement lawyer moves to St John’s Buildings
    • Thirteen barristers to join family law team at Parklane Plowden Chambers
    • Charlie Adan appointed interim chief executive at city council
    • Ex-legal director at equalities watchdog to join 11KBW
    • Shoosmiths boosts planning and environment team with partner hire
    • Blackstone Chambers public law silk appointed High Court judge
    • Treasury Solicitor receives KCB, government lawyers recognised in New Year’s Honours List 2020
    • Weightmans adds two partners to London office through lateral hires
    • Lord Reed sworn in as President of the Supreme Court
    • Public sector focused barristers well represented in 2019 silk round
    • Bevan Brittan boosts Leeds office with hire of property disputes partner
    • Kings Chambers bolsters planning, personal injury teams with new tenants
    • Birketts strengthens public sector team with Senior Associate hire
    • Woods Whur hires licensing specialist Skeens as consultant
    • Public law specialists among new tenants at 39 Essex Chambers
    • Bevan Brittan boosts Midlands social housing and property teams with double hire
    • Five Paper bolsters housing and property team with England hire
    • Education and public law barrister Matthew Wyard joins 3PB
    • Fourteen elects O’Donovan and Glaser as joint head of chambers
    • Browne Jacobson makes record 22 promotions to senior associate
    • Leading claimant housing barrister joins Garden Court
    • Family Group at 42 Bedford Row boosted by Berthelsen arrival
    • Public law specialist Broach moves to 39 Essex Chambers
    • Leading licensing QC appointed associate fellow at University of Westminster
    • Sharpe Pritchard names Mendelle as new Senior Partner
    • Cornerstone Barristers appoints Joint Heads of Chambers
    • Birketts eyes national presence for social housing team with Hulley hire
    • Former employed barrister in Government Legal Department takes tenancy at Francis Taylor Building
    • Winckworth Sherwood promotes education and infrastructure specialists to partner
    • Family law barrister joins 9 St John Street
    • Bevan Brittan bolsters social housing team with appointment of two banking and finance partners
    • Shoosmiths promotes eight to partner
    • Clarke Willmott appoints joint heads of social housing team
    • DAC Beachcroft promotes 14 to partner
    • First academic to become Supreme Court judge to be sworn in at closed ceremony next month
    • Leading costs barrister joins Kings Chambers
    • Housing association senior solicitor appointed deputy district judge
    • Major social landlord issues notice on plans for legal services framework worth up to £24m
    • Winckworth Sherwood bolsters social housing banking and finance team
    • Local government litigation solicitor handed judicial post
    • Shadow authorities in Northamptonshire set to appoint interim monitoring officers
    • Mills & Reeve hires planning partner for Manchester real estate team
    • North East law firm hires Walton to lead procurement team
    • Childcare lawyer to swap council for independent bar
    • DAC Beachcroft strengthens public sector liability expertise with four-strong, partner-led team hire
    • Browne Jacobson appoints new Head of Higher Education
    • Public law specialist joins 39 Essex Chambers
    • Barristers chambers appoints public sector commercial lawyer as its new chairman
    • Sharpe Pritchard recruits employment law partner
    • Trowers promotes ten lawyers to partner
    • London borough names Binjal as Director of Law, Governance and HR
    • Five teams in running for 'Legal Team of the Year' at LLG Virtual Awards 2020
    • Tributes paid after sudden death of head of litigation at Government Legal Department
    • Top planning and infrastructure QC joins Keating Chambers
    • Former UK Supreme Court Justice Lord Carnwath joins Landmark Chambers
    • Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council names Susan Zeiss as Monitoring Officer
    • Choudhury takes up Deputy Director of Legal and Governance role at One Source
    • Lawyer recommended for interim chief executive position at Torbay Council
    • Employment and public law specialist joins 39 Essex Chambers
    • FTB strengthens links with academia with appointment of academic tenant and two new members for its Academic Panel
    • Public law children specialists join Coram Chambers
    • Bevan Brittan promotes three to partner in promotions round
    • Lambeth Council announces new interim Director of Legal and Governance
    • Capsticks promotes four to partner, six to legal director in latest promotions round
    • Head of Government Legal Department stands down amid reports of unhappiness at re-writing of Withdrawal Agreement
    • Shadow authorities for new Northamptonshire unitaries name prospective directors of legal
    • Housing and property specialist joins Cornerstone Barristers
    • Doughty Street strengthens public law and civil liberties team with four barristers including QC
    • Top licensing QC joins 11KBW
    • New High Court judge assigned to Family Division
    • Bevan Brittan recruits two partners to its Independent Health & Social Care practice
    • Former UK Supreme Court Justice joins Francis Taylor Building
    • Top Welsh public sector lawyer receives OBE
    • Devonshires promotes two housing solicitors to partner
    • Tributes paid to former 4 Brick Court head of chambers and leading public law children’s barrister
    • North West council appoints Ibrahim as Assistant Director – Legal, Governance and Workforce
    • Government appoints search company to find next Treasury Solicitor and Permanent Secretary of Government Legal Department
    • Anthony Collins Solicitors promotes three partners and two legal directors
    • Tributes paid following death of leading social care QC
    • Ramshaw returns to Womble Bond Dickinson in boost to procurement practice
    • Peter Fish appointed interim Treasury Solicitor and Permanent Secretary of GLD
    • 42 Bedford Row bolsters public law children and housing teams
    • Coram Chambers names public law barristers as joint heads of chambers
    • Sharpe Pritchard promotes projects and procurement specialist to partner
    • Public law children barrister at county council switches to 3PB in Birmingham
    • Weightmans bolsters social housing team with hire of governance specialist
    • Barristers acting for local authorities and other public bodies recognised in 2020 silk round
    • Plexus Law names Steel as Head of Public Sector Services
    • Legally-qualified chief executive to step down after 17 years at helm of London borough
    • Planning barrister Juan Lopez joins 39 Essex Chambers
    • Sharpe Pritchard appoints Rob Hann as Head of Local Government
    • Hugh James strengthens public sector employment offering with senior associate hire
    • Ward Hadaway bolsters social housing team in Manchester with director hire
    • Leading children law QC joins 4PB
    • Top-rated planning silk Chris Katkowski QC joins Kings Chambers
    • Sharpe Pritchard promotes trio to Legal Director
    • Wiltshire names Holmes as next Director of Legal & Governance
    • New partner at DAC Beachcroft to lead procurement law offering
    • Trowers & Hamlins names Head of Real Estate as next Senior Partner
    • Devonshires strengthens housing and construction practices in Leeds
    • Government names McGibbon as Treasury Solicitor, head of Government Legal Department
    • Court of Protection and mental health tribunal specialist joins Field Court
    • Public law family specialist joins Pump Court
    • Former Treasury Solicitor to join Public & Administrative Law team at City firm
    • Law firm bolsters public sector team with hires of property and planning partner, former head of legal at district council
    • Lady Justice Rose to become Supreme Court justice
    • Bevan Brittan names head of employment as third consecutive female senior partner
    • Crawley Borough Council names new Head of Legal, Governance and HR
    • Ex-local authority lawyer joins Public Law team at Spire Barristers
    • Public Law Group at 39 Essex Chambers takes on three new members
    • Lawyers who act for social housing providers and local authorities among partner promotions at Winckworth Sherwood
    • City Solicitor at Liverpool to retire at end of May after 25 years at council
    • Devonshires promotes two lawyers to partner
    • Torbay Council names lawyer as chief executive and head of paid service
    • Bevan Brittan appoints property finance lawyer as partner
    • Law firm Capsticks promotes 21 lawyers in latest round
    • Anthony Collins Solicitors appoints housing litigation and management partner
    • Real estate solicitor rejoins Devonshires as a partner after eight years away
    • Anthony Collins Solicitors promotes three to partner including head of housing management
    • Bevan Brittan promotes one lawyer to partner and eight to senior associate
    • Former local government lawyer joins Government Legal Department to help establish centre of excellence in public law
    • Weightmans appoints 11 partners in latest promotions
    • Browne Jacobson names eight partners in 2021 promotions round
    • Government Legal Department senior lawyer joins Browne Jacobson as commercial partner
    • Head of property practice at Landmark Chambers named joint head of chambers
    • Housing specialists named partners in latest promotions round at Forbes Solicitors
    • Lawyers, operations officer at Government Legal Department recognised in Queen’s Birthday Honours List 2021
    • 11KBW strengthens core practice areas with arrival of three barristers
    • DAC Beachcroft promotes 16 to partner and seven to legal director
    • Experienced social housing and property practitioner joins Five Paper
    • Landmark Chambers names joint heads of Public Law Group
    • Head of Law at Dudley wins ‘Inspirational Leader Award’ at LLG Awards 2021
    • Cornerstone Barristers bolsters housing and local government teams with arrival of Sarah Salmon
    • Salford names Puzio as new City Solicitor
    • Law firm VWV promotes seven to partner
    • Browne Jacobson partner appointed social care sector ambassador for charity
    • Three judges appointed to Court of Appeal
    • Devonshires names head of housing management and property litigation
    • Anthony Collins bolsters Manchester office with housing partner hire
    • Bevan Brittan strengthens higher education team with Soundy hire
    • Irwin Mitchell bolsters Public Law and Human Rights Team with honorary QC hire
    • Matrix Chambers bolsters public law team with two new tenants
    • Three new High Court judges named with further appointments expected in coming months
    • Fourth new High Court judge appointed
    • Anthony Collins Solicitors housing partner appointed as Midlands deputy district judge 
    • Bevan Brittan strengthens construction offering with hire of two partners and two senior associates
    • Property specialist becomes fifth High Court judge appointed in September
    • Lord Chief Justice appoints 40 Deputy High Court Judges
    • Liverpool names Fenwick as City Solicitor and Monitoring Officer
    • Anthony Collins Solicitors hires Wright Hassall head of housing as partner
    • Browne Jacobson appoints Antoniou as new London Head of Education
    • Leading child protection QC joins 1 Crown Office Row
    • Planning and public law specialist Olley joins FTB
    • LLG extends tenure of current president for further six months
    • Barrister specialising in complex public law work joins 1GC
    • City law firm QC named a High Court judge
    • Chief executive of Centre for Governance and Scrutiny to take up new role at Liverpool
    • Law firm makes string of hires following decision to focus more on public sector work
    • Law firm appoints senior procurement consultant to its “near-legal” public procurement offering
    • Housing specialist Waters joins Devonshires
    • Law firm hires ex-Government Legal Department lawyer to set up public inquiries team
    • Shoosmiths strengthens planning practice with partner hire
    • Bevan Brittan hires IT outsourcing and dispute resolution partners
    • Gough Square bolsters consumer and regulatory team with arrival of leading silk
    • Public law children specialist Stevenson moves to 4PB
    • Planning and environmental specialist Spurr joins St John’s Chambers
    • Clinical negligence and PI specialist named High Court judge
    • Children, planning and public law specialists among 101 new Queen's Counsel
    • Property and costs litigation barrister joins Landmark Chambers
    • Simon Bird QC elected Head of Chambers at FTB
    • Largest social landlord in the country appoints ex-law firm partner to housing association board
    • Centre for Governance and Scrutiny appoints new chief executive
    • TLT bolsters public sector practice with technology partner hire
    • Cornerstone Barristers bolsters public sector practice with Cantor arrival
    • Council lawyer shortlisted for ‘Legal Personality of the Year’ at LexisNexis Legal Awards 2022
    • Leading regulatory crime barrister joins 2 Hare Court
    • Law firm cites increased demand for hire of social housing development partner
    • Public law barrister joins Landmark Chambers
    • Capsticks hires pensions specialist as partner
    • Former head of legal at Natural England joins Freeths
    • Anthony Collins hires construction and commercial lawyers as partners
    • Selection process begun for appointment of Supreme Court justices to replace retiring Lord Lloyd-Jones and Lady Arden
    • John Gaunt & Partners hires Elford as a partner
    • Former real estate partner at City law firm joins Davitt Jones Bould
    • Lane and Dehon named Chairs of Public Law Team at Cornerstone
    • Former head of legal at county council makes switch to private practice
    • Two silks join family law team at 1 Crown Office Row as associate members
    • Judicial review specialist joins 39 Essex Chambers
    • Local authority senior solicitor and surveillance law expert joins Act Now Training
    • Family and Court of Protection specialist and former council lawyer joins Spire Barristers
    • Child law specialist James joins 1GC
    • Senedd makes public law expert Chief Legal Adviser on permanent basis
    • Anthony Collins bolsters local government team with appointment of former director of governance and legal services as partner
    • Devonshires promotes eight to partner in 2022 promotion round
    • Social housing specialist among record number of new partners at Penningtons Manches Cooper
    • Shared service One Legal names Daya as new Director
    • Planning, environment and public law specialist joins Landmark Chambers
    • Sam Karim QC joins Gatehouse Chambers
    • Croydon Council names Director of Legal Services and Monitoring Officer
    • Capsticks promotes 25 including two equity partners and 11 salaried partners
    • DLA Piper hires partner to head up UK Contentious Public Law team
    • Public law expert Hocking switches law firm for barristers chambers 11KBW
    • Anthony Collins Solicitors promotes three senior associates to partner
    • Barnsley names new Service Director for Law and Governance
    • Specialist in complex care cases joins Harcourt Chambers
    • Bevan Brittan names five new partners in 2022 promotions round
    • Weightmans promotes 12 to partner and 10 to legal director
    • Public law children specialist moves to 42 Bedford Row from London borough
    • Child protection specialist joins Trinity Chambers
    • Former top lawyer at Cardiff Council named member of Local Democracy and Boundary Commission for Wales
    • Public law specialist Lindsay Johnson joins Cornerstone Barristers
    • Capsticks bolsters health and justice team with four-strong team
    • Public law specialist joins family team at 1 Crown Office Row in Brighton
    • Solicitor becomes interim chief executive at North West council after predecessor departs following controversial tweet
    • Devonshires bolsters Leeds office with hire of landlord and tenant specialist from local authority
    • Birmingham City Council announces new Director of Legal
    • Former UK Electoral Commission head to join law firm Bates Wells as consultant
    • Thanet names Sameera Khan as interim monitoring officer
    • Lorraine Cavanagh QC joins 1GC Family Law as door tenant
    • Child law specialist joins 1GC Family Law
    • Centre for Governance & Scrutiny names interim chief executive after Fry steps down for personal reasons
    • Criminal legal aid solicitor wins Law Society presidential election
    • Child protection barrister at 42 Bedford Row appointed as Circuit Judge
    • Wakefield monitoring officer appointed to Challenge Board at Northumberland
    • Wilkin Chapman bolsters local government team, eyes wider presence with hire of ex-head of legal as partner
    • Senior Government Legal Department lawyer joins Government team at Gowling WLG
    • Public law children barrister joins No 5
    • Public and regulatory law specialist Melanie Carter joins Bevan Brittan
    • Alexander Horne joins Cornerstone Barristers as an Associate Tenant
    • Public law specialist joins Cornerstone Barristers
    • Lubna Shuja is first Asian to become Law Society president
    • Blackstone Chambers elects Weisselberg and Mulcahy as new joint heads
    • DHSC Legal Team wins Legal Team of the Year at Employed Bar Awards 2022
    • Judge who qualified as solicitor appointed to Court of Appeal
    • City council names Tapping as new Director of Legal & Governance, ends sharing of role with county
    • Lord Chief Justice to retire at end of September 2023
    • Ex-borough solicitor becomes permanent chief executive at North West council
    • Capsticks reappoints Martin Hamilton as managing partner for third term
    • Leading NHS and social care law King's Counsel retires from the Bar
    • County council names Duncan as Service Director: Legal and Governance
    • Children, Court of Protection and planning specialists appointed King’s Counsel in 2022 competition
    • Experienced children law barrister joins St Ives Chambers Family Team
    • Two government lawyers recognised in New Year’s Honours
    • Edwards named Director of Law and Governance at West Midlands Combined Authority
    • Public law specialist joins Landmark Chambers
    • Child law specialist Sheridan joins Harcourt Chambers
    • Lancashire County Council names MacAndrew as Director of Law & Governance
    • Housing barrister rejoins St Ives Chambers after seven-year spell at social landlord
    • Womble Bond Dickinson hires Murray to lead subsidy control practice
    • London council names lawyer as Operational Director of Assurance and Monitoring Officer on permanent basis
    • McIntosh named Chief Legal Officer at Havant Borough Council
    • VWV bolsters public sector team with hire of former local authority strategic director
    • Ex-Supreme Court judge named as independent member of standards watchdog
    • Housing specialist Richard Sharpe joins Sharpe Pritchard as partner
    • Public procurement law specialist joins Monckton Chambers
    • Weightmans strengthens police team with partner hire
    • Law firm bolsters Leeds planning team with hire of new partner and ex-local authority planning lawyer
    • Shakespeare Martineau strengthens finance offering for social housing and public sector with partner hire
    • Ward Hadaway hires social housing lawyer as Legal Director
    • Family barrister Naomi Wiseman joins 1KBW as tenant
    • Amardeep Gill named National Head of Public Sector at Trowers & Hamlins
    • Former council chief exec appointed Interim Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman
    • Northumberland appoints Stephen Gerrard as monitoring officer on two-year contract
    • Sharpe Pritchard promotes four to partner in 2023 round
    • Devonshires promotes five to partner in 2023 round
    • Devonshires grows Birmingham office with housing litigation partner hire
    • Leading environmental barrister joins Cornerstone Barristers
    • Government Legal Department names Croft as Director General
    • London borough appoints ex-Strategic Director of Law & Governance and Monitoring Officer as permanent chief executive
    • Capsticks promotes record number of staff in 2023 round
    • Shakespeare Martineau boosts social housing team with legal director hire
    • 39 Essex Chambers expands property team with arrival of KC and established junior
    • Specialist children law practitioner joins 1GC Family Law
    • Jenny Wigley KC named Joint Head of Chambers at Landmark
    • Capsticks hires regeneration expert to lead on local government
    • Ex-local authority solicitor-advocate joins 4-5 Gray’s Inn Square
    • 11KBW hires two independent investigations specialists
    • Tributes paid following death of "exceptional" public law barrister
    • Law firm boosts public sector team with hire of long-serving local authority chief executive as consultant
    • Former Ombudsman receives CBE for services to local government
    • District council names Eccleston as Head of Law and Governance
    • Anthony Collins names Wort as senior partner
    • Trowers & Hamlins promotes 10 to partner in 2023 round
    • Geldards strengthens Commercial Property and Public Services teams with partner and senior associate hires
    • Planning and environment specialist Mohamed joins Landmark Chambers
    • Director of Legal named interim chief executive at London borough
    • Law firm pays tribute following death of planning litigation partner
    • Solicitor appointed permanent chief executive at district council
    • Mills & Reeve bolsters contentious procurement offering with partner hire
    • Bevan Brittan strengthens health and social care offering with London partner hire
    • North Wales solicitor wins election to be deputy vice president of Law Society
    • Browne Jacobson hires senior associate in Cardiff from Welsh Government Legal Services Department
    • Capsticks eyes growth in North, Midlands and West Yorkshire with hire of legal director in housing management team
    • Children’s law specialist moves to Harcourt Chambers
    • Ex-Swansea Council lawyer joins Browne Jacobson in Cardiff
    • Anthony Collins hires lead local government property partner
    • Government names preferred candidate for next Local Government Ombudsman 
    • Welsh family law silk appointed High Court judge
    • St Philips takes on five children law barristers from Senate House
    • Dame Sue Carr sworn in as Lady Chief Justice
    • TfL names Clarke as interim General Counsel
    • Public law specialist joins Cornerstone Barristers
    • Lady Justice Simler appointed to Supreme Court
    • Nick Emmerson becomes president of Law Society
    • No5 bolsters family group with arrival of five barristers
    • Melissa Murphy KC and Ashley Bowes join planning team at Landmark Chambers
    • Capsticks strengthens housing team with hire of security charging expert
    • Law Commissioner for Public Law and Law in Wales appointed
    • Bevan Brittan boosts healthcare expertise with appointment of specialist employment partner
    • Anthony Collins hires partner to lead charging team
    • Oxford University law professor joins Cornerstone Barristers as associate member
    • Unitary council selects lawyer as new chief executive
    • Capsticks hires partner to lead banking practice in housing team
    • Specialists in children law, Court of Protection and health and social care law  among 11 new Deputy High Court judges
    • Specialist in complex public law proceedings moves to St Mary’s as tenant
    • Botkai named senior partner at Winckworth Sherwood
    • Childcare barrister joins 2 Dr Johnson’s Buildings
    • Public law proceedings barrister Jo Porter joins 42BR
    • Pathfinder names new Executive Director as Carter-Hughes heads to Birmingham
    • GLD Deputy Director awarded CBE in New Year Honours
    • Children law barrister joins 4PB
    • 1 Hare Court family silk named High Court judge
    • Real estate law firm appoints public sector property specialist
    • Law firm appoints two former Government Legal Department lawyers to public law team
    • Fenwick leaves Liverpool to join Thurrock as Executive Director of Corporate Services and Monitoring Officer
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    • Capsticks makes partner hire to boost social housing governance and regulatory team
    • Bevan Brittan bolsters housing team with five senior hires
    • Children lawyers to the fore in 2024 King’s Counsel appointments
    • Silks at 11KBW and Landmark Chambers appointed High Court judges
    • Major social landlord appoints Group General Counsel following merger
    • Sharpe Pritchard bolsters litigation team with public and administrative law partner
    • Top children law silk moves to 4PB
    • Former council chief executive becomes independent member of standards watchdog
    • Lady Chief Justice names 14 Deputy High Court Judges
    • Town Legal appoints Arnett to partner as one of co-founders retires
    • Professor Alison Young joins Law Commission as Commissioner for Public and Welsh Law
    • City council set to name McArthur as Director of Legal and Governance
    • Ward Hadaway hires partners in boost to social housing and procurement teams
    • Combined authority names new Director of Legal and Governance
    • Sharpe Pritchard names new managing partner
    • Sharpe Pritchard promotes three to partner in 2024 round
    • Weightmans elects ex-head of local government litigation as senior partner
    • Devonshires promotes record number of solicitors to partner
    • Social housing and planning lawyers promoted to partner in latest promotions round at Winckworth Sherwood
    • Sharratts bolsters Development Team with hire of affordable housing specialist as partner
    • Leading social housing junior joins Cornerstone Barristers
    • BDB Pitmans hires public law and commercial litigation specialist
    • Devonshires bolsters housing development team with double partner hire
    • Ghuman named Director of Law and Governance – Monitoring Officer at Slough
    • Muneer vows to put LLG “front and centre” in local government legal and governance sphere
    • Capsticks makes record number of promotions across firm
    • Bevan Brittan hires Bowles to head information law team
    • Browne Jacobson makes 15 partner and legal director promotions for 2024
    • Bevan Brittan promotes five lawyers to partner in bumper promotions round
    • Chief executive named acting Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman
    • Former Director of Legal appointed permanent chief executive at London borough
    • Bevan Brittan strengthens housing team with hire of property portfolio specialist
    • 42BR bolsters employment and social housing teams with Bachu arrival
    • Court of Protection specialist swaps local government for barristers chambers
    • Browne Jacobson bolsters commercial practice with hire of former team lead at county council
    • Personal injury lawyer from North West elected deputy vice president of Law Society
    • Planning and family judges appointed to Court of Appeal
    • Clarke named General Counsel at Transport for London on permanent basis
    • Weightmans promotes 15 to partner in 2024 promotions round
    • Equalities watchdog names 117 barristers to panel of counsel
    • Public procurement and subsidies specialist joins Clarke Willmott from competition watchdog
    • Civil law barrister Keith Chipato joins Field Court Chambers as tenant
    • Public law children specialist joins 9 St John Street Family Team
    • Browne Jacobson bolsters procurement team with partner appointment
    • Legal & Governance Manager becomes fee-paid judge in Employment Tribunal
    • McKoy named monitoring officer at Newham, Director of Law and Governance at One Source
    • Capsticks hires partner to run housing management team in London
    • Devonshires hires housing management partner for Birmingham office
    • Kirkpatrick named chief executive of Equality and Human Rights Commission
    • Association of Democratic Services Officers appoints first ever Chief Executive Officer
    • Weightmans adds to ranks in Birmingham built environment team with leading planning lawyer
    • St Ives Chambers bolsters Civil and Family Law Teams with 11 barristers from KCH Garden Square
    • Corporate Director and Monitoring Officer who came to UK as asylum seeker in 1980s retires after 37 years at city council
    • Family and Chancery specialists appointed as High Court judges
    • Browne Jacobson recruit new co-head of social housing alongside two senior associates
    • Council to consider scrapping Director of Legal and Governance post to make £150k saving
    • Capsticks reappoints Heenan as Senior Partner
    • Weightmans names next managing partner with Schorah set to stand down after 12 years
    • Tributes pour in after “untimely” passing of former Lawyers in Local Government president
    • LLG provides information on arrangements to honour Suki Binjal
    • Geldards bolsters education law team with senior associate hire
    • Children’s law specialist joins Unit Chambers
    • Experienced data protection consultant joins Act Now Training as associate
    • Unit Chambers strengthens family offering with three barristers including former in-house advocate at city council
    • Bird & Bird hires procurement specialist as partner in London
    • 1KBW family law silk appointed as High Court judge
    • Capsticks hires public procurement disputes specialist as partner in Leeds office
    • Salford selects Tour as new City Solicitor
    • Anthony Collins bolsters procurement team with legal director hire
    • Planning, property and children law specialists among 105 new silks in 2025 round
    • Mills & Reeve bolsters education team with partner hire
    • Head of Government Legal Department and interim Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman among nine new honorary King’s Counsel
    • TLT bolsters energy, planning, infrastructure and public law practices with hire of 29-lawyer strong team
    • Cornerstone Barristers names Biles Davies as new CEO
    • Irwin Mitchell bolsters Manchester Court of Protection team with partner hire
    • Hugh James expands commercial team with partner hire
    • Outer Temple Chambers silk named High Court judge, assigned to Family Division
    • Tributes paid to planning barrister Jonathan Easton KC
    • Eight specialist employment law barristers join 4-5
    • Cornerstone appoints Hawes as new Senior Clerk
    • 4-5 Gray’s Inn Square adds further six employment barristers
    • Children’s law silk joins Parklane Plowden
    • Weightmans names Walton as first female managing partner 
    • Sharpe Pritchard promotes planning and dispute resolution specialists to partner
    • Devonshires promotes three lawyers to partner including two housing management specialists
    • Ashfords bolsters procurement team with partner hire
    • ­­­Browne Jacobson boosts planning team with appointment of new partner
    • Bevan Brittan appoints record number of new partners
  • Market News
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    • Legal services to be "future boom area" as councils become entrepreneurial: report
    • Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire launch LGSS Law alternative business structure
    • SRA publishes Competence Statement setting out solicitor standards
    • Bar regulator approves 15 new lawyer-owned business entities
    • DWF bolsters local authority practice with Watmores merger
    • Number of solicitors working in local government increases by 4%
    • Specialist public services solicitor sets up Bar Standards Board-regulated entity
    • BMA sets up legal practice to advise members and wider healthcare profession
    • Gateley set to become first law firm to float on AIM stock exchange
    • Browne Jacobson sees turnover rise 17% to £58.9m for 2014/15
    • Weightmans grows turnover by £2.2m to record £89.2m for 2014/15
    • Top claimant public law firm to close next month following partner departure
    • Shakespeares and sgh Martineau set to complete merger next week
    • Weightmans and Ford & Warren confirm merger talks
    • Report calls for urgent review of headcount of legal services teams in Wales
    • Government Legal Service to allow legal executives to apply for its lawyer roles
    • Pinsent Masons grows turnover 12% to £362m for 2014/15
    • HB Public Law set to grow again with potential Aylesbury Vale District Council deal
    • Costs lawyers framework extended for 12 months
    • SRA proposes 2015/16 Practising Fee freeze
    • Decision on Kent joint venture due in September as single bidder remains
    • Three councils to move to shared legal service in October
    • Government and infrastructure work helps Bircham Dyson Bell to 10% rise in income
    • Law firm Hempsons secures Investors in People Champion status
    • Nplaw secures approval to offer 12-month pupillage
    • Legal Services Board backs SRA plan to leave practising fees unchanged
    • Dyers Chambers and 1 Paper Buildings merge to create new set
    • Sheffield City Council to hire five apprentices in its legal team
    • Edinburgh to consider remodelling legal services, procure £2.6m pa legal panels
    • BLM sees turnover rise to record £104.1m in 2014/15
    • Bevan Brittan targets North of England public sector work with Leeds opening
    • DBIS gives green light to apprenticeship standards for solicitors
    • Council spending on external legal advice falls 10% in single year
    • Trowers to broaden out from public sector heritage in South West with Stones deal
    • BPP to run Legal Trailblazer apprenticeship training programmes
    • LSB consults on key principles for decisions over in-house lawyer regulation
    • Kent delays decision on whether to go ahead with legal services joint venture
    • Councils consider deleting senior legal role, conduct review of legal team
    • Dorset consults on future delivery of legal and other support services
    • Cabinet at Essex gives green light to alternative business structure
    • Law Society President hails "crucial role" played by local government solicitors
    • Six battle for Team of the Year as finalists for LLG Awards 2015 revealed
    • Legal services in line as councils look to extend shared working
    • SRA seeks to streamline process for applying for ABS licence
    • Top judge orders fresh hearing in dispute between council and ex-lawyer
    • Law Society issues recommendation on minimum salary for trainees
    • Knights to create £40m firm with Darbys acquisition
    • Pre-pack administration sees Parabis Group entities sold off
    • Irwin Mitchell and Thomas Eggar agree deal to create £250m firm
    • Ealing Council and Ivy Legal win enforcement award at Planning Awards
    • Ministers eye making legal regulators independent from professional bodies
    • Councils must have ABS to trade reserved services beyond local area: SRA
    • SRA supports move towards independence from Law Society
    • Five South of England councils pursue legal services partnership plan
    • SRA proposes qualifying examination for all new solicitors
    • LBLA looks to open membership up to all London boroughs
    • Shared legal service rolls out complete digital solution for care proceedings
    • CILEx Regulation consults on regulating alternative business structures
    • Central Bedfordshire to pursue plans for fully integrated shared legal service
    • Kent legal chief highlights opinion from top QC to question SRA view on trading
    • Shared legal service begins operation at two districts in West of England
    • Council warns of bogus callers claiming to be from its legal team
    • Central Bedfordshire names LGSS Law as preferred bidder for shared service
    • Competition watchdog to investigate operation of legal services market
    • Lincs councils "on track" for shared service launch including legal in April
    • Lawyers in Local Government and LGA obtain advice from QC on trading
    • Number of shared legal services set to double as demand for advice climbs amid cuts
    • Councils behind Orbis Public Law shared service to develop ABS business case
    • Wellingborough Homes joins Housing Associations Legal Alliance
    • Plans put forward to integrate HB Public Law and Buckinghamshire legal teams
    • Royal College of Nursing and NewLaw to launch ABS in April 2016
    • Cabinet at Kent backs plans for creation of legal services company
    • Orbis Public Law shared service to launch next month after councils back plans
    • SRA makes case for separating regulatory and representative bodies
    • EM LawShare consortium secures 100th member after Coventry signs up
    • Essex obtains alternative business structure licence as Thomson retires
    • Cabinet at Buckinghamshire to consider HB Public Law integration plan
    • Hynes expresses concern over status of monitoring officer role
    • Bucks gives green light to integration of legal team with HB Public Law
    • Haringey becomes latest council to join London Boroughs Legal Alliance
    • Legal bucks trend for cuts as number of council solicitors holds steady
    • Islington and Shoreditch joins Housing Associations Legal Alliance
    • Lawyers in Local Government sets up Monitoring Officer Defence Scheme
    • Arrival of Origin brings Housing Associations Legal Alliance to 12 members
    • SRA delays decision on controversial plan for Solicitors Qualifying Exam
    • Freeths sees fee income rise 14%-plus to £63.8m for 2015/16
    • Councils review ties with law firm that boasted of 'win' in SEN case
    • Charity urges SRA to investigate education law firm in storm over tweets
    • Liverpool City Council wins 'Legal Services of the Year' at 2016 MJ Awards
    • Stone King opens Leeds office with education law team hire
    • Public interest report calls for all legal advice to be commissioned by legal team
    • Ward Hadaway sees turnover rise by 7%+ to record £35.8m
    • HB Public Law and Buckinghamshire complete merger of legal teams
    • Pinsent Masons sees turnover exceed £380m for 2015/16
    • District councils in West Sussex to consider sharing services including legal
    • Government consults on removing barriers to market entry for ABSs
    • Law firm DAC Beachcroft sees turnover break £200m
    • Lack of senior experience undermining commercialisation agenda: report
    • Bevan Brittan grows revenue by 8% to £37.7m in 2015/16
    • Gateley's turnover rises 10% in first year following flotation
    • Weightmans increases turnover by 6%+ to £95.1m for 2015/16
    • Legal Aid Agency terminates contract with high-profile claimant law firm
    • LGSS Law expands with new office in Huntingdon
    • Law Society urges solicitors to respond to SRA consultation amid fears of two-tier profession
    • Kent unveils major growth plans for ABS after April 2017 launch
    • Four councils shortlisted for Local Authority Family Team of the Year
    • Four local authorities shortlisted for Legal Team of the Year
    • London Boroughs Legal Alliance brings membership to 19 with addition of two more public bodies
    • Suffolk Legal recognised for learning and development at Law Society Excellence Awards
    • LGSS Law formally launches Huntingdon headquarters
    • Mencap sets up panel of law firms to help people with learning disabilities
    • Government Legal Department to set up pro bono network
    • Suffolk wins Team of the Year at Local Government Legal Awards 2016
    • Devonshires to open in Leeds after hiring housing property finance specialist
    • Tower Hamlets wins local authority team of the year at Family Law Awards 2016
    • Addleshaws secures Scottish presence through HBJ merger
    • Norfolk set to create Chief Legal Officer role and press ahead with ABS
    • Council to scrap law firm panel in favour of £17.5m deal with single provider
    • BDT Legal to set up Thames Estuary regeneration special interest group
    • Barnet and Harrow agree new five-year deal for HB Public Law
    • Cabinet Office clears NHS trust over conduct of legal services procurement
    • City solicitors and ex-head of chambers set up boutique planning law firm
    • Sutton sets up specialist planning and development law firm
    • Weightmans and Ward Hadaway confirm merger discussions
    • Invicta Law eyes digital future with Peppermint Technology deal
    • LLG brings in Centre for Public Scrutiny for governance review
    • West Yorkshire councils to procure new legal services panel
    • Watchdog to investigate Law Society and SRA governance arrangements
    • Law Society issues note on legal professional privilege in bid to defuse tensions
    • Mills & Reeve boosts London office with Maxwell Winward merger
    • Kent County Council targets June launch for Invicta Law ABS
    • South London Legal Partnership wins technology category at LGC Awards
    • LGSS Law implements new practice management software from DPS
    • HB Public Law takes on five trainees as volumes of work grow
    • Centre for Legal Leadership to boost career development of in-house lawyers
    • Shared legal service terminated as requirements of partner councils change
    • Freeths sees revenue increase by 12.7% to £72m
    • Ward Hadaway and Weightmans terminate merger talks
    • SRA to introduce Solicitors Qualifying Examination in 2020
    • Barking and Dagenham to be first London council to hire solicitor apprentices
    • LBLA sees membership grow to 20 local authorities
    • Weightmans unveils new structure and strategy, promotes nine to partner
    • Woods Whur expands into regulatory law, opens Newcastle office
    • Law Society calls on Attorney General to open up civil panels to solicitors
    • Bond Dickinson backs combination with US ally Womble Carlyle
    • Law Society warns of lack of legal advice in redress scheme for birth injuries
    • Number of local government solicitors falls for second year: Law Society
    • Solicitors Regulation Authority to change “complex, onerous” Handbook
    • Leigh Day and three of its lawyers cleared at SDT over Iraq claims
    • Coventry wins Legal Services of the Year at MJ Awards 2017
    • Law Society and SRA propose 4% cut in PC fee for 2017/18
    • Access to top table more important than being at every meeting: Lord Kerslake
    • Weightmans reports growth in local government and police work as profits rise
    • CPS wins ‘Going Paperless Project of the Year 2017’
    • DAC Beachcroft records rising turnover and profits per partner
    • Mills & Reeve "comfortably outperforms" UK 100 average growth in revenue
    • Bevan Brittan sees turnover grow for fifth year in a row
    • LLG to make sweeping governance changes with smaller board and interim CEO
    • LLG invites entries to Local Government Legal Awards 2017/18
    • Shared legal service implements latest version of Lexis Visualfiles
    • DMH Stallard and Rawlison Butler seal merger to create £30m firm
    • Ward Hadaway sees 3% rise in work volumes as part of "steady performance"
    • Health, public sector and education work sees turnover grow at Browne Jacobson
    • SRA fires warning to solicitors over offensive or inappropriate communications
    • Hill Dickinson moves into Leeds market with healthcare partner hire
    • North West councils to share top legal and other senior management roles
    • Council defers decision on sharing legal and other senior management roles
    • BLM forms commercial advisory offering with hire of 33-lawyer team
    • SRA guidance to stop many council legal trading activities "dead in their tracks"
    • Five councils and combined authority in running for Legal Team of the Year
    • Hastoe Group takes membership of Housing Associations Legal Alliance to 15
    • Westminster and Kensington & Chelsea legal teams set to merge with LGSS Law
    • Warwickshire secures licence from SRA for alternative business structure
    • Council mulls settlements with head of legal and senior officer on leave for years
    • Westminster joins Kensington & Chelsea in backing merger of legal team with LGSS Law
    • Government Legal Department opens regional centre in Leeds
    • Warwickshire wins Legal Team of the Year at Local Government Legal Awards 2017
    • Borough to cut reliance upon external counsel for PLO and care proceedings work
    • Lawyers in Local Government publishes Monitoring Officer Handbook as 'go to guide'
    • North Yorkshire becomes first council in the North to set up ABS trading arm
    • Cardiff University to undertake market engagement for legal services procurement
    • Housing team at Forbes sees number of Higher Court Advocates rise to seven
    • Winckworth Sherwood increases revenue by 8.5% to £43m
    • Landmark Chambers unveils plans for Birmingham launch
    • Law firm Freeths grows fee income by 9.5% to £78.9m
    • Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner sells stake as Lawyers on Demand bought out
    • Law firm DWF eyes flotation on London Stock Exchange
    • Education law firm Stone King launches Birmingham office
    • Pinsent Masons sees annual turnover reach close to £450m
    • Barristers at Government Legal Department win at Employed Bar Awards
    • Anthony Collins to open in Manchester as it hails local government focus
    • Mills & Reeve turnover exceeds £100m for 2017/18 after 14% increase
    • Bevan Brittan sees double digit growth in turnover, net profit
    • Bevan Brittan bolsters Leeds office with hire of council lawyer
    • GLD to increase senior capacity of its Commercial Law Group
    • National firm Weightmans closes in on £100m turnover
    • Bircham Dyson Bell and Pitmans pursue merger
    • Bevan Brittan sets out plan to double size of Leeds practice
    • Arden Chambers and 4-5 Gray’s Inn Square to merge next month
    • Capsticks secures presence in North West with acquisition of social housing firm
    • Derbyshire Constabulary solicitors secure SRA waiver to work for fire service
    • Growth sees EM LawShare close in on 150 members
    • Seven councils in running for Legal Team of the Year at LLG Awards 2018
    • Southampton and Fareham Legal Services Partnership named Legal Team of the Year
    • Borough reviews legal section structure, holds "tentative" discussions on possible ABS
    • Invicta Law reports £300k+ trading profit for first six months of 2018/19
    • Law firms Ashfords and Boyes Turner agree May 2019 merger
    • TfL to procure new legal services framework worth £86m+
    • Birmingham City Council changes delivery model for legal services
    • Mental health charity LawCare sees calls about bullying, harassment double
    • Law firm DWF confirms plans for stock market flotation
    • Junior Lawyers Division hits out at SRA for lack of protection
    • Structural differences blamed for end of Ashfords and Boyes Turner merger talks
    • City council and law firm collaborate on solicitor apprenticeship scheme
    • SRA sets 25 November 2019 date for new regulations to take effect
    • Lawyers in Local Government to boost support network, says new President
    • Lawyers in Local Government launches National Graduate Recruitment Scheme
    • Top chief executive urges local government lawyers to provide early input into decision-making
    • Bromley Council becomes 18th member of London Boroughs Legal Alliance
    • Law Society calls for jurisdictional solution to accommodation of Welsh law – but without creating barriers to practice
    • County and district "well advanced" in proposals for shared law and governance service
    • Legal Services Lincolnshire looks to set up alternative business structure to keep hold of legal work
    • Selling local authority legal services
    • Recruitment firm Sellick sells majority stake to European business services provider
    • Inns of Court College of Advocacy bids to deliver new Bar Course with lower costs, increased flexibility
    • Government spend on law firms "reduced by 10% last year" to £196.4m: research
    • EM LawShare sees membership hit 150 organisations
    • Call for profession to tackle bullying and sexual harassment in legal workplaces
    • In-house legal team plays key role in launch of free domestic violence legal advice service
    • Law Society proposes freeze on PC fee
    • Bevan Brittan boosts turnover and net profit by 4%+ for 2018-19 financial year
    • DAC Beachcroft sees turnover reach £243m, profit before tax rise 10%
    • TLT hails public sector appointments as driver for growth in 2018/19
    • Local government lawyer salaries up just 3% as number of vacancies rockets
    • Lawyers in Local Government hits out at planned cut to number of members on Law Society Council
    • Mills & Reeve posts record turnover of £111m for 2018-19
    • Buckinghamshire authorities in recruitment drive for lawyers ahead of move to unitary status
    • SRA launches resources for profession ahead of introduction of new regulations in November
    • Regulatory structure for legal services "will struggle to meet demands placed on it": independent report
    • Young People’s Legal Service at Warwickshire wins at Law Society Excellence Awards 2019
    • Local government legal work increases, recruitment squeezed but morale up, exclusive new research reveals
    • Lawyers in Local Government agrees corporate partner deals with two more law firms
    • Lawyers in Local Government calls for nominations for 2020 Awards
    • LGSS Law “on track to return to profit” after £1.2m loss in 2018/19, says Executive Director
    • Wellbeing charity and universities launch online resource promoting mental wellbeing practices for legal professionals
    • Third of barristers see cuts and changes to legal aid as “critical challenge”, LexisNexis report finds
    • Professional services and insurance group acquires defendant law firm Keoghs
    • Hempsons bolsters Regulatory, Crime and Professional Discipline team with Eastwoods merger
    • Trowers links up with Project Advisory Group to offer service organisations undertaking digital infrastructure projects
    • Law Society hit by fire at Chancery Lane headquarters
    • Listed law firm snaps up social housing practice Croftons
    • LLG launches fact-finding survey in preparation for national graduate scheme launch
    • Local government lawyer salaries rise 3% but senior pay rises sharply
    • Leeds chambers closes its doors after 60 years
    • Three councils in Staffordshire set up shared legal service
    • LGSS Law sees £1.425m equity capital injection from three shareholding authorities
    • Chambers with public law specialism to shut after 20 years in business
    • Baker hails response of local authorities to COVID-19 after becoming President of Lawyers in Local Government at first virtual AGM
    • Claimant lawyers set up public law and human rights firm
    • Council legal team completes LEXCEL re-assessment remotely during lockdown
    • LexisNexis secures position on media monitoring and evaluation framework agreement
    • LLG President issues statement of solidarity with Black Lives Matter
    • Financial & Commercial Litigation Team at Brent wins ‘Legal Team of the Year’
    • Key areas of local government legal practice likely to rebound post Covid-19: report
    • Lawyer takes up new Managing Director role at district council
    • Bevan Brittan sees turnover pass £50m for 2019/20, double-digit growth in profit
    • DAC Beachcroft unveils sixth successive year of growth, increased profitability ahead of impacts of COVID-19
    • MPs on Justice Committee warn of impact on legal profession of COVID-19
    • LGSS Law announces return to profit
    • Cumbria County Council legal team and Swansea Council solicitor shortlisted for Law Society Excellence Awards
    • LLG President warns on Law Society representation for sector, impact of exit payment cap on those earning £40k+
    • Kings Chambers names planning silk as new Head of Chambers
    • Remote working set to become the norm post-Covid, survey finds
    • The Law Society Virtual AGM 2020
    • LLG calls on local government solicitors to vote in Law Society Virtual AGM
    • Solicitors profession to be balloted on changes to Law Society Council including cut in local government representation
    • LLG and chief executive groups send Treasury pre-action letter over making of regulations for exit payment cap
    • Shared legal service moves to shut its ABS as appetite for outsourcing in local government wanes
    • Voting in the Law Society membership ballot
    • Council to consider plan to delete Director for Governance and Regulatory Services post
    • Local authority legal team shortlisted in two categories for LawWorks pro bono awards
    • Council legal team wins LawWorks Pro Bono Award
    • Backing for Law Society Council governance reforms sees local government representation halved
    • Law firm teams up with CommercialGov to deliver governance for commercial activity masterclass for LGA
    • Bevan Brittan hails performance in core markets as it confirms staff pay rise and ‘thank you’ bonus
    • Law Society President to step down later this month as SDT dispute rumbles on
    • LLG looks for clarity on trading legal services with publication of memorandum on exemption for authorisation
    • Best value report calls for Legal Services team at Liverpool to be built up as Secretary of State decides to send commissioners into city council
    • Council creates standalone monitoring officer roles as part of new operating model
    • Browne Jacobson sees turnover rise 5% to £85m in 2020/21
    • Solicitors Regulation Authority appoints Head of Welsh Affairs
    • South West law firm launches public sector team
    • Hardwicke Chambers to change name after discovery of slavery links
    • ACS eyes expansion after record financial year, pays staff 5% bonus
    • Winkworth Sherwood advises on £70m private placement for London housing association
    • Hackett & Dabbs hires Parliamentary legislative adviser as counsel
    • Councils set up standalone legal departments following termination of shared legal service
    • Historic England appoints eight chambers to £650k planning advice legal panel
    • Bevan Brittan unveils significant increases to revenue and net profit in 2020/21
    • Local authorities make shortlist for In-House Team of the Year in Law Society Awards 2021
    • Increased instructions from shareholders and external clients during pandemic lead to surge in profits at council-owned LGSS Law
    • DAC Beachcroft announces record £17m profit growth in last year
    • LGSS Law becomes Pathfinder Legal Services with target of being “a national leader for local government law”
    • District councils pursue s.113 agreement to continue sharing legal services and other officers following end of wider partnership
    • University and DHSC legal teams ‘highly commended’ in Law Society Awards 2021
    • Central government solicitors urged to vote in re-run Law Society Council election
    • Law firm Browne Jacobson tops social mobility index
    • EM Lawshare framework sees legal services spend soar as a result of pandemic
    • Invicta Law sees profit rise by £470k in 2020/21 financial year
    • Weightmans and RadcliffesLeBrasseur pursue March 2022 merger
    • City council to recruit eight trainee solicitors in one go as part of “grow our own” initiative
    • LLG seeks candidates for Deputy Vice President as well as board director and national lead roles
    • Mansfield to bring legal service back in-house
    • LLG unveils categories open for nominations for 2022 Awards
    • Devonshires launches Birmingham office with housing and governance team hire
    • Freeths signs up to ‘Greener Litigation Pledge’
    • Law firms Clyde & Co and BLM agree to merge
    • Remote and hybrid working to become standard practice, research suggests, as growth of remote working shakes up jobs market
    • Helen Edwards appointed President of Lawyers in Local Government
    • Common law sets 1 Chancery Lane and 9 Gough Chambers agree to Autumn 2022 merger
    • Merger of districts set to be called off amid “irreconcilable” differences, issues over due diligence of council-owned company
    • Good Law Project to set up law firm headed by joint head of public law team at Bindmans
    • Children & Families Team at Warwickshire wins LLG Team of the Year Award 2022
    • Weightmans sees sharp rise in revenue from work for public bodies as total income for firm increases 5% to £103.2m
    • Two councils in Hertfordshire to share legal services as part of wider deal
    • SRA to be able to fine rule-breaking solicitors up to £25k
    • Bevan Brittan sees revenue rise by 7%+ to more than £60m
    • Shoosmiths sees revenue, net profit and PEP grow in record financial year
    • Attorney General tells government lawyers to adopt “private-sector approach” to client service
    • DAC Beachcroft reports 2% turnover rise to £280m
    • Legal Services Board approves £286 practising certificate fee for 2022-23
    • Solicitors Regulation Authority reports 77% pass rate for SQE2 amid concerns over disparity in achievement levels between different ethnic groups
    • Crown Commercial Service selects 58 firms for £200m “wider public sector” legal services framework
    • Havant contracts with Southampton and Fareham Legal Services Partnership for legal services
    • 9 Gough Chambers and 1 Chancery Lane combine to form Deka Chambers 
    • Local authority-owned law firm Pathfinder sees revenues rise to £10.3m, profits fall but to “more expected and sustainable level”
    • Approaches to diversity, technology and adding value are the three most pressing issues for 2022 for legal profession, says senior judge
    • Womble Bond Dickinson and BDB Pitmans in talks over merger
    • Birketts to bolster social housing practice with Batchelors merger
    • Anthony Collins Solicitors achieves B Corp status
    • Womble Bond Dickinson and BDB Pitmans call off proposed merger
    • LLG sets out six categories open for nominations in 2023 Awards
    • District council in the running for legal services innovation at LexisNexis Legal Awards
    • District council wins ‘Legal Services Innovation’ category at LexisNexis Legal Awards 2023
    • Browne Jacobson promotes nine lawyers to partner in 2023 round
    • One Source to keep legal and governance teams but other services to return to boroughs
    • Weightmans promotes 11 to partner in 2023 round
    • Solicitors Regulation Authority issues guidance on new wellbeing at work rules
    • Bevan Brittan promotes five lawyers to salaried partner
    • Beryl Heath to step down from position at North West Legal Consortium for retirement
    • Browne Jacobson posts record turnover of £105m for 2022/23
    • Government Legal Department business plan promises expanded trainee scheme and more legal roles based outside London
    • Legal team at Bristol wins Team of the Year at LLG Awards
    • Local Government Legal Society Trust Fund seeking new board members
    • Family law set St. Mary’s names new Joint Heads of Chambers
    • Law firm Browne Jacobson opens first office in Wales
    • National firm Weightmans sees 24% growth in revenue from advising public bodies
    • Bar Council Chair proposes change to when individuals are called to the Bar
    • Freeths sees turnover rise to £129m for 2022/23
    • Law Society hits out at plan for CILEX members to be regulated by Solicitors Regulation Authority
    • Diversity within law firms “slowly” improving, with smaller firms more diverse than larger ones
    • LLG calls for applicants for Deputy Vice President position
    • LLG president warns of “worrying trend” in councils not funding practising certificates
    • Two council legal teams shortlisted for LexisNexis Legal Awards 2024
    • Freeths achieves B Corp accreditation
    • Government Legal Department sets out strategy for 2024 to 2027
    • South London Legal Partnership joins London Boroughs Legal Alliance
    • LLG urges members to vote in contested elections
    • SRA seeks views on new resources for in-house solicitors
    • Legal Services Act does not appear to provide stable long-term framework for regulation of legal professions: Justice Committee
    • Brighton and Hove crowned ‘Legal Team of the Year’ at LLG Awards 2024
    • Law Society to hold special general meeting in July as row about conveyancing guidance comes to a head
    • Social Housing Law Association welcomes four new committee members
    • Weightmans’ public bodies practice grows by more than 10% in 2023-24
    • Law Society president and CEO defeat no confidence vote over conveyancing guidance
    • Government Legal Department to pursue plans to become “A National GLD”
    • Central & Local Government practice helps drive record revenues at Bevan Brittan
    • Work smarter, not harder
    • Birmingham launches recruitment for "most important top team ever", including director of legal
    • Majority of planning and legal departments facing workforce issues, district councils warn
    • BBC investigation finds reduction in spend on legal services by councils, including on counsel for children's social care cases
    • Memorial fund honouring Suki Binjal to be set up to help young aspiring lawyers overcome social barriers
    • Four lawyers in running for vacant local government seat on Law Society Council
    • Rachel McKoy elected to local government seat on Law Society Council
    • LLG to create professional body for all monitoring officers by end of 2025, support members affected by reorganisation, says incoming President
    • Six teams in running for Legal Team of the Year at LLG Awards 2025
    • Report urges Bar Standards Board to tackle systemic obstacles to tech uptake
  • Comment and Analysis
    • Local authority ABS or bust?
    • Charting a course
    • First strike
    • Out with the DIP, in with the IP
    • Getting the Most From Your External Legal Suppliers
    • General counsel in the public sector
    • An alternative view
    • Reviewing legal services expenditure
    • Instructing lawyers effectively
    • Procuring perfect panels
    • Shared services: key issues
    • Up for the challenge?
    • Can’t get no satisfaction?
    • A short guide to shared legal services
    • The shape of things to come
    • Improving internal efficiency
    • Dancing with the devil?
    • Lead or follow?
    • Selling your services
    • Helping to define the client
    • Better than ever
    • Challenge your perspectives …
    • Brand values or independent thought?
    • Service standards or service excellence?
    • Ever decreasing circles
    • Professionalism or mucking in?
    • Understanding the objectives of clients
    • Brave New World
    • Striking a Balance
    • Taxing times
    • Aiming for the top
    • Personal philosophies
    • One size does not fit all
    • The best of both worlds
    • The Company Sec in local government
    • Legal apprenticeships: getting started
    • Running out of time?
    • The road from here
    • Striking out in a new direction: Setting up an ABS
    • Virtual Training – why didn’t we think of it earlier!?
    • Delivering 21st-century customer experience in the public sector
    • Transforming the way we produce population statistics
    • Generative AI and lawyer jobs
  • Technology News
    • Microsoft targets public sector with cloud solution using UK data centres
    • South London Legal Partnership shortlisted for four LGC awards for digital courtroom project
    • LGSS Law upgrades technology with practice management software from DPS
    • Invicta Law eyes digital future with Peppermint Technology deal
    • Cornwall Legal to procure £161k legal case management system
    • Information Commissioner consults on draft Regulatory Action Policy
    • Lawyers and judges struggling with electronic bills of costs: survey
    • Artificial intelligence set to free solicitors from lower-level work: SRA
    • Lord Chief Justice sets up advisory group for judiciary on Artificial Intelligence
    • Caselines and Kent Law School kick off digital evidence education project
    • DPS Software revamps website to boost content for local government lawyers
    • Bar regulator opts for CaseLines as part of new-look regulatory operations
    • Technology provider Caselines hires ex-practice manager for shared legal service to develop UK business
    • Government awards £2m in funding for technology firm to support digital transformation of legal sector
    • City council to hold soft market testing exercise for potential new case management system
    • Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal implements CaseLines platform as part of digital transformation
    • CaseLines releases electronic bundles tool in bid to help courts maintain service
    • Barristers positive about experience of appearing in one of first remote substantive hearings in Planning Court
    • Thomson Reuters acquires document bundling platform CaseLines
    • City council to procure case management system in £240k, five to ten-year deal
    • Borough council to adopt Lexis Visualfiles case management system
    • Midlands set moves to completely paperless working
    • Sharpe Pritchard launches innovative online local government law platform
    • University legal team considers artificial technology to assist workflow
    • County council gears up to procure £600k replacement legal case management system
    • London borough to procure case management system for Legal & Democratic Services through £355k contract
    • County to procure legal case management system with court bundling capacity
    • Government Legal Department awards contract for delivery of e-learning content
    • County council awards £150k contract for legal case management system
    • County fires gun on procurement of £369k legal case management system amid mini-flurry of contract awards by local authorities
    • Norfolk and Durham to procure legal case management systems
    • County council awards £810k contract for legal case management system
    • Welsh councils issue notice on plans to procure legal case management system
    • Council names supplier for £369k contract for off the shelf legal case management system
    • HMCTS to prioritise reforms to family public law service as it adjusts schedule of system-wide changes
    • SRA issues report on opportunities and risks of AI
    • Current public AI chatbots “do not produce convincing analysis or reasoning” and could create data protection issues, judicial guidance warns
    • Bar Council guidance says there is “nothing improper” about using artificial intelligence
    • More than a quarter of lawyers use generative AI on monthly basis, study shows
    • Information watchdog approves certification scheme for legal services providers processing personal data
    • Ministers ask Legal Services Board to set out its approach to regulating use of AI in legal sector
    • Legal risks are keeping Government bodies from embracing AI, survey shows
    • NHS England appoints consultancy to advise on creation of National Legal Services system
    • Local authority legal departments and AI
    • Most lawyers now using generative AI or plan to, survey says
    • Local authorities being left without adequate support to procure AI in public interest, research finds
    • Government issues AI Playbook to support public sector understand what AI can and cannot do
    • Courts and Tribunals Judiciary issues refreshed guidance on use of AI by judicial office holders
  • All things in moderation
  • Striving for excellence
  • Bar regulator gives green light for barristers to join LDPs
  • Legal Services Board unveils proposals for regulating alternative business structures
  • Local authorities struggle to hire and keep lawyers – survey
  • Lawyers can meet leadership challenge, says new ACSeS president
  • Best of times, worst of times
  • SOLACE - chief execs to quit if politicians continue with pay attacks
  • Financial crisis could see lawyers exit as shared services gather speed
  • SRA moves to reduce “grossly unfair” PC fee for local government solicitors
  • Kent secures place on Surrey councils panel
  • Getting to the Root of Inequality
  • Meeting the childcare recruitment challenge
  • Hail to the chiefs
  • PBR blues
  • Chambers join diversity table amid concern over impact of economic crisis on future EM lawyers
  • Public sector cutbacks to hit legal profession more than most: CEBR
  • Legal Services Board starts work
  • Back offices targeted as government sets up local government efficiency task force
  • Birmingham City Council throws panel open to all local authorities
  • Striving for excellence – part 2
  • SRA promises "fundamental" overhaul of solicitor regulation
  • ACSeS and SLG call for further cuts in PC fee
  • EM LawShare expands panel of law firms
  • North-east councils target barristers after unveiling law firm panel
  • Outsourcing and Outcasting
  • LSB chief urges local government lawyers to take advantage of Alternative Business Structures
  • Time to prepare for alternative business structures
  • SRA approves "landmark" PC fee changes
  • Kent and Geldards in tie-up to provide legal services to public sector
  • A softly, softly approach
  • The Alchemist
  • Legal Services Board prepares to fire gun on alternative business structures
  • English Heritage appoints three firms to revamped panel
  • Local authority lawyer employment T&Cs "should allow part-time judicial role"
  • Show me the money
  • Westminster City Council publishes details of senior pay, including head of legal
  • Politicians slam the cost of legal advice to the Welsh Assembly
  • Natural selection
  • ACSeS president challenges SRA over pc fee "myth"
  • Herefordshire looks at shared legal service in NHS tie-up
  • More or less
  • Capital Ambition launches guide to sharing professionals, says proper governance "vital"
  • Essex nets "Legal Team of the Year" at LGC Awards 2010
  • North-west authorities reveal successful law firms and chambers in multi-million pound procurement
  • Casting off the Typecast
  • MOJ gives green light to new regime for solicitor higher rights of audience
  • Legal Services Board approves 'historic' extension of barristers' roles and changes to working arrangements
  • Yorkshire Forward unveils panels, makes them available to other public sector bodies
  • A guiding hand
  • SLG chief fires warning over shared legal services
  • Gooldens merges with Lincolnshire's Wilkin Chapman
  • South West Wales authorities strike deal for "virtual" shared legal service
  • Brush up your Shakespearian Management
  • New SLG chief warns that local government upheaval could pose threat to professional standards
  • Cambridgeshire authorities sign shared legal service deal
  • SRA consults on plans to implement new regulatory regime focusing on outcomes
  • Winckworth Sherwood hires senior lawyers to spearhead local government expansion
  • Law firm FDs predict public sector work will grow in 2010 - but only moderately
  • The state we’re in
  • Devon & Cornwall Constabulary appoints legal panel for buildings and estates work
  • Getting back to the top
  • Hitting the road
  • Austerity Now
  • ACSeS opts for CIPFA scheme to benchmark legal departments
  • Advantage West Midlands unveils legal panel
  • Norfolk authorities to launch integrated legal service in October 2010
  • Barristers want to conduct litigation and join forces with solicitors
  • SRA publishes new handbook for 'outcomes focused' regime
  • Trowers makes two senior local government hires to expand presence in north
  • Kent and Essex legal teams win places on new 'outer London' consortium panel
  • Junior lawyers most difficult to recruit, says London Councils survey
  • Bar Council warns local authorities not to exclude Bar from tenders
  • Authorities in Oxfordshire team up to run tender for legal services
  • Positive steps for a stress-free workforce
  • Councils in Hull and Lincolnshire launch £4m tender for legal services
  • EEDA names four firms to £2m legal services framework
  • Leicestershire and Warwickshire district councils launch joint legal team
  • Sussex consortium unveils panel appointments
  • Largest housing association in South West unveils law firm panel
  • Croydon becomes latest to set up framework agreement in £10m tender
  • The new normal
  • Merton and Richmond set in train London's first shared legal service
  • Lambeth and Southwark to establish £10m barristers framework agreement
  • OFT chief warns of risks created by long-term contracts, problems ensuring level playing field
  • Big can be beautiful
  • South West councils launch tender for support on major projects
  • Law firms could be obliged to reveal gender, ethnic and class background of staff
  • Kent and Geldards net first client for Law:Public offering
  • South West Wales consortium pursues tenders for law firms and barristers
  • Tips for the top
  • Liverpool offers severance scheme to all staff earning £40k+, frontline workers ineligible
  • Cornwall launches multi-million pound tender for legal services
  • Pannone bolsters local government team with Dobson hire
  • “Where do we go from here?”
  • Legal Services Board approves £428 PC fee
  • Law Society of Ireland takes legal action over transfer scheme
  • House trained
  • Employed barristers face PC fee hike
  • ACSeS to explore relationship between chief executives and chief legal officers
  • Anatomy of a tender
  • Oxfordshire authorities name eight firms to framework agreement
  • Association for barristers in local government attacks "excessive" PC fee hike
  • Giving the lead
  • Three local authorities make Law Society Excellence Awards shortlist
  • ACSeS warns on presentation of legal advice following ECJ decision on in-house professional privilege
  • Keep the faith
  • Are In-House Lawyers Privileged?
  • Minister insists ABSs should happen in October 2011
  • Shared legal service in Norfolk opens for business
  • Alliance of housing associations names 15 firms to joint panel
  • BSB unveils blueprint to become specialist regulator of advocacy businesses
  • What makes the perfect CLO?
  • How to share services effectively
  • ACSeS panel identifies new models for local authority legal departments
  • ACSeS panel identifies new models for local authority legal departments
  • Communities Secretary names council legal departments amongst 'back office' services ripe for shared services
  • Research points to high level of information overload among UK lawyers
  • The future today
  • The future today
  • A tier above
  • Still in demand
  • Ledden secures Brent directorship, will oversee procurement as well as legal
  • SRA unveils new draft Handbook to govern law firms and ABSs from October 2011
  • A few cutting remarks
  • East of England authorities plan counsel fee database in savings drive
  • East of England authorities plan counsel fee database in savings drive
  • ACSeS survey finds large numbers of heads of legal remain “out of the loop”
  • Essex Legal Services joins nine firms on ACSeS Southern Branch contract
  • Legal Services Board backs BSB as advocacy regulator
  • Legal regulators launch major review of education and training
  • Six departments shortlisted for 2011 "Legal Team of the Year" award
  • Reading the Runes
  • ACSeS makes moves to merge with SLG
  • Kent looks to separate out legal function into arms-length trading company
  • Legal Services Board to probe just how independent SRA is from Law Society
  • SRA issues policy statement on new outcomes-focused approach to regulation
  • ACSeS conference report – Facing up to the future
  • ACSeS conference report – Facing up to the future
  • Two more London boroughs to explore shared legal services
  • Bar Council sets up working group to encourage greater local government direct access
  • Desperate situations
  • Legal Services Lincolnshire nets innovation award
  • Southampton and Fareham latest to progress shared legal services
  • First mover advantage
  • First mover advantage
  • Public sector legal recruitment still reeling, but childcare shortage set to remain says recruiter
  • Alternative business structures could face fines up to £150m
  • Weightmans pursues tie-up with two other law firms
  • Three more councils in talks over shared legal service
  • Manchester and Salford consider 100+ lawyer shared service
  • North of England chambers plan super-set, focus on public sector
  • Southampton and Fareham shared service to save "hundreds of thousands of pounds"
  • Southampton and Fareham shared service to save "hundreds of thousands of pounds"
  • SLG criticises pro bono restrictions in new SRA Handbook
  • County councils eye £10m+ savings through contract renegotiation
  • Shared services: the role of technology
  • Leadership in interesting times
  • Leadership in interesting times
  • Relying on goodwill
  • Councils mull shared head of legal and democratic services
  • Manchester legal team survives worst of cutbacks
  • Manchester legal team survives worst of cutbacks
  • SLG calls for entries for 2011 Local Government Young Solicitor award
  • No pay rise this year for council staff: Local Government Employers
  • Bringing out your leadership qualities
  • Westminster targets £4m savings from legal and other "back office" functions
  • Richmond and Merton home in on London’s first shared legal service
  • Richmond gives green light to first shared legal service in London
  • Richmond gives green light to first shared legal service in London
  • Cornwall Council reveals winners of legal panel framework
  • Coping with the CSR
  • First-Tier Tribunal rejects request for disclosure of legal advice
  • Best foot forward
  • Cabinet Office to procure all legal services for central government
  • One in five legal teams reel from 20-30% budget cuts
  • ABSs to pay less to practise than law firms
  • Law firms seal merger in boost to public sector practice
  • Law Society Council approves plan to become ABS licensing authority
  • Islington legal team wins department of the year gong at LGC Awards
  • My generation
  • Lawyers have plenty of scope to boost council revenues, LGL research suggests
  • Croydon names ten firms to £10m framework agreement
  • SRA publishes Handbook for new regulatory regime from October 2011
  • Tributes paid following death of Suffolk head of legal
  • Middlesbrough hands Freeth Carthwright £500k property advice contract
  • Indiscriminate cuts pose threat to legal professional standards, warns SLG chairman
  • Suffolk interim leader launches independent inquiry after death of head of legal
  • Seven departments named to MJ Excellence in Legal Services award shortlist
  • Allied advance
  • SLG may have to become division of Law Society to retain core funding
  • Councils forced to re-run tender for £4m legal services framework
  • BSB to regulate "advocacy-focussed" ABSs, allow barristers to conduct litigation
  • Bar contracting group and ACSeS run research project on use of barristers
  • Regulators urged to address incoming bar on in-house solicitors acting pro bono
  • Do or die deadlines
  • Hammersmith & Fulham and Kensington & Chelsea press ahead with legal integration
  • Merton and Richmond look for new legal chief after White returns to NZ
  • West Yorkshire authorities target savings through £5-10m barristers framework
  • West of England councils name 12 firms, 20 chambers to framework
  • How the Bar can help
  • Leading through interesting times
  • Merged Windsor and Wokingham legal team set to start work
  • SRA hails work-based training pilot scheme “success”
  • Practising certificate fee to be cut to £350, but compensation fund fee to rise
  • Consortium of universities launches £4-5m tender for legal services
  • Legal Services Board approves SRA application to become ABS licensing authority
  • Beachcrofts and DAC hold talks on £175m merger
  • Hackney takes excellence in legal services category in 2011 MJ Awards
  • Suffolk chief exec cleared of bullying and responsibility for death of head of legal
  • Being the bearer of bad news
  • County times
  • NHS Trust launches £1.4m legal services procurement
  • Law Society Council sets PC fee 23% lower at £328
  • Welsh consortium reveals lawyers chosen for multi-million pound framework
  • NHS Trusts in Lincolnshire launch legal services procurement
  • DAC and Beachcroft agree deal to create £175m+ turnover firm
  • NHS Trusts name 11 law firms to £20m framework agreement, one of UK's largest
  • Mirza Ahmad to leave Birmingham City Council
  • BLG and Clyde & Co partners pave way for £300m tie-up
  • Local government lawyers urge SRA to change conduct rule on charging charities for legal advice
  • BLG reaffirms commitment to public sector ahead of Clyde & Co merger
  • West Yorkshire authorities launch combined legal service in bid to save £1.6m
  • SRA launches guide on applying to become an alternative business structure
  • Inquest into death of head of legal records suicide verdict
  • Law Society issues practice note on conflicts as new regulatory regime looms
  • Three authorities in Home Counties to explore shared legal service
  • Local authority pulls out of talks to join shared legal service
  • Merton and Richmond name successor to White as head of shared legal team
  • Kent's Wild shortlisted for Law Society Excellence Award
  • Birmingham legal team nets NHS appointment in trading push
  • Bircham Dyson Bell and Dundas & Wilson confirm merger talks
  • Back to front
  • Law Society issues practice note on move to Outcomes-Focused Regulation
  • Coventry City Council launches procurement for £6m legal services framework agreement
  • ICO orders Department of Health to disclose legal advice on application of EU competition law to NHS
  • Alternative business structures and new regulatory approach come into force
  • Council to explore combined support services – including legal – with police and fire services
  • Criminal advocacy scheme delayed as local government solicitors express concern
  • North Wales authorities appoint nine law firms to framework agreement
  • Criminal advocacy quality scheme set for April 2012 launch as SLG demands clarity
  • Success for local government lawyers at Law Society Excellence Awards 2011
  • Birmingham to procure £800k framework for adult and children law advice
  • Former top lawyer at Birmingham CC to take tenancy at leading chambers
  • Cirell bolsters Walker Morris public sector team
  • Bob Neill to speak at ACSeS Development Forum
  • Local government lawyer role enhanced by Localism Act, says minister
  • Sharp rise in local authorities opting for permanent legal recruitment
  • Birmingham secures further panel place on NHS trusts framework agreement
  • SRA to accept alternative business structure licensing applications from next month
  • London boroughs name 31 sets to £10.4m barristers framework agreement
  • ALMO launches tender for £4m legal services framework agreement
  • Regulator starts accepting ABS licence applications
  • Switch on the generator
  • DWF and Cobbetts confirm merger talks
  • Government launches procurement of £250m legal services framework
  • Barrister-solicitor distinction could be more decorative than functional: Law Soc President
  • Redefining service delivery
  • Stockmarket listed Australian law firm buys Russell Jones & Walker for £53m
  • The way from here
  • The power of tendering
  • DWF and Cobbetts end merger talks
  • SLG calls for nominations for Young Solicitor of the Year for 2012
  • Pinsent Masons and McGrigors secure merger agreement
  • Southern Housing Group names 12 to £6m legal services framework
  • Private equity house takes major stake in insurance specialist Parabis
  • LBLA names successful barristers chambers for £63m legal services framework
  • London boroughs set up joint legal teams in litigation, regulatory and prosecutions
  • South Norfolk eyes joining nplaw shared legal service
  • LawVest to target public sector with fixed price legal services offering
  • South Norfolk councillors approve deal to join nplaw shared legal service
  • Legal alliance of housing providers expands with three new members
  • PM urges ministers to take robust line on "cautionary" legal advice: report
  • SRA vows to learn lessons from chaotic implementation of online PC renewal system
  • Leading Midlands housing associations put £20m in legal work up for grabs
  • Plan for shared legal service for UK higher education gains ground
  • EM LawShare consortium to choose just five barristers' chambers for £18m framework
  • Sandwell Legal Services kicks off hunt for strategic ally for exclusive, three-year deal
  • Scarborough wins legal team of the year at LGC Awards for 2012
  • Regulators reach deal over advocacy assurance scheme starting in summer 2012
  • SRA names first three organisations to get ABS licence
  • DWF bolsters Birmingham with Buller Jeffries tie-up
  • Law Society data show 142 local authorities now hold Lexcel
  • Kent's Wild says "no time to lose" in persuading SRA to change restrictive practice rules
  • London boroughs give green light to shared legal service from July
  • Law Society issues practice note on dealing with litigants in person
  • Kent Legal Services revamps strategy, targets £3m savings and regional hub status
  • Evans takes senior partner role at Bevan Brittan
  • Council blunder sees info on witnesses handed to defendants in anti-social behaviour case
  • Midlands housing association groups name law firms to panels
  • Browne Jacobson boosts public law team with double hire
  • Education bodies join forces to launch £100m legal services procurement
  • DAC Beachcroft targets no. 1 position after Barnes hire
  • SRA to scrap minimum salary for trainees from August 2014
  • Top legal post at Southwark to go as Collins switches to non-lawyer role
  • Legal services next in line for Government's 'Red Tape Challenge'
  • PLP to run training on core competencies of head of legal
  • Time to take tendering seriously
  • Shropshire selects legal services in first wave of spin-outs to trading company
  • Manchester City Council kicks off £5.5m legal services procurement
  • Humber Consortium names 13 firms to legal services framework
  • Weightmans nets advisory role to Liverpool City Council on public health
  • Hampshire wins Legal Services category at MJ Awards 2012
  • Walker Morris wins tender to advise on Norfolk recycling contract
  • Many local authorities unprepared for new standards regime, warns watchdog
  • Wirral suspends director of law and two senior officers pending investigation
  • SRA issues new guidance on alternative business structure applications
  • Coventry names three councils alongside law firms on £6m panels: UPDATED
  • Housing association names three to £660k framework agreement
  • Law Society issues practice note on equality and diversity requirements
  • Birmingham names six firms for adults and childrens services legal work
  • East of England housing association launches procurement for £1m legal services panel
  • Suffolk councils pursue joint management including head of legal
  • Monitoring officers warned against 'gold-plated' approach to standards regime
  • Law firm with strong public sector practice becomes latest ABS
  • London boroughs name five firms to £7.5m panel defending insurance claims
  • LGSS Law shared service notches up £600k+ savings in 12 months
  • Harrow and Barnet legal teams to tie knot on 3 September
  • Two district councils in Midlands back shared legal service
  • Private equity investment to go ahead as Parabis wins ABS status
  • TPP Law to use alternative business structure to help expansion
  • FT shortlists Kent's Wild for two innovation awards
  • Freeth Cartwright hires Holden to lead local government practice
  • Two councils make Law Society shortlist for practice management award
  • SRA brings local authority lawyers on board for practice rules review
  • Council issues £500k+ tender against backdrop of shared legal service talks
  • SRA unveils PC renewal dates, confident problems of last year will not be repeated
  • East of England educational bodies to set up £2.5m legal services framework
  • FT hands pioneer award to Wild and Kent CC for Law:Public venture
  • SRA launches research project on in-house legal practice
  • Suspended director of law cleared but leaves in management restructure
  • Enfield Council receives highly commended accolade at Law Society awards
  • Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council names Ashfords LLP as its sole legal provider
  • NHS procurement body puts up to £50m in legal work up for grabs
  • A flexible friend
  • Shared legal service in South East to pursue enhanced collaboration
  • SRA to launch government-style Red Tape Challenge
  • Local lawyers, public practice
  • Kent's Wild named general counsel of the year at British Legal Awards
  • Maria Memoli elected to top Law Society committee
  • Legal team at North East council faces 23% cut in staff over three years
  • SRA warns solicitors not to leave PC renewal to last minute
  • Government Procurement Service extends legal services framework for third time
  • SLG and ACSeS give green light to merger plan
  • Bristol turns to local NHS trust as head of legal heads for VWV
  • Law firms with rated public sector practices agree to £95m merger
  • City council legal department required to find £230k savings
  • Doctors of law
  • Manchester CC legal department next to face major savings target
  • ACSeS urges Law Society to keep two council seats for local government lawyers
  • SLG calls for nominations for Young Solicitor of the Year 2013 award
  • Usage by councils of temporary labour in legal up by almost a third: research
  • Law Society hails Supreme Court ruling on legal professional privilege
  • SRA to relax restrictions on local authority solicitors charging charities
  • National firm Cobbetts set to file for administration ahead of sale of business
  • Legal advice privilege – the advisor’s status or her function?
  • Legal services – a perfectly designed system...
  • Government Procurement Service names law firms to £250m framework
  • DWF unveils plan to acquire Cobbetts out of administration
  • DWF completes acquisition of majority of Cobbetts
  • Law Society questions plan to allow local authority solicitors to charge charities
  • London councils pursue four-borough shared legal service
  • Wild accuses Law Society of protectionism in row over charging charities
  • Weightmans snaps up Goacher as next head of local government practice
  • ACSeS attacks "small-minded" Law Society over views on SRA red tape plan
  • London councils approve four borough shared legal service
  • The courage to liberate to innovate
  • Law Society Council member joins criticism of Chancery Lane over charging
  • Staffordshire, Local Government Lawyer shortlisted for Halsbury Legal Awards
  • SRA board to consider recommendation for rule change on charging charities
  • SRA board approves rule change allowing charging of charities
  • Law Society issues practice note on SRA rules for in-house practice
  • Three named as finalists in Local Government Young Solicitor award
  • Colleges and universities plan legal services framework worth up to £140m
  • Trading places
  • New apprenticeship in legal services launched with government backing
  • Wild urges Legal Services Board to axe area test on charging charities
  • Lawyers in Local Government elects top team with Hynes as first president
  • Fit for the future
  • Good neighbours
  • A problem shared…
  • Better together?
  • Dominating the agenda
  • Super-regulator tells SRA to review "quickly" restriction on charging charities
  • SOLAR names North Ayrshire legal chief as president
  • Kent legal team seeks waiver from geographical limit to charging charities
  • One size does not fit all
  • Number of solicitors employed by local government fell 3.3% in 2011/12
  • Mills & Reeve to merge with Manchester firm George Davies
  • Management 2013 Online
  • Local authorities see 9% rise year-on-year in use of locum lawyers: report
  • London boroughs hunt for senior lawyers ahead of shared legal service in 2014
  • Wild shortlisted for Lawyer award, Kent battles with four other legal teams
  • Riverview Law and DMH Stallard seal strategic alliance
  • LGSS Law to expand after deal is struck with Northampton
  • LBLA starts process of selecting new solicitors framework agreement
  • HB Public Law holds formal launch as consideration given to third council joining
  • Scottish local authorities name 12 law firms to £4m framework
  • WYLAW councils and York name 23 law firms to legal advice framework
  • Birmingham wins legal services category at MJ Awards 2013
  • Isle of Wight names 11 firms to legal services panels
  • Review urges incremental but significant reform to legal education and training
  • EM LawShare begins re-tender process; expands membership to all public bodies
  • Geldards snaps up niche public sector law firm TPP Law
  • Housing association group puts £8m in legal work up for grabs
  • Lawyers in Local Government names lead officers for special activity areas
  • Kent Legal Services delivers record £3.7m contribution to county council
  • NW consortium to extend solicitors panels, but let barristers framework lapse
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  • Welsh housing association names 13 law firms to framework agreement
  • London Boroughs Legal Alliance names seven firms to new £5m framework
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  • South West housing association names four firms to £600k framework
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  • Mayor targets £300k savings on legal services via 'risk-based' approach
  • FE institutions and universities name 21 law firms to framework
  • Shared service wins advisory role for CCGs, plans to set up ABS
  • One in three council solicitors "see charging rules as major constraint"
  • Transport authorities name eight firms to legal services framework
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  • Standardisation of legal apprenticeships could see qualification as solicitor
  • NW council to hire legal apprentices for property and civil litigation teams
  • North West Leicestershire legal team first to sign up to 'service exchange'
  • Monitoring officer at Welsh council survives no confidence vote
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  • EM LawShare unveils new panel
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  • Authorities name four law firms to legal advice framework
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  • County council hires first apprentices for legal services team
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  • Scottish Government to set up legal services panels worth £30-40m
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  • NW housing groups selects 15 law firms for legal services panels
  • Scottish council seeks external legal provider for £910,000 contract
  • SRA to move away from 'employed solicitor' concept, ease ABS process
  • ICO warns legal profession over data security after multiple breaches
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  • Cornwall to set up £1.5-3m external legal panel for South West public bodies
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  • HB Public Law secures alternative business structure licence from SRA
  • Executive head of legal leaves London borough after corporate re-organisation
  • University names three law firms to £1.9m legal advice contract
  • Large London housing association to set up four-year legal services panels
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  • Plan to cut £500k from legal budget at council "will increase risk of mistakes"
  • Bevan Brittan snaps up former chief executive of Birmingham City Council
  • London universities name seven law firms to £52m panel
  • Councils to end joint chief exec arrangements but shared legal service to stay
  • Three councils unveil business case for 'tri-partnership' with single workforce
  • Acting chief exec swaps councils to take Assistant Director of Legal Services role
  • Nursing and Midwifery Council to set up legal advisory panel worth up to £3m
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  • London council to set up £1.4m panel for litigated insurance claims
  • Lawyers in Local Government unveils shortlists for inaugural awards
  • Two universities in Midlands to set up £3m legal advice panel
  • Kent CC reaches milestone in hunt for commercial partner for legal services
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  • Cabinet at council backs legal team joining shared service subject to business case
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    • Forcing the issue
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    • Council does not have ongoing duty to fund care package forever, Appeal Court rules
    • Councils must improve commissioning of adult social care, says regulator
    • Councils reluctant to use Forced Marriages Act, says MoJ
    • CQC warns councils on social care spending cuts as it issues guidance on care providers registration scheme
    • DWP proposes housing benefit cap following 'luxury rental' claims
    • Alzheimer's Society pans dementia care failings
    • Children as young as nine have been the subject of forced marriage protection orders
    • Finding a new way forward
    • Barnet seeks to leave to appeal warden services case
    • Charity fined £30k for health and safety breaches after employee death
    • Closing the Gap
    • CQC to scrutinise council commissioning in review of health care in care homes
    • ECJ rules on right of residence of parent caring for child of migrant worker
    • Birmingham City Council mulls "ground-breaking" partnership deal with NHS trusts
    • Cuts both ways
    • Finding the way
    • Adult Social Care & Mental Health solicitor
    • CQC to ditch system for rating services
    • Derbyshire plans to create joint posts with county's NHS
    • ECHR rejects Human Rights claim against council for closing care home
    • CQC launches consultation on revisions to enforcement policy
    • Charity Commission chief warns that third sector will struggle to fill gaps left by cuts
    • EHRC launches disability-harassment inquiry, warns public sector of enforcement action
    • Co-operatives UK chief fires warning over public service delivery
    • Department of Health warns councils against narrow approach to mental capacity issues
    • Blackburn plans merger and "far more advanced" integration with local care trust
    • Communities Secretary urges greater provision of services across local authority boundaries
    • Court of Appeal rules "best interests" regime compatible with ECHR
    • Backing reform
    • Committee calls for overhaul of rules of Court of Protection
    • Detention and human rights
    • Cabinet Office unveils 12 pathfinder mutuals ahead of public sector spin-outs
    • Audit Commission disbanded after "losing its way"
    • Court of Protection blocks council attempt to force contraception on woman with low IQ
    • Care Quality Commission and EHRC consult on new human rights guidance
    • Contraception, capacity and coercion
    • Charity warns about "fundamental lack" of public understanding of care system
    • Deportation and mental disorder
    • Councils will have to explore alternative models for adult care, says law firm
    • CQC streamlines approach to social care assessment
    • Enable councils to work in partnership with third sector, say charity finance chiefs
    • A good idea – that may never happen
    • Dozens of care homes and agencies shut as CQC vows to get tough
    • Be careful when you cut
    • Equalities watchdog publishes guide to complying with duties when making cuts
    • Adult care directors see benefits in health reforms, but warn of major risks
    • After care costs: which local authority pays?
    • End distinction between health and social care and remove ring-fencing, say London Councils
    • Efficiencies in adult care essential despite "highly positive" settlement
    • CQC to act over "poor and unacceptable practice" in NHS mental health care
    • A New Frontier
    • Councils must review use of block contracts in social care, says Audit Commission
    • Councils must give reasons when calculating personal budgets, says Court of Appeal
    • Councils ordered to repay erroneous charges for re-ablement services
    • Annual assessment of adult care scrapped, says CQC
    • Care Standards Tribunal critcises GSCC and council over social worker dismissal
    • Automatic for the people
    • Councils sustain improvements in adult care provision
    • Councils "in the driving seat" to secure public health improvements, says Lansley
    • Burstow issues statutory guidance on autism for councils and NHS bodies
    • Doctors pin blame on councils for rise in bed-blocking
    • Council faces payout over unlawful detention under MHA
    • Councils demand "urgent clarification" on funding for health overhaul
    • Claimant must show age if asserting council owes duty, rules judge
    • Care arrangements and deprivations of liberty
    • Council ordered to provide sex education to man with learning disability
    • Court of Appeal sets out test for permission to appeal age assessments
    • Council warns of £1.5m cost burden after care home fees ruling
    • Best interests at heart
    • DH plans "proportionate" regulation of health and social care professions
    • CoA rules on allocation of responsibility to pay for aftercare following MHA detention
    • Cambridgeshire CC breaches data protection laws but avoids monetary penalty
    • Birmingham faces legal action over plans to limit care to those with "critical" needs
    • CQC unveils plans for excellence scheme in adult social care
    • Care for sisters with learning disabilities not a deprivation of liberty, says CoA
    • CoA quashes decision to terminate teenager's looked after child status
    • Call of duty
    • Broxtowe threatens county council with legal action over Supporting People cuts
    • CQC warns of "too many examples" of potential deprivations of liberty in care services
    • Alliance expresses fears about "over-stretched" independent mental health advocacy
    • CQC concern at wrongly certifying mental health patients as consenting to treatment
    • Courting opinion
    • Exempt some public services from EU procurement rules, says NAVCA
    • Claimants win High Court challenge over Birmingham adult care cuts
    • CQC to introduce random inspections after BBC uncovers serious abuse
    • Adult social care law reform white paper 'by end of the year'
    • Care Quality Commission has 15% shortfall in number of inspectors
    • A cross to bear
    • Council unlawfully kept 21-year-old man in care for a year, says High Court judge
    • Eight Scottish councils press ahead with major shared services programme
    • Buying social
    • Counting the cost of cuts
    • Bristol becomes latest council to be attacked by LGO over elderly care
    • Deputy Prime Minister unveils major rollout of community budgets
    • Dilnot Commission calls for national eligibility criteria in adult care reforms
    • Complaints to Local Government Ombudsman rocket by 20%+ in 2010/11
    • Equalities watchdog launches online human rights resource for public sector
    • Care workers, volunteers and childminders do not need minicab licence: DfT
    • Council loses appeal over indemnity costs order in Court of Protection case
    • A tale of two strike outs
    • FOI request reveals 2000+ care homes without a registered manager
    • Case over local authority payments to disabled man heads to Supreme Court
    • Council looks to Supreme Court after s.21 ‘care and attention’ test case defeat
    • Corporate manslaughter offence extended to custody providers including prisons and hospitals
    • Council defeats High Court challenge over changes to adult care eligibility threshold
    • Fit to print?
    • Council to pay out £13k after LGO finds fault with care for disabled man
    • Culture of disbelief prevents authorities from tackling disability harassment: EHRC
    • Discretionary trust
    • Disabled man given permission to apply for JR of level of care council provides
    • Birmingham to procure £800k framework for adult and children law advice
    • Battle over adult care cuts heats up as claims against two councils reach High Court
    • A problem shared
    • Opening up the Court of Protection
    • Criminals using transparency data to defraud public bodies, warns Audit Commission
    • Local authority wins appeal in landmark ruling on deprivations of liberty
    • High Court quashes adult care cuts plan over unlawful policy
    • High Court judge quashes care home fee freeze
    • Legal system could be "swamped" with care home fees cases, warns Saga
    • County council agrees to reconsider care home fees decision after JR threat
    • The Death of DOLS?
    • Housing, planning and cultural services bearing brunt of cutbacks: Audit Commission
    • Close human rights loophole in provision of home care, says watchdog
    • LGO warns county council over adult care charging policy
    • ICO hits two councils with £140k penalties after email errors
    • Government hires 80+judges to cut welfare appeals backlog: report
    • JAC launches first selection exercise for Administrative Appeals Chamber
    • Age and the funding time bomb
    • NAO warns over extending responsibilities of Care Quality Commission
    • Field Court launches dedicated Court of Protection group
    • Council caused injustice of scale "difficult to express or quantify": LGO
    • Second council sees High Court quash decision to freeze care home provider fees
    • Government consults on making forced marriage a criminal offence
    • Reaching breaking point
    • Council ordered to retake care home provider fees decision – for second time
    • Brussels sets out plans for major shake-up of EU procurement law
    • Taking a wrong turn?
    • Law on rights of incapacitated people too complex and inaccessible, says judge
    • Local authority faces JR proceedings over sheltered housing sell-off
    • LGA issues guidance on transfer of public health staff to local government
    • HSE warns over duty of care to workers after social care body ordered to pay £44k
    • Balancing risk and emotional wellbeing
    • Council faces JR over decision to axe funding of independent advice services
    • Official Solicitor reaches limit of resources for CoP healthcare and welfare cases
    • Costing the deprivation of liberty safeguards
    • Supreme Court starts hearing "biggest community care case in 15 years"
    • An age-old question
    • LGA warns councils and housing associations on equalities laws compliance
    • Protecting the vulnerable
    • Providing the necessaries
    • Social enterprise run by ex-council staff launches JR over axing of grant after just six months
    • Supreme Court decides not to review key 1997 community care resources ruling
    • Consenting to sexual relations
    • Senior judge hits out at automatic suspensions of staff accused of maltreating patients
    • Council in u-turn over axing of grant for social enterprise run by ex-staff
    • Welsh council in rare win over care home fees as Devon becomes next in firing line
    • Councils failing to use powers to recoup money payable towards care home fees: report
    • Official Solicitor clarifies remarks on reaching limit of resources for CoP cases
    • Reforms risk interacting "in particularly harmful way" for disabled people, say MPs and peers
    • Equalities watchdog calls on public authorities to improve human rights record
    • Care homes, residents and public law challenges
    • Starter for ten
    • Councils failing to meet equality duty legal requirements when cutting adult care budgets, charity claims
    • In search of shelter
    • Ready, set, go!
    • LGO pressures council over refusal to pay £25k after bankruptcy maladministration
    • Westminster given permission to take 'care and attention' case to Supreme Court
    • Magistrates Court closes private care home
    • Monitoring the DoLS
    • Keeping the safety net
    • FOI and the social work records of the dead
    • Law centre fails in Court of Appeal challenge to local authority cuts
    • Court of Appeal judge questions approach to age assessment disputes
    • Powers of restraint
    • Sex, drugs and alcohol – local authorities’ new public health role
    • Councils to benefit as LASPO Bill receives Royal Assent, claim ministers
    • Queen's Speech heralds major changes in care cases, local audit and pensions
    • Council and care home operators both claim High Court victory in fees battle
    • London borough faces judicial review over day centre closures
    • Capacity, Consent and Sexual Relations
    • Council faces High Court challenge over 'critical-only' policy for care services
    • Adults with learning disabilities slam consultations over day centre cuts
    • Coming to the boil
    • Council pays out £13k after failing epileptic mother over care and housing
    • Supreme Court to hand down landmark community care ruling tomorrow
    • Coming to an accommodation
    • Ties that bind?
    • Supreme Court rejects appeal over direct payment to disabled man
    • Council fends off JR challenge over future of advice services
    • Supporting cast
    • Government to make forced marriage a criminal offence
    • All upper-tier authorities sign up to 'troubled families' programme
    • May plans Commons motion to guide judges on deportations
    • Trading Standards warn over misselling of property protection trust wills
    • Mental Health Alliance warns councils over new responsibilities
    • The responsibilities of Approved Mental Health Practitioners
    • Code of conduct complaints against members in Wales soar 49% in 2011/12
    • Half of learning disability services failing to meet government standards: CQC
    • Change in statutory demands needed as adult care costs grow, says LGA
    • Sizing up equality
    • High Court judge refuses permission for JR over 'critical-only' care policy
    • Funding concerns remain as adult care white paper published
    • Balancing values
    • Age assessment still an issue despite Supreme Court ruling: Commissioner
    • Mental health trust to retake cuts decision after legal challenge
    • Claimants launch appeal in battle over 'critical-only' care policy
    • LGO raps council for wrongly charging woman £5k in care top-up fees
    • Making the right choice of expert
    • Determining financial provision in adult social care
    • Landmark deprivations of liberty cases head to Supreme Court
    • Financial protection
    • Birmingham names six firms for adults and childrens services legal work
    • LGO publishes report on lessons from rise in adult care complaints
    • Committee of MPs attacks public bodies for "dumping data"
    • LGO raps council over restrictions on care at expense of direct payments
    • Council to pay vulnerable man £100,000 after error led to funding cut
    • The validity of advance decisions
    • Serious Case Review into Winterbourne View details litany of failings
    • The Mental Health Act 1983 - setting aside the nearest relative
    • What can local authorities do to tackle social care debt?
    • Council agrees £43k payout after delay in providing services for disabled man
    • Watchdog urges councils to make efficiencies on adult care assessments
    • Abuse in care cases and withdrawal of legal aid
    • Personal injury and the Court of Protection
    • Safety net
    • Council in £50k+ payout after delay in meeting needs of disabled man
    • SOLACE latest to express concern over revised safeguarding guidance
    • LGO raps council for delays in dealing with homeless man
    • The lessons from Winterbourne View
    • Capacity to consent and adoption
    • Mental capacity and voting rights
    • Keeping guard
    • Davis, Winterbourne View and the difficulty of safeguarding
    • Coroners issue record number of Rule 43 reports
    • Recovering social care debt
    • Ban on age discrimination in provision of services comes into force
    • Failure to stop disability harassment
    • Equalities watchdog intervenes in care home funding judicial review
    • LGO attacks council for charging family top-up fees for residential care
    • CoA overturns ruling in dispute between councils over after-care services
    • To disclose or not to disclose
    • LGO pans council for wrongly launching adult protection investigation
    • Legal action launched over DWP plan to close Independent Living Fund
    • Suffolk County Council’s decision-making process criticised by Ombudsman over cancellation of audio books
    • Home is where the heart is
    • Council pays £7,500 over failures to investigate care home injury
    • Authorities slated for “patchy” record in tackling harassment of the disabled
    • North East council to appeal after High Court blow over care home fees
    • Claimants ask CoA for permission to challenge 'critical-only' care policy
    • Ministers extend Red Tape Challenge to 500+ health and social care regulations
    • County council breached equality duty in setting care home fees: HIgh Court
    • Court of Appeal in landmark ruling on Zambrano rights and social welfare
    • Watchdog hails High Court ruling on care home fees and equalities
    • Fee for all
    • Care home fees and the public sector equality duty
    • Contempt and the Court of Protection
    • Working with the elderly and infirm – a delicate balance of rights
    • Council defeats challenge to 'critical needs only' adult social care policy
    • Watchdog publishes guide to home care and human rights for older people
    • Approaching the assessment of capacity
    • Setting up social impact bonds
    • Take final responsibility for actions of bailiffs, LGO tells councils
    • Council slams legal interpretation of public sector equality duty as it launches appeal over care home fees ruling
    • The gap with Strasbourg on DoL widens
    • Ministers vow to cut hospital placements for people with learning disabilities
    • Council faces judicial review over maximum expenditure policy for care
    • Minister urges councils to heed advice that EIAs are not a legal requirement
    • Detention in a care home and Article 8
    • On call hours - the legal issues
    • Disclosure of social work records and litigation
    • The Mid-Staffs public inquiry – staff recruitment, standards, and engagement
    • Another council loses High Court battle over fees for care home providers
    • Councils accused of "bully-boy tactics" over care home fees
    • The inherent jurisdiction: where are we now?
    • Health and social care commissioning: the procurement implications
    • Ordinary residence and public services
    • CQC reveals rise in Mental Health Act detentions, community treatment orders
    • High Court to hear judicial review of council tax rebate scheme in Haringey
    • On taking care - cautionary tales and lessons to be learnt
    • High Court judge rejects JR challenge over council tax rebate scheme
    • Admin Court to consider right of Zambrano carers to housing benefit
    • Haringey sees off Court of Appeal challenge to its council tax reduction scheme
    • The criminal records regime and Article 8
    • County council in rare High Court win against care home providers
    • Mid-Staffs NHS Trust - the lessons for local authorities
    • A robust approach
    • The Court of Protection and practice points from the Family Division
    • Judicial review of closure of Independent Living Fund begins in High Court
    • Claimants seek to take council tax reduction challenge to Supreme Court
    • Taking a measured approach
    • The need to refer cases to the Court of Protection
    • Lost to the system: ‘Self-funders’ and assessments of need
    • Councils face "deluge" of disputes from draft care reforms: MPs and peers
    • BUDGET 2013: BY PRACTICE AREA
    • Talking tough
    • Watchdog criticises lack of understanding of Mental Capacity Act and DoLS
    • Court gives claimants permission to bring JR over so-called "bedroom tax"
    • Professional approach
    • District pays out £550k+ to settle employment claim from care warden
    • Relocation, relocation
    • Care Quality Commission plans radical overhaul of inspection regime
    • London council to save £12m from buyout of 25-year care homes PFI contract
    • Local authorities and families with no recourse to public funds
    • High Court rejects judicial review challenge to Independent Living Fund closure
    • Closure of the Independent Living Fund – planning for March 2015
    • Caldicott 2: To share or not to share
    • Supreme Court to hand down landmark community care ruling next week
    • Justice Secretary calls for review of transparency in Court of Protection
    • Committals for contempt in CoP must be held in public, say senior judges
    • Relief for councils after landmark Supreme Court ruling on social services duty
    • The Mental Capacity Act – assessing capacity to decide on contact
    • Ombudsman tells council to pay £60k+ to man caring for his wife
    • Backing contact arrangements with penal notices and injunctions
    • High Court grants permission for JR of max expenditure policy on adult care
    • Claimants launch judicial review challenge to DWP 'benefit cap' policy
    • Accommodating people with community care needs
    • EHRC issues guide for councils on human rights and commissioning home care
    • Judicial review and best interest decisions under the MCA
    • Private care homes and the Human Rights Act
    • Care home finances and local authority responsibilities
    • LGO raps council for overcharging home care services for 18 months
    • EHRC develops plans for s. 16 inquiry into Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards
    • Limiting disclosure in the Court of Protection
    • Appropriate unit and appropriate treatment?
    • Failures to assess: the quantum of an award
    • Department of Health to introduce national care threshold in 2015
    • LGO attacks council after disabled man left in unsuitable accommodation for 3 years
    • The scope of section 117 after-care and accommodation
    • Scrapping the Independent Living Fund, consultation and the PSED
    • The Care Bill 2013 and adult social care
    • Best interests decisions and future choices
    • Munby issues draft guidance on transparency in family and CoP proceedings
    • Claimants lose judicial review over housing benefit and spare bedrooms
    • Going spare?
    • Commissioning of home care fuels use of zero hours contracts, says union
    • High Court rejects challenge to maximum expenditure policy on adult care
    • Deprivations of liberty and prevention of offending
    • MPs tell Department of Health to review Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards
    • Best interests and annulment of voidable marriage
    • Discussing hoarding, DOLs and lack of capacity and charging
    • Sterilisation and best interests
    • Council guilty of safety breach after woman falls into drain at care home
    • Ombudsman warns councils over responsibility for care home operators
    • Selling P’s assets to pay for care home fees
    • Frontline staff need more training on Mental Capacity Act, says Law Society
    • Best interests and moving into residential care
    • Moving from safeguarding concern to instituting proceedings
    • SCIE issues report on putting Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards into practice
    • Council rapped after failure to involve parents in planning for vulnerable man
    • Assessments and planning for prisoners nearing release
    • Landmark Supreme Court cases on deprivations of liberty to start next week
    • CQC to consider hidden cameras and mystery shoppers to monitor adult care
    • Former relevant children: recent caselaw
    • The Cheshire case – a beginner’s guide
    • Home truths - local authorities and the commissioning of home care
    • Council faces legal action over plans to close adult day care centres
    • Executive member at county resigns over incomplete declaration of interests
    • Council let down woman struggling with direct payments, says Ombudsman
    • NCVO report attacks “crude” implementation of payment by results contracts
    • A challenging task for CCGs
    • Council fends off High Court challenge over day centre closure
    • Court of Appeal agrees to hear day centre closures case
    • Ombudsman and council in standoff over £60,000-plus payment
    • Contempt of court in the CoP context
    • Legal Services Consumer Panel to investigate fee-charging McKenzie Friends
    • Councils receive qualified praise over Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards
    • Fatalities in care homes and sentencing by the courts
    • DH consults on regulations for fundamental standards of care
    • Better Care Fund plans: How does it fit?
    • Framing the test of capacity to consent to sex
    • Council criticised for moving man from care home against own advice
    • Change to Care Bill could see appeals system for social care decisions
    • Principles set down for non-disclosure in CoP proceedings
    • The CQC reports on the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards
    • Judge orders fresh decision over property and care home fee payment
    • Disparities found in instruction of independent mental capacity advocates
    • Police reinstate Twitter account of inspector who blogs on mental health
    • Who pays?
    • All change in the publication of CoP judgments
    • The Care Bill, eligibility criteria and consultation
    • Judge approves trial of home-based care for dementia campaigner
    • High Court orders rolled-up hearing in care home closure case
    • Ex-miner “deprived of his liberty” when prevented from dying at home
    • Out with a bang, not with a whimper?
    • Supreme Court to rule in landmark deprivations of liberty cases
    • Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards must be replaced, says key report
    • Landmark Supreme Court ruling sets out test on deprivations of liberty
    • Impact of Supreme Court deprivation of liberty ruling "huge", says council
    • Getting capacity right
    • Ombudsman raps council for charging man for care he did not want
    • Damages for deprivation of liberty
    • Dept of Health suggests actions to take after Supreme Court DoL ruling
    • The Better Care Fund - what is in it for housing providers?
    • The Duty of Candour - and general transparency
    • Council failed to consult properly over day centre closure: Court of Appeal
    • Consultation – backing no horses, and the importance of interim relief
    • Family President makes adoption order in "final chapter" of C-section case
    • Watchdog issues briefing on Supreme Court deprivation of liberty ruling
    • Cheshire West: The hidden cost
    • Benefits of McKenzie Friends outweigh risks: Legal Services Consumer Panel
    • Irascible does not mean incapable
    • Wishing, hoping and TUPEing
    • A fair hearing for those without hearing
    • Welsh Government hails landmark social services legislation
    • Using, weighing and drinking: The Court of Appeal provides guidance on capacity
    • LGO and CQC agree new process to facilitate complaints about adult care
    • Top judge warns of burden on councils following deprivation of liberty ruling
    • Innovation in delivering adult social care services
    • Welfare proceedings and the press
    • Walking a tightrope – contact and sexual relations
    • Court of Appeal confirms principle on responsibility for s. 117 after-care funding
    • Campaigners warn council of legal action over proposed care centre closures
    • Ombudsman publishes complaints stats for adult social care after 130% rise
    • Domestic violence charities in legal action against council after losing funding
    • Council and health body rapped over handling of vulnerable young man
    • ‘Ordinary residence’ revisited
    • The Care Act 2014: the key points for local authorities
    • Article 8 and specific care needs
    • Part 1 of the Care Act and local authorities
    • Costs in welfare proceedings
    • The Care Act 2014 – Changes to Section 117 Mental Health Act 1983
    • A victory for common sense
    • Safeguarding and the CoP - a difficult mix
    • Deputies, undue influence and the CRPD
    • The difficult line – the MCA and the MHA
    • Capacity and tenancy agreements
    • A fundamental change?
    • The costs of non-compliance
    • Support and the capacity assessment
    • DoL – some fog clears
    • Pregnancies and capacity to make decisions
    • The Care Act: capping costs
    • The way forward for health and social care?
    • Safeguarding and the CoP – a(nother) salutary tale
    • Deprivation of liberty and due process
    • 'Doctors’ orders?'
    • Closing a care home
    • Taking care
    • To consult or not to consult the nearest relative?
    • Fluctuating capacity and deprivation of liberty
    • Local authority deputies
    • Requests for discharge
    • Capacity and s. 117 MCA
    • The limits of paternalism
    • Forced Marriage Protection Orders
    • Sex, capacity and consent
    • JS Mill strikes back
    • Guardianship and Cheshire West
    • Habitual residence: the latest word
    • Analysing the true cost of care
    • Not like Cranmer
    • Procurement and "SOS services"
    • Deprivation of liberty in the home
    • A rare contest as to permission
    • The rights of Zambrano carers
    • You can refuse
    • When informality is inappropriate
    • Open and honest reporting
    • Veracity and the need for experts
    • The Greater Manchester deal
    • Neary 2? Making Article 5(4) real
    • Transparency in the Court of Protection
    • Unlawful detention and nominal damages
    • Legal challenges to charging policies
    • All change at the Court of Protection
    • Deprivation of liberty at home
    • Marriage and vulnerable adults
    • Best interests in the real world
    • The Court of Protection comes of age
    • Guardianship and DOLS (again)
    • Revisiting litigation capacity
    • The Court of Appeal on Re X
    • Liberty and the home
    • Giving evidence in a criminal trial
    • Errant deputies
    • Supreme Court overturns key Court of Appeal decision on ordinary residence
    • Privilege and paying for care
    • The Law Commission on DoL
    • Safeguarding and taxi licensing
    • A complete impasse?
    • Section 49 reports – the thorny issues
    • The role of supervisory bodies
    • Conditional discharge and DoL
    • Litigation capacity: what to do
    • The streamlined procedure: the latest
    • How far is too far?
    • Capacity is not an off-switch
    • The (indemnity) cost of getting it wrong
    • The Supreme Court on ordinary residence
    • Problems with a fact-finding hearing
    • Capacity, marriage and consent
    • Findings of fact and welfare
    • So that was 2015
    • Best interests analyses
    • Constrained choice can be true choice
    • Capping homecare funding
    • Care Act conundrum
    • Nursing care in care homes: who pays?
    • The CoP and CICA awards
    • Caring for your carers
    • Community care and the PSED
    • Care home regulation
    • Re: JM - Time to step up
    • "I reasonably don't believe you"
    • Whose call?
    • Case Management Pilot published
    • Changes to the Care Act guidance
    • Sex and the simple test
    • Reasons challenges and charging
    • Lightness of touch
    • The Light Touch Regime: compliance
    • The PCR 2015 and the Care Act 2014
    • The CoP and reporting restrictions
    • Creating a sustainable healthcare system
    • State imputability
    • Direct payments under the Care Act
    • Obtaining procurement remedies
    • False imprisonment and damages
    • Transparency and the courts
    • Ever spreading tentacles?
    • "Care and support" and accommodation
    • The Care Act and the Localism Act
    • State imputability, families and deputies
    • Pilot schemes in the CoP
    • Deputyship remuneration
    • Private deprivations of liberty
    • CCTV and care packages
    • Experts out of bounds
    • Participation of P
    • DoLS and public protection
    • Who pays (No 2)?
    • Private deprivations of liberty and the state
    • The Care Act and accommodation
    • Applications to the Court of Protection
    • Honour-based violence and forced marriage
    • When to commit
    • Dismissing or withdrawing?
    • Tackling bed blocking
    • Statutory charge and Article 8 damages
    • Cheshire West and acute hospitals
    • Public protection and s.21A (again)
    • Claiming within time
    • A service user’s preferences for care
    • The Court of Protection and disputes over funding of services
    • Top-ups for council and CCG fees
    • Deprivations of liberty on discharge
    • The Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards and inquests - a change in the law
    • Funding the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards
    • Costs in the Court of Protection
    • At the limits of best interests
    • Who guards the guards?
    • The extent of the CoP's powers
    • Litigation capacity under the spotlight
    • Putting yourself in the shoes of P
    • Treading carefully
    • The Court of Appeal on the Care Act 2014
    • When is one drink too many?
    • A significant decision on Care Act assessments
    • Deputyships and outsourcing
    • Inherently problematic?
    • Court of Protection case law update
    • After-care services and PI damages
    • Families and Rule 3A Representatives
    • Contraception and safeguarding
    • Bonds, liabilities and the CoP
    • Limitation periods and care home fees
    • Social services and negligence
    • Aftercare services and restitution claims
    • Decisions on care home fees
    • Re X applications and representation
    • Personal injury awards and care costs
    • Restraining publication of CQC reports
    • Fluctuating capacity and care planning
    • Appointeeship under scrutiny
    • The choice for P in practice
    • Funding continuing care
    • Principles for reforming social care
    • Case management and apparent bias
    • Capacity and vulnerability
    • Improper approaches to determining care budgets
    • The Modern Slavery Act 2015 and local authorities: an update
    • Capacity and housing – a strange relationship
    • Ordinary residence and impaired capacity
    • Disabled persons and general housing circumstances
    • The headache of fluctuating capacity
    • The role of the 'IMCA'
    • Asylum seekers post 18
    • Holding prisoner in a foreign land
    • Deprivation of liberty, court review and costs
    • Litigation capacity – some definite don’ts
    • Risk tolerance in practice
    • The inherent jurisdiction, deprivation of liberty and conditional discharges
    • MCA breaches: paying the price?
    • The thinnest of legal ice – restricting contact and the MCA
    • Where does the inherent jurisdiction end?
    • Mental capacity for handling the internet
    • Mental capacity for social media and the internet: another Court of Protection case
    • CQC guidance on relationship needs and sexuality
    • The need for careful scrutiny: the dismissal of s.21A applications
    • A delicate line – litigation friends and P asserting litigation capacity
    • Capacity, pre-nuptial agreements and knowledge of your own assets
    • Dealing with abuse claims in a care setting
    • Liberty Protection Safeguards – a new frontier or further difficulties?
    • Sex, social media and ‘silos’
    • Appointing personal welfare deputies
    • Capacity and sexual relations – trying to make it personal
    • DoLS, inquests and Article 2 ECHR
    • Entitlement to personal independence payments
    • Court of Protection cases review
    • Costs and s21A applications
    • Fluctuating capacity – micro vs macro decisions
    • The MHA and the MCA in the community
    • The extent of the inherent jurisdiction
    • Re D – the Supreme Court, 16/17 year olds and confinement
    • The limits of the inherent jurisdiction (1)
    • The limits of the inherent jurisdiction (2)
    • Fluctuating capacity: decisions on the management of diabetes
    • Social care support and persons subject to immigration control
    • Deprivation of liberty in the community – how not to apply to court
    • Capacity, the inherent jurisdiction and self-neglect
    • Case management and expert evidence
    • Prosecutions of local authorities by the Care Quality Commission
    • Adult safeguarding and the Anti-social behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014
    • Complying with the MCA
    • RPRs, attorneys, BIAs and legal aid
    • Cross-border cases and the inherent jurisdiction
    • Fluctuating capacity – another judicial take
    • Finding the right balance with constrained resources
    • Home is where the hoard is
    • Refusing food, (in)capacity and coming to court
    • Property and Affairs Deputies: limits on authority, and managing conflicts of interest
    • Covid-19: Court of Protection guidance on visiting P and hearings
    • COVID-19: suspension of Care Act obligations
    • Skype in the Court of Protection: The courts in the time of coronavirus
    • Coronavirus emergency: local authority charges for care and support
    • Coronavirus Act 2020 and social care
    • Covid-19, social distancing and mental capacity
    • Care Act “easements” – meeting needs for care and support
    • Liberty, equality, the Court of Protection, and the coronavirus
    • Articles 3 and 8 in the time of coronavirus
    • Care Act 2014 Easements in the Coronavirus Act 2020
    • Health and Social Care Law and COVID-19
    • Holding onto principles – the MCA 2005 and Covid-19
    • The Coronavirus Act 2020 – Adult social care and assessing needs
    • The Mental Capacity Act and DoLS
    • Capacity under the microscope
    • DNACPR orders during coronavirus
    • Coronavirus - its impact on Discharges, DNARs, DPs and DoLs
    • Capacity and executive (dys)function
    • Article 8 breaches and local authority statutory duties
    • Time to go home
    • Deprivation of Liberty - getting it right
    • An introduction to the Court of Protection
    • How and why the ‘No Recourse to Public Funds’ policy has been held to be unlawful
    • The Court of Appeal, decision-making capacity and sex
    • Latest developments in local government law: remote decision-making, healthcare, social care and education
    • Capacity and silos (again)
    • The Court of Protection, injunctions and persons unknown
    • Requests for care pending assessment
    • COVID-19 & RIDDOR for care providers
    • Human rights challenges in relation to social care
    • Service provision decisions, ordinary residence, and coronavirus and social care
    • Discharge of deputies appointed by the Court of Protection
    • Social Services Q&A session
    • So the Liberty Protection Safeguards are delayed until April 2022 - what should I do now?
    • COVID-19, care settings and deprivations of liberty
    • The Mental Health Act, s117 after-care and ordinary residence
    • Alcohol and capacity
    • Consideration of private evidence and carer’s needs under the Care Act 2014
    • Social Care: healthcare, contractual disputes need assessments and data protection
    • Liberty Protection Safeguards: DOLS and Re X still here until April 2022
    • The LLG Grapevine 28th September
    • The Court of Protection, s.48 and interim orders
    • Department for Health and Social Care Winter Guidance: issues for local authorities
    • Enforcement of self-isolation
    • Discharging obligations to P and the court
    • The Winter Plan and the right to family life
    • Winter Plan: Impact on the deprivation of liberty safeguards
    • DP v London Borough of Hillingdon: Interim Declarations and the impact on Standard Authorisations and s21A Proceedings
    • DHSC care home visiting guidance
    • Care and support for disabled and elderly people during ‘Lockdown 2’ in England - key legal considerations
    • Section 21A applications and interim declarations: The implications of DP v Hillingdon
    • The inherent jurisdiction, deprivation of liberty and out of hours applications
    • November 2020 Mental Capacity Report walkthrough
    • Reporting upon capacity for the court (and more broadly) – what (not) to do
    • Capacity and EHC Plans
    • Care and support for disabled and elderly people during ‘Lockdown 3’ in England – key legal considerations
    • Anticipatory deprivations of liberty and autonomy
    • Family care and the lockdown regulations
    • The Covid-19 vaccine and capacity
    • Court of Protection Q&A Series: 1
    • Deprivation of liberty, family members and what s4B does (and doesn’t) say
    • Court of Protection Q&A Series: 2
    • Health and Care White Paper: opportunities for local authorities
    • Hugh James' NPS Framework Fortnight - Lot 1: Adult Social Services
    • Demystifying factitious illness​ within care proceedings
    • Unlawful deprivations of liberty and awards of damages
    • Court of Protection Q&A Series: 3
    • Section 117 After-care and Ordinary Residence
    • Vaccination – looking at all the relevant circumstances
    • Court of Protection Q&A 4: Property & Affairs
    • Long-term leave under s.17 Mental Health Act
    • Paying for sex and the Court of Protection
    • Care Act charging policies and Article 14
    • Sex and the limits of fluctuating capacity
    • Best interests and Covid-19 vaccination in the Court of Protection
    • Substance or form?
    • Court of Protection case update
    • Capacity to make decisions on care and alcohol dependency
    • CQC Strategy 2021 (Part 1): How inspections will change and how providers can prepare
    • CQC Strategy 2021 (part 2): How ratings could change and how to challenge them
    • Emotional dysregulation and the use of anticipatory declarations in the Court of Protection
    • Court of Protection case law update: July 2021
    • Litigation Friend appointments and costs
    • Rapid response to the health and social care changes
    • Capacity and the limits of decision-specificity
    • The Court of Protection and “the most complex Covid patient in the world”
    • Social care funding: rapid response note
    • Which local authority pays for aftercare after repeated detentions?
    • Council’s charging policy held unlawful as it discriminated against severely disabled persons
    • The Sexual Offences Act, care workers, and paying for sex
    • Six months to go, seven key changes: from DoLS to LPS 
    • Health and Care Bill 2021: The role of local authorities in Integrated Care Systems
    • The authority of Property and Affairs Deputies
    • Capacity and sex – the Supreme Court decision in JB
    • Fighting ever increasing odds against a draconian intervention – and when is a without notice hearing acceptable?
    • The Supreme Court on capacity to consent to sexual relations
    • The black box of the judicial visit to P
    • Boosting supply of supported housing and integration of housing, health and care
    • The Covid-19 inquiry is coming
    • Court of Protection case review
    • CCGs, Covid vaccinations and best interests disputes
    • Best interests and moving care homes
    • The Court of Protection and transparency
    • The Liberty Protection Safeguards consultation: first thoughts…
    • The Mental Capacity Act/Liberty Protection Safeguards Consultation
    • Discharging patients into care homes at the start of the pandemic
    • LPS and MCA Code consultation – video Q&As
    • Mental Health Act reform – draft legislation now announced
    • Draft MCA Code of Practice – first thoughts on the MCA updates
    • Building systems
    • MCA Code of Practice and personal welfare deputies
    • Everyone’s Business: Is Safeguarding Trendy?
    • Everyone's Business: Across The Board – Learning from Safeguarding Adults Boards
    • Transparently clunky
    • Does the Care Act 2014 require a local authority to fund a family holiday to Florida?
    • Everyone's Business: Safeguarding the player, safeguarding the game
    • ICS lessons
    • Hoarding and mental capacity
    • How to read a Court of Protection judgment
    • Injunctions in the Court of Protection
    • Court of Protection case review
    • Adults with impairments are not big children
    • George Orwell and best interests
    • LPS consultation and ‘go live’ planning
    • Court of Protection case review: January 2023
    • The interplay between the Housing Act 1996 and the Care Act 2014
    • Mobile phones and deprivations of liberty
    • Fluctuating capacity, emotional dysregulation and public protection: a swansong for Hayden J
    • Assessing capacity: the principles
    • LPS on the shelf – what to do now: video
    • The Hewitt Review of Integrated Care Systems
    • CCTV and the provision of care
    • Injunctions in the Court of Protection
    • Families refusing access to support
    • Management of behaviour
    • Supported housing: law reform
    • When does an inquest need to be an ‘Article 2’ inquest?
    • What now for deprivations of liberty?
    • Disentangling decisions – and do they even need to be taken: the Court of Protection pronounces
    • Update on the DoL Streamlined Procedure
    • Court of Protection case update
    • What place diagnosis? Learning Disability, deafness and the Court of Protection
    • Shedinar: the (dread) MHA/MCA interface
    • The Supreme Court on local authority responsibility for s.117 aftercare services
    • Hoarding disorder in the Court of Protection
    • Ineligibility to be deprived of liberty under Schedule 1A Mental Capacity Act
    • Dialysis and different realities – the Court of Protection has to decide
    • Forced marriage and the inherent jurisdiction
    • Capacity, contact and the limits of the inherent jurisdiction
    • Is refusal of food indicative of lack of capacity?
    • Court of Protection case law update
    • Capacity, sexual relations and disclosure
    • The Care Act 2014 and appeal mechanisms
    • Care home costs and ‘top-up fees’
    • All change for commissioning health and social care
    • Capacity and ending a tenancy
    • Mental capacity and best interests in pregnancy termination
    • Remote assessments and MHA renewals
    • Mental health reform in Wales
    • Court of Protection case update: January 2024
    • Capacity in context – a paradigm case
    • Mental disorder, medical evidence and deprivation of liberty
    • Charging, the Care Act and capacity - in conversation with Arianna Kelly and Alex Ruck Keene KC
    • Deprivation of Liberty and the Intersection between the Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act
    • Section 117 after-care statutory guidance – a missed opportunity?
    • Contact, contraception, conception and conceptual clarity
    • Court of Protection case law update: February 2024
    • Triangulation and flexibility
    • Asylum seekers, care and support and accommodation-related needs
    • Vulnerable adults and non-recognition of marriage
    • The Public Guardian and applications to revoke lasting powers of attorney
    • Overseas travel for adults lacking capacity
    • Lieven J puts the (Cheshire West) cat amongst the pigeons
    • Making final determinations in the Court of Protection
    • Capacity, autonomy and the limits of the obligation to secure life
    • Interim declarations in the Court of Protection: a new approach
    • Capacity and converging areas of decision-making
    • Capacity, presumptions and catastrophe
    • Housing Act 1996 and Care Act 2014: how do they interact?
    • Charging disabled persons for services
    • Capacity, habitual residence, and internet use in Scotland – a Court of Protection conundrum
    • Ensuring compliance with Court of Protection orders
    • A delicate balance
    • Wishes and feelings in the balance
    • Health and social needs and EHCPs
    • The functional test for capacity
    • Deprivations of liberty and representation during the review period
    • Commissioning care and support in Wales: new code of practice
    • Outsourcing and the Human Rights Act 1998 – the consequences
    • Navigating key trends in health and safety prosecutions: Insights for care and housing providers
    • The Ombudsman, DoLS and triaging – asking the impossible?
    • The way forward for CQC – something old, something new….
    • Communication with protected parties in legal proceedings
    • Court of Protection case update: October 2024
    • Recovering adult social care charges via insolvency administration orders
    • Update on the draft Mental Health Bill
    • Capacity and civil proceedings
    • Fluctuating capacity, the “longitudinal approach” and practical dilemmas
    • Court of Protection Update - December 2024
    • Capacity, sexual relations and public protection – another go-round before the Court of Appeal
    • Best interests, wishes and feelings
    • CoP Masterclass #3: Managing Fluctuating Capacity, Restraint and Orders in High-Stakes Cases
    • Mental capacity and expert evidence
    • Court of Protection case update: January 2025
    • It’s all about the care plan
    • “On a DoLS”
    • Could this be the end for local authority-provided residential care?
    • Setting care home fees
    • Bed blocking, possession orders and discharge planning
    • Court of Protection update: February 2025
    • Capacity, insight and professional cultures
    • Disabled people in immigration bail: the duties of the Home Office and local authorities
    • Homelessness and health
    • What is the right approach to Care Act assessments?
    • The interaction between housing and social care duties 
    • The Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill Series – Eliminating profit from the care of looked after children
    • The Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill Series – Direct Payments for NHS Continuing Healthcare
    • The Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill Series – Regulation and Inspection of Social Care
    • Court of Protection case law update: March 2025
    • Issuing proceedings in best interests cases
    • ‘Stitch’, capacity and complexity
    • High Court guidance on Article 3 engagement in care at home cases
    • Court of Protection case update: April 2025
    • Provision of same-sex intimate care
    • Transfers from hospital to social care
    • Managing the homes of vulnerable adults
    • Abbasi and Haastrup: to name or not to name
  • Adult Care News
    • NHS trust issues statement on role in Caesarean section case
    • Ministers consult on key guidance for local authorities on Care Act obligations
    • Number of deprivation of liberty cases "to rise ten-fold", warn councils
    • Supreme Court to hear key case on 'ordinary residence' in community care
    • Council and NHS trust criticised over support for man with mental health needs
    • Forced marriage now a crime as legislation takes effect
    • Claimant wins case over personal injury damages and social care charging policy
    • LGA warns on funding 'black hole' for councils as demand soars for adult care
    • Changes to Better Care Fund undermining localism: chief executives
    • Ombudsman records sharp rise in complaints about local authorities
    • Health Secretary unveils new inspection regime for care homes and providers
    • Law Commission urges full reform project on data sharing and public bodies
    • Law Commission includes DoLS and Wales projects in next programme
    • Tribunals practice direction on child and vulnerable adult witnesses to be revised
    • Ministers urged to provide full funding for impact of Cheshire West ruling
    • Top CoP judge sets out 'streamlined' approach to cases post-Cheshire West
    • Welsh Government bolsters rules on social services and Welsh language
    • Ombudsman hits out at failure to give couple personal care budget for two years
    • Council ordered to maintain specialist transport service ahead of hearing
    • Care home operator ordered to pay £133,000 after death of resident
    • Law Commission to review Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards in their entirety
    • County axes contract with home care services provider just months after award
    • Mental Health Network issues guide on minimising use of restrictive practices
    • Government agrees to reconsider funding for local welfare assistance schemes
    • Court of Protection judge slams council for depriving autistic woman of her liberty
    • County council puts care home closures on hold following legal challenge
    • Claimants apply to Court of Appeal over approach to deprivation of liberty cases
    • Council defeats claim brought on behalf of 101 year old over care home closure
    • Ombudsman fires warning to councils over care charging and commissioning
    • Denial of legal aid in Court of Protection cases "a false economy", says judge
    • Care watchdog board to consider final report on use of surveillance next month
    • Senior judge issues second ruling on deprivation of liberty and due process
    • Healthwatch hits out at "utterly bewildering" complaints system for care in England
    • Department of Health issues final Care Act regulations and guidance
    • County council to pursue care home closures after judicial review withdrawn
    • Guidance published for litigation friends on workings of Court of Protection
    • Judge urges Supreme Court to reconsider deprivations of liberty within the home
    • Court of Protection judge hits out at expense of cases costing £9,000 a month
    • Claimants lose challenge to retaken decision to shut Independent Living Fund
    • Care watchdog settles legal action brought by former deputy chief executive
    • Judge gives permission for judicial review of social education centre closures
    • Care home providers win High Court battle with council over payments
    • Review calls for changes to detention provisions in Mental Health Act
    • Supreme Court to hear bedroom tax challenge from adults with disabilities
    • Court of Appeal rejects challenge to closure of passenger transport unit
    • MPs call for single ombudsman for health and social care complaints
    • CQC urges action on backlog in Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards applications
    • LGO urges proper recording of capacity assessments under Mental Capacity Act
    • Council wins appeal over property disregard and care home charging
    • High cost of Court of Protection cases "a matter of serious concern": report
    • Department of Health consults on cap on care costs plus new appeals system
    • Care watchdog publishes guidance on secret filming in care settings
    • Domestic abuse service brings judicial review against council after funding blow
    • Council defeats High Court challenge to consultation on adult care cuts
    • Council gets High Court beach of contract claim from care provider struck out
    • Care companies investigated in crackdown over failure to pay minimum wage
    • Greater Manchester to win decision-making powers in health and social care
    • Council sees suspension on contract award lifted after NHS trust challenge
    • Disabled adult wins High Court battle with council over charges for services
    • South West council to appeal High Court care home fees ruling
    • Care homes win battle with health boards in Wales over funded nursing care
    • Supreme Court to hear battle among councils over 'ordinary residence' in care case
    • Judge hits out at Court of Appeal over consent order in deprivation of liberty case
    • LGO raps council over failure to implement report on care home top-up fees
    • Council to seek judicial review over “£3m shortfall” in Care Act funding
    • Council fails to have automatic suspension after procurement challenge lifted
    • Healthcare firm and director to pay £335,000+ after care home resident death
    • High Court finds council policy on disability living allowance and DHPs "unlawful"
    • New rules mean health and care providers must display CQC ratings
    • New Practice Directions for Court of Protection come into force
    • Law Society issues guidance on deprivations of liberty safeguards and the law
    • Council defends High Court claim over care accommodation rates
    • Judge quashes decision by council to end specialist placement for epileptic man
    • Welsh Ministers and NHS board face judicial review over secure placements
    • Council and NHS trust to pay £27k over errors in care for double amputee
    • CCG defeats Court of Appeal challenge over duty to provide accommodation
    • High Court to hear application for judicial review over dementia unit closure
    • Delays in processing applications for personal independence payments “unlawful”, rules High Court judge
    • Watchdog praises Care Act implementation but warns of burden on councils
    • Court of Appeal comments on deprivation of liberty and being party to proceedings
    • Spending watchdog hits out at public services complaints and redress system
    • Social workers concern at lack of time to prepare for court, risk of being named
    • Law Commission review of Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards to be speeded up
    • Challenge to transport cuts hits end of road after Supreme Court refuses permission
    • Ombudsman sees rise in councils challenging its decisions
    • Judge quashes cut in community care provision for man with learning difficulties
    • Supreme Court to rule next week on approach to ‘ordinary residence’
    • Law Commission urges replacement of "flawed" Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards
    • Vulnerable women wins damages from Health Trust over damage to doll 'baby'
    • Complaints to LGO level despite transfer of responsibility for social housing reviews as social care and education complaints rise
    • Cornerstone wins tender for review of safeguarding manual for London authorities
    • Councils hail Department of Health change of heart over Care Act funding
    • Council criticised over refusal of direct payments based on Working Time Regulations
    • Judge orders council to re-take decision in first Care Act 2014 case: report
    • Ex-employee sues homecare provider over non-payment for travel time
    • Court of Protection judge hands down key ruling on joining P as party
    • Governance plans agreed for Manchester health and social care devolution
    • Ombudsman fires warning to councils over contracting out and accountability
    • Court of Appeal allows appeal in deprivation of liberty case, criticises judge
    • Law Society concern over "complex" scheme to replace DoLS
    • Complaints to Ombudsman about adult social care up 18% in single year
    • Court of Protection to pilot default position of holding hearings in public
    • Claimant lawyers hail case on local authority powers and victims of trafficking
    • MPs express concern over New Burdens Doctrine and funding of Care Act
    • Councils rapped for telling care providers to delay deprivation of liberty applications
    • Claimant from Wales loses court battle over compulsory detention in Brighton
    • Council invites tenders for £1.28m in legal services for adults and children social care
    • LGO reminds councils to offer care placements without need for top-up fees
    • Council ordered to pay £65k over death of vulnerable man at day centre
    • Give clear advice on disability payments, says LGO as council told to pay £7k
    • Pilot scheme launched for greater transparency in Court of Protection
    • User-groups and council in battle over alleged disregard of Care Act duties
    • LGO and Care Quality Commission reach new Information Sharing Agreement
    • Winterbourne View report author calls for Learning Disabilities Commissioner
    • Judge rejects £1m claim against council over care home referral suspension
    • Leading public law QC joins Landmark from Garden Court
    • Council faces legal action over potential closure of alcohol treatment unit
    • Homecare services provider settles travel time claim brought by ex-employee
    • Ombudsman takes councils to task over Disabled Facilities Grants processes
    • Councils and health boards in Wales to be required to form statutory partnerships
    • Ombudsman warns on financial appointee role after council told to repay £12k
    • Law Commission commits to scrapping DoLS but will urge less wide alternative
    • Council to refund care payments to 63 people after Ombudsman report
    • Court lifts automatic suspension on award of £128.4m care contract to Virgin
    • Councils seek judicial review over funding of Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards
    • Disabled claimant given green light to challenge cuts to care package
    • North East council to set up £8m barristers panel for social care advice
    • LGO issues first dual jurisdiction report into council and care provider
    • Carers struggling to access rights under Care Act: report
    • Don't take into account PI claims when assessing care contributions: LGO
    • Care provider ends contracts with two councils over "unacceptable" rate offers
    • NHS England ends care.data programme
    • Care should be based on assessed need, not resources: LGO
    • Care regulator reports itself to ICO after loss of DBS certificates
    • County council fined £100k after data breach involving social care files
    • Council to consult over day centre closure after users call in lawyers
    • Ombudsman criticises council after man left in unsuitable care home
    • Care workers to take council and provider to court over pay
    • Councils received nearly 200,000 DoLS applications in 2015/16
    • Law Society warns on mandatory child abuse reporting duty
    • Mencap sets up panel of law firms to help people with learning disabilities
    • Warning of potential rise in legal actions as adult care funding gap bites
    • Ombudsman sees 25% increase in complaints about home care for vulnerable
    • High Court rules on s. 117 after-care services and personal injury damages
    • Ombudsman takes council to task over care fees and personal injury damages
    • Law Commission delays final report on deprivations of liberty until March 2017
    • Supreme Court to hear case on refusal to fund service and Court of Protection
    • Judges criticise Court of Protection over jailing of woman for contempt
    • “Fragmented” health and social care system at heart of problems say Ombudsmen
    • LGO criticises council after woman left severely malnourished in care home
    • Hospital obtains court order to evict man who refused to leave
    • Judge rules human rights claim against council out of time
    • Court of Appeal delivers landmark ruling in state detention inquest case
    • Underfunding will make it impossible to meet Care Act legal duties, councils warn
    • Health and social care integration plans at ‘significant risk’, says NAO
    • Council to review policy on transition to adult care after Ombudsman criticisms
    • 7BR boosts public law team with arrival of Richard Clayton QC and Lee Parkhill
    • Spring Budget 2017: key policy decisions
    • Care home owners seek to bar council officers from entering premises
    • Care provider ordered to pay £80k+ after CQC prosecution
    • Law Commission urges replacement of Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards
    • Supreme Court to rule on funding of options for contact and CoP jurisdiction
    • Carolyn Hilder named Senior Judge of the Court of Protection
    • Local authority alert sees family barrister fined over data security failings
    • A quarter of home care providers at risk of insolvency: BBC
    • High Court reserves judgment in DOLS funding test case
    • Law Society launches mental capacity accreditation for Court of Protection
    • County council faces judicial review challenge over care home fee rates
    • Supreme Court to hear row between Welsh councils and NHS over nursing care in care homes
    • Trowers advises Croydon on new integrated health and social care service
    • Trading standards prosecution sees bogus carer jailed for £250k fraud
    • Health Secretary defeats councils in High Court DoLS funding test case
    • Trowers advises Royal Borough on trading company share acquisition
    • Major care home providers refuse to sign contract with council in fees row
    • Company directors and staff sentenced over abuse of care home residents
    • Ombudsman criticises council for “systemic fault” in care home charging policy
    • Muslim man with learning difficulties need not fast or be shaved during Ramadan
    • Council criticised after care home charges for care it could not show it provided
    • Council agrees £2k payout over mental capacity assessment delays
    • Judge quashes Care Act assessment and decision
    • Legal and reputational risks to councils in adult social care growing, lawyers say
    • Refusal to make direct payments to man with electricity allergy unlawful: judge
    • Ombudsman sees more complaints related to reduced local government resources
    • Ombudsman slams failures on decision-making for those lacking mental capacity
    • London council to pay out £20k for care home fees after assessment delays
    • Adult care complaints most likely to be upheld by Ombudsman
    • Councils win Supreme Court appeal over funding of nurses in social care
    • Woman with autoimmune disorder wins legal action over assessment
    • Council rapped over procedural failings with banning of man from care home
    • Council to review homelessness procedures after disabled woman “left in limbo”
    • Court approves £10k settlement over delays in providing sex education
    • LGO cites important learning points on commissioning after separation of couple
    • Decision by BUPA to sell some care homes to another operator “unlawful”, says council
    • Emphasis on processes rather than outcomes undermining disabled rights: report
    • Court summons social services director over accommodation failure
    • Court of Appeal finds for council in first appeal on Care Act 2014 provisions
    • Judge rules council and CCG not required to fund visits of mother
    • Ex-employee of adult care department fined for taking personal data
    • Cost of welfare litigation in Court of Protection “may have chilling effect”: report
    • Councils secure High Court order for disposal of ashes of Ian Brady
    • Sixteen councils fined for delayed transfers of care in 2016/17: ADASS research
    • London borough loses ordinary residence battle with neighbouring authority
    • Council wins appeal over residential care payments and revenue streams
    • Council loses appeal over after-care services and personal injury damages
    • Councils, providers implement 1,300+ recommendations on adult social care: LGO
    • Councils face potential litigation over “lax procedures” on heir hunting: claim
    • Council defeats High Court challenge over care home fees increase
    • Court of Appeal refuses to strike out restitutionary s.117 after-care claim
    • Javid stays as Secretary of State but with housing given higher profile
    • Ombudsman criticises council over lack of clarity on care home costs
    • Rights to challenge detention in Mental Health Tribunal “inadequate”: Law Society
    • Court rejects challenge to LGO finding on personal injury awards and care needs
    • Council to review its procedures after LGO criticism in deprivation of assets case
    • High Court dismisses legal action over alleged failure in care plans
    • Government to legislate for replacement of Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards
    • Ombudsman criticises way council handled investigation into carer
    • County agrees to investigate if it incorrectly charged top-up fees
    • Official Solicitor loses bid for costs over withdrawn deprivation of liberty test cases
    • Serjeants’ Inn bolsters Court of Protection team with Sutton arrival
    • Ombudsman warns councils not to charge for first six weeks of intermediate care
    • Councils cannot cap personal budgets under Care Act, Ombudsman warns
    • Ombudsman raps council over cuts to support given to man with special needs
    • Council criticised after care home banned daughter from visiting mother
    • Council fears over ability to meet statutory duty on adult care market stability
    • Ombudsman raps council for ‘copying and pasting’ earlier needs assessment
    • Government introduces legislation in bid to replace Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards
    • Government settles legal action over discrimination and Universal Credit rollout
    • High Court rejects judicial review challenge over Care Act assessment of needs
    • LGO censures council for providing inadequate care
    • ADASS warns on drafting of legislation to replace deprivation of liberty safeguards
    • London borough faces legal action over plan to close respite centre
    • Council criticised over decision on care home costs and deprivation of capital
    • Equalities watchdog in legal challenge over fertility services for transgender people
    • Supreme Court to hear case on deprivations of liberty, community treatment orders
    • MPs and peers demand changes to Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill
    • Ombudsman sees rise in systemic, policy and procedural issues in social care
    • Government agrees to bring in new Mental Health Bill after independent review
    • City to contest cases where asylum seeker assessed as adult threatens legal action
    • Council to keep day centre open after user brings legal proceedings
    • Supreme Court rules on CTOs, conditions and deprivations of liberty
    • Ombudsman criticises council over delay in safeguarding investigation
    • MoJ consults on revising Mental Capacity Act code of practice
    • Ministry to pilot expansion of legal aid for early advice in social welfare law
    • Supreme Court to hear case on residential care workers and sleep-ins
    • Ombudsman criticises council for standard of safeguarding investigation
    • Amend Mental Capacity Act code of practice to address covert medication, human rights: Bar Council
    • Court of Protection should not summarily dismiss cases where liberty is at stake, says senior judge
    • Local Government & Social Care Ombudsman issues good practice guide for care providers
    • Court of Protection judge issues reminder of need for order to authorise taking of samples
    • Court hears test case on ability of parents to make decisions for children over 18 with learning disabilities
    • Ombudsman raps council for decision only to assess high priority deprivation of liberty cases
    • Ombudsman criticises council over failure to support vulnerable mother properly
    • Court of Protection specialist joins No5 Chambers
    • City to review transport policy for adults with special educational needs following Ombudsman investigation
    • Ombudsman criticises council after vulnerable man left at risk of poor care for 18 months
    • High Court hears judicial review challenge over proposed closure of day care centre
    • Judge hits out at “irresponsible” media reporting of case on capacity to consent to sex
    • CQC urges reviews of cases where people with learning disability or autism are segregated in hospital
    • Court of Appeal allows appeal by council in case on consent to sex and social media use
    • Ombudsman issues reminder to councils of proper process for supporting vulnerable people at assessment meetings
    • Minister unveils plan to introduce Liberty Protection Safeguards in October 2020
    • Judge rejects application by Official Solicitor for council to pay costs in s.21A proceedings
    • Ombudsman urges county council to bring its assessments into line with Care Act 2014
    • Select committee backs plans to reduce burdens of competition rules on NHS
    • Court of Protection issues ruling in test case on appointment of personal welfare deputies
    • Care home manager to be sentenced for failure to disclose evidence at inquest
    • Ombudsman raps council over failure to complete agreed remedy
    • Ombudsman finds fault in two thirds of adult social care complaints investigated in 2018/19
    • High Court judge rejects application by council under inherent jurisdiction to prevent husband and wife living together
    • Council right not to facilitate man with learning disabilities to have contact with sex workers, says judge
    • Ombudsman raps council for failing to review care plan for five years, not adhering to statutory guidance
    • Court of Appeal orders council to pay cost of attendance of young woman at weekly placement
    • 39 Essex Chambers publishes guidance for social workers on application of inherent jurisdiction of High Court to adults
    • Council defeats costs application in High Court case on vulnerable adult and inherent jurisdiction
    • High Court judge finds council was right to tell failed asylum seeker to obtain support from Home Office
    • Judge criticises council for breaching duty of disclosure when making streamlined application for authorisation of deprivation of liberty
    • Ombudsman raps council for taking 21 months to reassess care needs of vulnerable woman
    • Applications for DoLS by care homes and hospitals up 15% each year since 2014-15: report
    • Home Office reconsideration policy for victims of traffickiing unlawful, High Court judge rules
    • Former council worker sentenced for unlawfully obtaining personal data
    • Council fined £500k after first prosecution by CQC over failure to provide safe care
    • Queen's Speech lays out proposals for “long term reform of social care”, further devolution
    • Council defeats High Court challenge over closure of day centre
    • Judge rules against council on meaning of 'needs' for Care Act assessment
    • Ombudsman criticises council for failing to properly involve complainant in assessment and support planning process
    • Judge criticises children's trust and clinical commissioning group over "wholesale failure of best interest decisions" for man with epilepsy
    • Law Society warns of “catastrophic legal aid deserts” for community care work
    • Ombudsman criticises council for reducing care package of autistic man because of financial pressures
    • Senior judge issues guidance on applications to Court of Protection concerning medical treatment
    • Equalities watchdog in legal action against Health Secretary over accommodation for people with learning disabilities and autism
    • Ombudsman warns councils over care home top-up fees
    • Chartered Trading Standards Institute publishes guidebook for UK care homes industry
    • Ombudsman raps council for leaving vulnerable man without enough care before he died
    • Council rapped over failure to properly carry out financial assessment following Ombudsman investigation
    • Social worker suspended for 12 months for copying and pasting Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards forms
    • Care watchdog in immediate cessation of routine inspections in response to coronavirus
    • Mother sends letter before action to government over coronavirus and strategy for needs of younger disabled people, lack of testing of health and social care workers
    • Barristers call for changes to Coronavirus Bill to avoid wholesale removal of duties to provide adult social care
    • LGA issues briefing on Coronavirus Bill, calls for temporary relaxation of FOI and GDPR requirements
    • Vice-President of Court of Protection issues further guidance for judges and practitioners on hearings
    • Ombudsman suspends complaints enquiries of councils and care providers
    • Coronavirus Act 2020 receives Royal Assent
    • Directors disqualified after abandoning care homes, diverting council funds
    • Guidance issued on remote access to Court of Protection
    • Government issues guidance on how local authorities can use Care Act ‘easements’
    • NICE amends Covid-19 critical care guideline after judicial review threat
    • High Court judge quashes refusal by council of disabled facilities grant
    • Court of Protection Bar Association issues guidance on remote hearings
    • Disabled man stuck in bedroom on eighth-floor flat for 20 months loses judicial review challenge
    • Government changes how outdoor exercise guidance applies to people with specific health needs
    • Woman with Down's Syndrome in claim against council over charges for care, saying she would be unable to pay for supported independent living
    • Eight councils have used Care Act ‘easements’ so far, says Department of Health & Social Care
    • County council threatened with legal challenge over decision to use Care Act ‘easements’
    • Court of Protection has power to grant injunctive relief, judge rules
    • Judge rules terminally ill woman could leave care home to live with family despite COVID-19 restrictions
    • Safeguards over deprivations of liberty are “indispensable” to frail and vulnerable, says senior judge, amid “striking and troubling” drop in number of s.21A applications
    • City council stops using Care Act ‘easements’
    • Campaigners in legal threat over "failure to collect data on deaths of those with learning disabilities and autism during COVID-19"
    • Older People's Commissioner calls for investigation into Welsh Government’s policy on testing in care homes
    • Birmingham City Council latest to stop using Care Act ‘easements’
    • Only two councils left using Care Act ‘easements’
    • Government facing legal action over policies on care homes during COVID-19 crisis
    • Claimant calls off judicial review action after council offers concessions on use of Care Act 'easements'
    • High Court judge issues mandatory order requiring council to provide urgent night-time support for disabled brothers
    • Council agrees to pay out £60k after Ombudsman report into failure to support autistic woman
    • Government amends MCA/DOLS guidance during COVID-19 to include section on right to appeal if those subject to emergency health powers and lacking capacity
    • Pandemic has led to human rights abuses of young people with autism or learning disabilities who have been detained: MPs
    • Just 4% of Directors of Adult Social Services confident they will have budget to meet statutory duties: research
    • Councils told not to prioritise preparations for Liberty Protection Safeguards
    • County council in legal action against Health Secretary over ‘ordinary residence’ determination
    • Department for Health and Social Care sets out position on ordinary residence determinations pending legal challenge
    • Courts have no jurisdiction over "unwise" decisions where subject has capacity
    • Claimant with Down Syndrome secures permission for judicial review of charging policy of county council
    • Implementation of Liberty Protection Safeguards delayed until April 2022
    • Watchdogs in Wales to consider using their powers to scrutinise decisions and actions taken by public bodies in relation to older people during pandemic
    • Council loses High Court battle over level of support for disabled young woman
    • Legal charity receives over £420,000 to expand legal advice clinics in Wales
    • Ombudsman slams council over treatment of elderly couple who were split up after 59 years
    • Continuous supervision and control
    • Health and care workers report lack of legal training on how to uphold human rights law during COVID-19: BIHR
    • Ombudsman calls for mandatory signposting of complaints system for all social care providers
    • Union calls on care workers who make multiple visits to claim payments for travelling time
    • Ombudsman raps council which failed to help care users maintain their homes
    • Council hit with costs order after Court of Protection judge finds it failed autistic 18 year old
    • Bevan Brittan recruits two partners to its Independent Health & Social Care practice
    • Care watchdog to review use of DNACPR during pandemic
    • Ombudsman report finds council wrongly accused woman of using abusive language, stopped Care Act assessment
    • Ombudsman criticises council for leaving visually impaired man without support to access the community
    • Damning CQC report calls for improved community-based capacity, pooled budgets and new national specialist commissioner of complex care
    • Court of Appeal identifies lessons on out of hours applications after disabled man sees human rights breached
    • Judicial review regime “fit for purpose” says LLG in submission to independent review
    • Tributes paid following death of leading social care QC
    • Regulator of health and care professions to procure £5.9m legal services panel
    • Ombudsman criticises council after telling family of woman with dementia to change care home when her money ran out
    • Ombudsman finds county council failed to meet needs of man with dementia, leaving him to pay for some of his own care
    • Aunt loses battle to be joined to Court of Protection proceedings
    • Local authority ordered to withdraw charging policy for council-provided care
    • Council wins High Court private law claim against NHS clinical commissioning group over costs of care for young man with autism
    • Government publishes White Paper on reforming Mental Health Act
    • Court of Protection team at 39 Essex Chambers issues guidance notes on vaccination and testing for Covid-19 and mental capacity
    • Official Solicitor wins appeal over ability of mother and step-father of autistic man to leave homes to provide care during first lockdown
    • Divisional Court finds Mental Health Act assessments require physical attendance and cannot be undertaken remotely
    • Senior judge authorises giving Covid-19 vaccine to 80-year-old woman in care home despite objections of son
    • Ombudsman criticises council for stopping payments for disabled woman’s care without organising alternative
    • Senior judge hails “as beacon of good practice” Court of Protection case concerning permanent relocation from England and Wales
    • High Court judge rejects legal challenge by county council to determination by Health Secretary in ‘ordinary residence’ dispute
    • Judge rules council and CCG failed lawfully to assess s.117 after care services for claimant
    • Court of Protection and mental health tribunal specialist joins Field Court
    • Council agrees to pay nearly £7,000 after care cost calculations criticised by Ombudsman
    • Ombudsman criticises council over failure to have regard to human rights of man left in care home away from family for five months
    • Supreme Court to rule next week on ‘sleep in’ care workers and national minimum wage
    • Ombudsman secures agreement from council to refund care costs for some people in short-term residential care
    • Woman left to die alone in Surrey care home, Ombudsman investigation finds
    • Department of Health and Social Care issues ‘roadmap regulations’
    • Judge gives green light for judicial review challenge to decision by private care home provider to stop providing care services
    • Public Law Group at 39 Essex Chambers takes on three new members
    • Government consults on requiring care home workers to have Covid-19 vaccination
    • Court of Appeal overturns order discharging mother as party in Court of Protection proceedings
    • Supreme Court gives permission to appeal in capacity to consent to sexual relations case
    • Government threatened with legal action over care home guidance requiring residents to self-isolate
    • Senior judge declines to order Covid vaccination of 86-year-old woman
    • Court of Protection judge considers how supervisory bodies should evidence their scrutiny of requests for authorisation of deprivation of liberty
    • Family President launches rapid consultation on remote, hybrid and in-person hearings in family justice system and Court of Protection
    • County council to reconsider assessment of Disability Related Expenses, following Ombudsman investigation
    • CQC amends inspection regime in light of lockdown lessons
    • Supreme Court to hear next week key case on capacity to have sexual relations
    • Court of Appeal makes no order for costs after allowing appeal by mother against Court of Protection order discharging her as party to proceedings
    • Integrated care boards to replace clinical commissioning groups as Government unveils Health and Care Bill
    • No need to change on ‘Freedom Day’ how family courts and Court of Protection have been operating, says Family President
    • London borough to revise social care charging policy after Ombudsman investigation and court ruling
    • Ombudsman criticises council “for taking too long to change care home charging policy”
    • Equalities watchdog to hold inquiry into methods of challenging decisions about adult social care
    • High Court gives green light for challenge to DWP consultation on development of new strategy for disabled people
    • Council and care home criticised after dispute sees son banned from visiting his mother
    • Court of Protection approves Covid vaccine for man lacking capacity, but declines to authorise booster dose without another hearing
    • Government withdraws emergency guidance covering Mental Capacity Act and DoLS during pandemic
    • Dudley Council to refund care home fees following Ombudsman investigation
    • Court of Appeal agrees to hear appeal by Health Secretary in dispute over interpretation of ‘ordinary residence’ and s.117 Mental Health Act
    • Browne Jacobson partner appointed social care sector ambassador for charity
    • Council claims Ombudsman request for it to process DoLS applications within set time constraints “not possible”
    • Adult social care reform plans “pose more questions than answers”: ADASS
    • "Relentless rise" in proportion of complaints about adult social care upheld, Ombudsman warns
    • Care bill for family soared without warning because of poor council information, Ombudsman finds
    • Woman hospitalised twice because council failed to consider advice when assessing medical needs, Ombudsman finds
    • Court of Protection judge orders transfer of woman with dementia to care home for interim period
    • Supreme Court to hand down landmark ruling next week on capacity to consent to sexual relations
    • Ombudsman asks council to reassess support for disabled man unable to go on holiday without his carer
    • Supreme Court hands down landmark ruling on capacity to consent to sexual relations
    • President of Court of Protection says guidance needed on judicial meetings with subject of proceedings
    • North East councils to procure £15m barristers framework for Children and Adult Services
    • Government publishes adult social care white paper, says reforms to be based on Care Act 2014
    • High Court judge gives reasons for refusing permission for legal challenge to care home workers vaccination requirement
    • Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman proposes more powers to improve the service
    • Council failed to assess man with autism properly leading to breakdown of relationship with mother, Ombudsman finds
    • Claimants win legal challenge over decisions by council to withdraw funding for holidays and cease direct payments used for outings and recreational activities
    • Government wins appeal over which council was responsible for s.117 after-care services
    • Give councils greater share of new Health and Social Care Levy: LGA
    • Court of Protection authorises vaccination of autistic boy despite parental objections
    • Council declares ‘critical incident’ in adult social care
    • Regulator fines companies £33m+ over cartel behaviour in prepaid cards market used by councils and housing associations to distribute welfare payments
    • High Court rules National Disability Strategy unlawful over consultation failings
    • Court of Protection approves move to Jewish care home in best interests of 86-year-old despite council, Official Solicitor being against
    • Department for Health and Social Care will continue stay on ordinary residence disputes pending final decision from Supreme Court
    • Vice President of Court of Protection publishes guidance on judicial visits to 'P'
    • Supreme Court to hear appeal over ruling by coroner that Article 2 ECHR not engaged where vulnerable woman died
    • Government consults on revised MCA Code of Practice and guidance on Liberty Protection Safeguards
    • Local authority ordered to pay 85% of costs of wasted Court of Protection hearing
    • Government selects five councils in England to implement adult social care charging reforms early
    • County council agrees £200k settlement over unlawful deprivation of liberty claim
    • Council agrees apology, payout after Ombudsman investigation into how complainant was prevented from spending quality time with relative in his final days
    • High Court finds council in contempt of court over failure to comply with mandatory injunction on placement planning for autistic young man
    • High Court judge refuses to block trip by vulnerable adult abroad but urges her not to go
    • Ombudsmen release joint guidance to tackle common mistakes in section 117 aftercare of mental health in-patients
    • ADASS calls for realism and coherence in health and social care integration reforms
    • Councils continue move away from ‘twin hat’ arrangements for roles of Director of Children’s Services and Director of Adult Social Services
    • Equalities watchdog draws up binding action plan for DWP to improve treatment of disabled benefit claimants
    • Covid guidance on discharge of hospital patients to care homes in early stage of pandemic unlawful, High Court rules
    • Leading claimant law firm to explore whether legal claims can be brought after High Court ruling on discharge of patients into care homes
    • Cabinet Office awards Burges Salmon £9.8m contract for legal services for Covid-19 Public Inquiry
    • Government decides not to appeal High Court ruling on discharging patients to care homes during start of pandemic
    • Ombudsman investigation sees council agree to repay five years of care fee top-ups after it failed to offer affordable alternative placement first
    • Councils warned to ensure grant processes are transparent following Ombudsman investigation
    • Court of Protection judge calls for further evidence in Covid-19 vaccination case
    • Ombudsman investigation leads to council waiving £7k care fees
    • CQC updates guidance on notifying councils of impending failure of “difficult to replace” adult social care providers, following High Court ruling
    • Council that used savings below the threshold for care fees repays complainant £14k
    • Ombudsman raps council after stroke survivor left without support she needed
    • Care home provider fined £1.5m over failure to provide safe treatment for resident
    • Court of Appeal to consider appeal from council over whether cost of holidays and recreation for people with care needs can fall to be met under Care Act 2014
    • Watchdog finds evidence of inequality in treatment of ethnic minority ‘Covid heroes’ working in health and social care during pandemic
    • Not enough money for adult social care reforms, say 98 per cent of councils in LGA survey
    • City council to pay complainant £25k in compensation for missed education and delayed complaint response
    • Ombudsmen finds vulnerable South London woman was failed by council, NHS trust and clinical commissioning group over provision of s.117 aftercare
    • Borough council decision to close a day care centre was lawful
    • Law Society concern at impact of move to Liberty Protection Safeguards on vulnerable people
    • Ombudsman finds failings by council in management of support for vulnerable adult who died whilst receiving care services
    • Council halts direct care payments policy pending review after judicial review threat
    • Councils can provide financial support under Care Act for recreational activities and holidays: Court of Appeal
    • Equalities watchdog mulls legal action amid claims Department of Health and Social Care plan for detained patients “falls well short of what’s needed”
    • Concerns grow at sharp rise in people waiting for needs assessment
    • Applications for Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards in England continue to rise, while number completed in statutory timeframe falls: NHS report
    • Ombudsman criticises council for not providing alternative schemes for care home fees
    • Ombudsman issues guidance to councils on deprivation of capital decisions
    • Welsh Government consultation on health and social care reforms
    • Ombudsman cautions councils against allowing multiple care home contracts to run in tandem
    • Court of Protection judge backs trial period of 92-year-old being cared for at home, saying risk was manageable
    • High Court backs move of 89-year-old man with Alzheimer’s from care home in UK to Jamaica
    • Claimant firm criticises practice of local authorities using panels to routinely sign off care packages
    • Public law specialist joins Cornerstone Barristers
    • Ombudsman review reveals complaints about English social care increasingly due to funding constraints
    • Spending watchdog warns of impact of service and financial pressures faced by NHS and councils on Integrated Care Systems
    • Councils welcome reported delay in introduction of £86k cap on adult social care
    • City council to refund 11 years of care home top-up fees to family following Ombudsman investigation
    • Deputy High Court judge calls for non-means assessed legal aid for parents involved in deprivation of liberty proceedings
    • Council to pay £10k after Ombudsman investigation finds visually impaired woman left without support
    • Supreme Court agrees to hear dispute between councils over responsibility for s.117 aftercare services
    • Claimant wins judicial review challenge over “unlawful” level of Care Act support
    • Chancellor announces extra £7.5bn to be spent on adult social care after hearing “very real concerns” from councils
    • Supreme Court hears appeal over ruling by coroner that Article 2 ECHR not engaged where vulnerable woman deprived of her liberty died
    • Claimant wins legal challenge over refusal of application for Disabled Facilities Grant
    • Charity takes steps to evict disabled residents over ‘inadequate’ funding by councils: report
    • Court of Protection judge reaches different conclusion to psychiatrist on capacity of young man to use internet
    • Council to pay £4k and train staff after Ombudsman investigation into failure to meet support needs of autistic man
    • Peers call for Government action on adult social care amid claims that principles of Care Act 2014 "not realised in practice"
    • Leading NHS and social care law King's Counsel retires from the Bar
    • Man with history of sex offending has capacity to make decisions in relation to care and support arrangements, Court of Protection judge rules
    • Ombudsman criticises council over allocation of 15-minute care calls
    • Supreme Court to rule next week on policy of Scottish local authority on charging for community care services
    • Woman with diabetes and subject to deprivation of liberty in care placement to be allowed home, judge rules
    • Council to pay compensation to family after ‘unprofessional’ conduct by care provider
    • Supreme Court rejects appeal over community care charging policy operated by Scottish council
    • Care Act statutory duties may have been “permanently undermined”, report on use of pandemic easements claims
    • Court of Protection issues guidance on ‘closed hearings’ and ‘closed material’
    • Official Solicitor issues revised form used to address capacity to conduct proceedings
    • Mrs Justice Theis named Vice President of Court of Protection
    • Equalities watchdog criticises councils for leaving adults receiving social care "in the dark" about how to challenge decisions
    • County council facing judicial review challenge over cuts to adult day and respite services
    • MPs call for “urgent action” to ensure opportunities of Integrated Care Systems are realised
    • Government to delay implementation of Liberty Protection Safeguards “beyond life of this Parliament”
    • Government publishes findings of Hewitt Review of integrated care systems
    • Housing bodies express concern over Government decision to “scale back” funding aimed at bringing together social care and supported housing
    • Supreme Court to hear next week dispute over ‘ordinary residence’ and s117 aftercare services
    • Social workers group warns of “ongoing uncertainty” after Liberty Protection Safeguards delay
    • Council halts plans to cut adult day and respite services following pre-action letter
    • Review of disclosure and barring regime calls for enhanced criminal record checks for councillors on certain committees
    • High Court dismisses legal challenge over government failure to implement Care Act system for appeals against care and support decisions
    • Number of ‘twin hat’ directors of social services at local authorities continues downward trend
    • Judge rejects challenge over council’s alcohol detox policy
    • Council facing judicial review threat from care home providers
    • MPs and peers raise concerns with minister over delays in implementation of Liberty Protection Safeguards
    • AMHP Leads Network concern at Met Police rollout of “Right Care Right Person” model amid reports of misinterpretation of policy
    • Directors of Adult Social Services warn of potential failure to meet statutory duties
    • Claimant wins High Court battle over social and life skills activities and disability related expenditure
    • Supreme Court hands down ruling on coroner’s inquests and verdict required where woman deprived of liberty in care home later died in hospital
    • Ombudsman criticises council with highest backlog in England of Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards assessment requests
    • Government “still accepts the need for change” after delayed implementation of LPS
    • Social care costs being passed from health service to local authorities due to qualifying restrictions, study finds
    • Court of Appeal hears appeal against judgment declaring Government’s National Disability Strategy unlawful
    • Court of Protection judge rules on whether habitual residence of woman lacking capacity was in Scotland or England
    • Hospital discharge and subsequent placement should be considered as separate matters when determining capacity: CoP
    • LGA urges Government to ditch plans for single-word ratings of adult social services
    • High Court to consider lawfulness of remote mental health assessments before renewals of hospital detention renewals, guardianship and community treatment
    • Judges allows government appeal over quashing of National Disability Strategy
    • District councils need to be “active partners” in Integrated Care Systems, report concludes
    • Campaigners in Yorkshire eye legal action over extension to NHS autism assessment pilot
    • Court of Protection judge hands down ruling on capacity amid “some unhelpful differences of approach to the diagnosis of Learning Disability amongst healthcare professionals”
    • Supreme Court to rule next week in landmark case on ‘ordinary residence’ and s117 aftercare services
    • Government issues guidance on adult social care intervention in local authorities in England
    • Supreme Court allows appeal by Worcestershire in landmark case on ‘ordinary residence’ and s117 aftercare services
    • Mother of disabled daughter who died in care launches legal challenge to European Court of Human Rights over Article 2 inquests
    • Chief Social Worker for Adults and principal social workers issue guide on proportional assessment approaches
    • UK failing to protect disabled people, says equalities watchdog
    • Charity working on behalf of council prescribed vulnerable people with Valium long-term against national guidance, finds Ombudsman
    • Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards applications up by 11% since last year
    • Legal claims issued in High Court against Health Secretary over care home and hospital COVID-19 deaths
    • ADCS Vice-President calls for review of age assessment approach
    • Ombudsman criticises lack of joined-up thinking after man with dementia left in unsuitable hotel accommodation for “too long”
    • Chancery Lane updates practice note on accredited legal representatives in Court of Protection
    • Recommendations made for adult social care sector experiencing “severe and sustained” recruitment crisis, mental ill health and chronic stress
    • Ombudsman urges leaders to “give voice to the voiceless” amid rise in rate of adult social care complaints that are upheld
    • Welsh council succeeds in bid to recover unpaid care home fees
    • Social workers body expresses opposition to Liberty Protection Safeguards delays
    • Government to progress stayed ordinary residence disputes after Supreme Court judgment
    • Law Society urges reform of “outdated” mental health legislation
    • Care Quality Commission warns delays in implementing Liberty Protection Safeguards mean “ongoing problems” likely to continue
    • Government issues guidance for councils on Accelerating Reform Fund supporting innovation in adult social care
    • Judge rules on interaction between obligations of council and Home Secretary regarding accommodation of asylum seekers with eligible care needs
    • Councils urge Government not to undermine effectiveness of section 75 financial arrangements
    • Care commissioners settle claim brought by man who suffered “regime of abuse” at Devon care home
    • Ombudsman finds issues with care calculations made by council
    • Law Society criticises absence of Mental Health Bill in King’s Speech amid calls for “urgent reform”
    • More than £1 billion committed to reforming adult social care system has been diverted to other care priorities, NAO report finds
    • Continued high inflation has put charities delivering public service contracts at “crisis point”, NCVO warns
    • Social care leaders “can’t perform miracles” from already overstretched budgets, ADASS president warns
    • Council writes off £21k debt after Ombudsman investigation into failure to assess mental capacity and finances properly
    • Refusal of tribunal to adjourn for aftercare evidence was “kicking the can down the road”, Upper Tribunal finds
    • Councils call for new burdens funding after pilots reveal planned assurance process for adult social care services to be “time and energy intensive”
    • Social care charging system “unfair, unpredictable, and complex”: CIPFA
    • Civil Justice Council working group consult on procedure for determining mental capacity in civil proceedings
    • Applications for deprivation of liberty under MCA up by less than 1% compared to same quarter in 2022, but orders nearly double
    • Court of Protection may only authorise package of care depriving individual of liberty if satisfied medical evidence confirms person has unsoundness of mind, judge rules
    • Council told to deduct £11k from outstanding care home fees after delays in carrying out financial assessment
    • Ombudsman tells city council to backdate direct payments and issue reminders to staff on care and support statutory guidance
    • Court of Appeal backs declaration that travel to Afghanistan not in best interests of young man with learning difficulties
    • Carry out enhanced DBS checks for all councillors considered for appointment to committees with education or social services functions, minister tells unitary and upper tier councils
    • Statutory guidance issued on discharge from mental health inpatient settings including payment for s117 aftercare
    • Judge hands down ruling on interplay between obligations of local authority under Care Act, and obligations of Home Secretary under immigration law
    • Information Commissioner urges social service providers to promote responsible sharing data to safeguard children
    • Council decision-making for not including deputy fees as personal expense flawed: Ombudsman
    • High Court allows appeal over decision on capacity taken by circuit judge at case management hearing
    • Council agrees to take steps to improve understanding among officers of Care Act 2014 duties
    • Court of Protection finds Scottish Guardianship Order and procedure under which it was made breached human rights of woman in placement in England
    • Judge in Court of Protection declines request for judicial visit due to risk of “unconscious bias”
    • There is little to suggest social care has turned a corner: The King’s Fund
    • Charity calls for urgent reform to resolve “ongoing human rights crisis” around Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards
    • Law Society issues updated guidance on identifying deprivations of liberty
    • Government falling short on promise to “fix crisis in social care”: Public Accounts Committee
    • Judge dismisses judicial review over charging policy at Birmingham for providing services to disabled adults unable to work
    • Ombudsman sets out “policy asks” including mandatory signposting for all adult social care providers, extended jurisdiction over schools
    • High Court orders council to pay costs after it agreed to reconsider financial assessment for man with needs for care and support
    • Judge rejects challenge to decision by Assistant Coroner not to hold Article 2 inquest into death of woman in fire at home
    • Information watchdog publishes guidance on transparency in health and social care
    • DHSC issues call for evidence as part of review of statutory duty of candour for health and social care providers in England
    • Council wins Court of Protection appeal over ruling on capacity of 20-year-old man
    • Court of Protection orders mother for present time to leave home owned by disabled son
    • Social worker awarded damages of £58k from council and professional regulatory body Social Work England
    • Mother loses appeal over discharge as personal welfare deputy
    • Judge authorises deprivation of liberty of woman with anorexia at new placement but only while she resides there willingly
    • Councils demand urgent attention for adult social care on tenth anniversary of Care Act
    • First three councils to receive ratings from CQC for adult social care assessed as ‘good’
    • DHSC issues guidance for healthcare professionals on Prevent duty
    • Family Division judge calls for more active collaboration between public bodies after considering urgent deprivation of liberty application made by police
    • Council and Official Solicitor fail in appeal over administration of covert medication to young woman
    • MPs call for more to be done for disabled people in local plans, reforms to Disabled Facilities Grant
    • Court of Protection specialist swaps local government for barristers chambers
    • First Tier Tribunal scrutinises use of AI by DWP
    • Council at fault for not properly consulting autistic man about who to involve in his care review and for not completing review in “person-centred” way: Ombudsman
    • Council told by Ombudsman to reconsider decision regarding alleged intentional deprivation of assets
    • Council defends High Court challenge from care home operators
    • Urgent judicial review claim issued over planned closure by council of “vital” mental health services
    • Councils and charities in plea for party leaders to avoid “trap” of politicising debate about future of adult social care
    • Christian who lost out on job over anti-gay views vows to appeal Employment Tribunal decision despite winning claim
    • Integrated care systems seeing progress in collaboration but more transformative work proceeding “at a slower pace”: King’s Fund
    • People being let down by “poor communication” between councils and NHS, joint Ombudsman report on integrated care finds
    • Sector welcomes “long overdue” mental health law reforms
    • Nine in ten councils ‘not well prepared’ to implement cap on adult social care costs
    • Councils struggling financially to meet people’s “higher-level” needs: ADASS
    • Independent review finds “significant failings” in effectiveness of Care Quality Commission
    • Continuing along same path “comes at a cost” to lives of people who draw on care and support: ADASS on scrapping of adult social care charging reforms
    • Judge decides further orders regulating residence or constraining choices of vulnerable woman are “unjustified”, despite concern over dysfunctional relationship with father
    • Ombudsman urges Integrated Care Boards to “learn from mistakes” after healthcare group failed to properly assess 24-hour care of woman
    • National Data Guardian stresses need to be “straight with people” on data processing after seeing attempts to bypass safeguards
    • DHSC “working through” stayed ordinary residence disputes after Supreme Court judgment
    • Elderly man left owing almost £5,000 to council after financial assessment delays
    • Council to give staff refresher training on charging for adult social care after failure to give woman clear information
    • Teenager with significant support needs left days from homelessness due to ‘unfathomable’ council failings: Ombudsman
    • Council to pay £18k after woman was wrongly charged contribution to care fees when she was entitled to free mental health aftercare
    • Council decision-making procedures and legal advice “not followed” during closure of care home, independent review finds
    • Applications for Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards increase 11% in single year
    • Application by BBC for review of transparency order rejected by Court of Protection
    • Single word judgements cannot adequately capture complexity of adult social care, says LGA
    • Ombudsman investigation sees council agree to waive £15k in care charges
    • Ombudsman recommends council review triaging procedures for Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards requests
    • Ombudsman upholds care home’s complaint about funding for resident
    • Ombudsman upholds four in five of complaints about adult social care where it conducts investigation in detail
    • Council at fault in consideration of best interests of elderly woman, Ombudsman finds
    • Final report into Care Quality Commission identifies “significant internal failings”
    • Ombudsman criticises housing and adult care teams at council over lack of ‘joined-up’ support for vulnerable homeless man
    • Legal rights charity wins tribunal case demanding Government transparency on determination of adult social care funding
    • Care Quality Commission calls for “substantial intervention” into Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards system
    • More must be done to ensure unpaid carers are “proactively identified” and informed of right to carers’ needs assessment: Public Services Ombudsman for Wales
    • Government to review upper limit on Disabled Facilities Grant after judicial review settled
    • Government reforms to Mental Health Act to include introduction of statutory care and treatment plans and end to “inappropriate detention” of autistic people
    • More than 80% of councils on course to overspend adult social care budgets: ADASS Autumn Survey
    • Costs to councils for providing care and support for working age adults could grow to reach £17bn by end of the decade: CCN
    • NHS Oversight Framework to be updated by next financial year to ensure performance is “properly scrutinised”: Health Secretary
    • Local Government & Social Care Ombudsman calls for more powers to address “accountability gaps”
    • Judge decides woman lacking capacity should remain in placement in England, rather than move to near family in Scotland
    • Report on ‘Right Care, Right Person’ approach shows capacity limitations for health and social care services
    • Court of Protection judge sets out guidance on mental capacity assessments for deaf individuals
    • CIPFA urges Government to break “destructive cycle” of ‘crisis-cash-repeat’ in adult social care
    • Report highlights “stark disparity” in preparation for adulthood provision for young people with and without EHC plan
    • More than 100 organisations call on Government to work with adult social care sector to “mitigate the pressures” on councils, providers and charities
    • County council fails in bid to strike out claim by care homes for £200k in fees
    • Independent commission on social care must deliver “bold and actionable” recommendations: LGA
    • Practice guidance issued on transition of cases from National DOL List to Court of Protection
    • Councils issue warning over impact of rise in national insurance contributions
    • Ombudsman criticises council after finding woman was unable to spend as much time with dying husband after he was moved to “cheaper” care placement
    • London borough secures £82k order over direct payment fraud
    • Care home providers win High Court battle with council over minimal uplift in fees
    • County council defeats High Court challenge to closure of drop-in facilities for adults with mental health difficulties
    • Foreign national offender claimant wins legal challenge against Home Office over accommodation, but fails in parallel claim against council
    • Ombudsman issues guide for local authorities on handling complaints about adult social care
    • Irwin Mitchell bolsters Manchester Court of Protection team with partner hire
    • Senior Court of Protection judge approves adapted checklist for assessing capacity after case highlights different approaches between social workers and clinicians
    • Campaigners threaten legal action over transfer of care homes to private sector
    • Office of the Public Guardian revises guidance on Court of Protection visitors
    • Amendment to Mental Health Bill proposes extending human rights protections to those receiving contracted-out care
    • Court of Protection judge stresses “crucial significance” of issuing proceedings promptly in best interests case
    • High Court rejects claims of “combined duty” on council to operate system that ensures provision of same-sex personal care
    • Local authority adults services need “greater understanding” of local population equality and diversity issues, warns CQC
    • Disabled woman left in “state of neglect” after council took too long to decide what funding it would give her to manage own support needs, Ombudsman finds
    • Care providers threaten legal action over NI contribution increases
    • Croydon woman fractured spine using bed turning aid after council withdrew funding for night-time care, Ombudsman finds
    • High Court lifts automatic suspension in procurement dispute over £46m care and support services contract, refuses expedited trial
    • City council successfully defends adult social care charging policy at Court of Appeal
    • Senior Court of Protection judge rejects application by Scottish local authority for recognition and enforcement of guardianship order made in Scotland
    • Hoarding tenant fails in High Court challenge to grant of possession order in favour of social landlord
    • Council criticised for delay in completing safeguarding investigation which led to adult son being stopped from visiting father “longer than necessary”
    • HMRC to crack down on “tax avoidance” by residential care providers through use of VAT grouping structures
    • New protocol on communications between judges in United Kingdom in cases involving adults who lack capacity published by Judiciary
    • Casey Commission to set out initial plan for national care service by 2026
    • ADASS warns on Government plan to ban social care workers from abroad
  • Adult social services old articles
    • Joined at the hip
    • The Drugs Won’t Work (not in our Court anyway)
    • LGO given power to handle social care complaints
    • Government plans for free personal care come under fire
    • New guide to tackle health inequalities faced by people with disabilities
    • Royal college of social work to give profession a “voice”
    • Rules for Court of Protection set for shake-up
    • Inspectorate calls on Welsh councils to raise their game in social services provision
    • Joint action vital to meet demands of ageing population: report
    • Reforms to Vetting and Barring Scheme planned after Singleton report
    • New fund to provide volunteering boost
    • High Court upholds challenge to Barnet and Portsmouth service changes
    • Surge in use of Independent Mental Capacity Advocate service
    • Senior judge calls for media access to Court of Protection
    • Tories to give councils extra powers and funds to tackle health issues
    • Ombudsman criticises Hammersmith & Fulham over homeless pregnant woman case
    • Ministers to require all areas to have safeguarding adults board
    • Leading the charge
    • LGO attacks Brighton & Hove after "significant failure" in bankruptcy procedure
    • It's time to reform community care law
    • Law Commission launches adult social law consultation
    • Make PCTs accountable to councils - LGA
    • Time for tough love
    • IDeA publishes guide on better procurement of adult social care
    • Home Office releases detailed guidance on Vetting and Barring Scheme
    • In the best interest - part one
    • In the best interest - part two
    • Queen's Speech: Public Health Bill
    • The personal touch
    • In the best interest - part three
    • Lewisham hails joint commissioning deal with local NHS as "significant milestone"
    • Inquiry into Mid-Staffs hospital to put spotlight on organisations with monitoring role
    • Senior judge at Court of Protection admits setbacks since Mental Capacity Act introduced
    • May suspends launch of vetting and barring scheme, pending wholesale review
    • Leading refugee charity goes into administration, blames late payment of legal aid
    • Law Commission to fast-forward review of adult social care law
    • High Court issues key ruling on powers of councils in relation to incapacitated adults and children
    • The FIPs don't work, says leading academic
    • Reports of forced marriages involving male victims rise 65%
    • Social workers – not personal advisers – must prepare pathway plans, says High Court
    • Local authorities handed new responsibilities as NHS overhaul sees PCTs axed
    • LGO publishes review of complaints handling for every council in England
    • Health Secretary unveils adult care funding commission, stressing impact on local government
    • Government consults on healthcare shake-up, proposes statutory partnership boards
    • Health Secretary transfers social care regulation in quango blitz
    • Manchester CC and LSC commission £8.9m advice service
    • NCVO demands level playing field for commissioning
    • Powys merges care director post with health board chief exec role
    • Government to "greatly reduce" social care law, bemoans money wasted on legal proceedings
    • GPs express concern at likely disruption caused by government's healthcare reforms
    • The future of supported living
    • MPs endorse proposed chair of CQC but warn "a number of issues remain"
    • LGO criticises council for failure to take human rights into account over grant application
    • Survey reveals councils increasing charges, tightening eligibility criteria
    • Providing aftercare
    • Suffolk County Council agrees radical plan to divest bulk of services
    • Specialist mental health courts "improve inter-agency working"
    • Put councils at heart of healthcare commissioning, says LGA
    • Up to 1,000 care homes have failed to appoint a registered manager, says CQC
    • Hospital to charge county council for bed-blocking
    • Third sector to be given right to challenge councils over service provision
    • Swindon BC and PCT give initial backing for adult care social enterprse
    • Rural community groups warn councils not to set up competing operations
    • NHS Confederation "deeply worried" at cuts to council care budgets
    • NASS support irrelevant when councils consider accommodation, says Court of Appeal
    • The CSR: by practice area
    • Three London boroughs consider merging "every major service"
    • Government sets terms of reference for vetting and barring review
    • Senior judge issues rare non-molestation order against son of elderly parents
    • Watchdog calls on councils to maintain focus on fraud despite cuts
    • In the interim
    • Quality of SCRs improves but one in six still "inadequate": Ofsted
    • Rationalisation of NHS estate needs to consider wider public sector, says TPP Law
    • Model answers
    • Getting Personal
    • NHS Confederation warns against cost shunting in social care
    • Human rights watchdog to investigate home care legal obligations
    • Judge refuses injunction over public law and mental health legal aid tenders
    • On the level
    • Housing possession cases, child protection and judicial review claims spared legal aid axe
    • Swansea publishes plans to outsource social services
    • Preparing for the Court of Protection
    • Social Work Reform Board proposes single set of standards for social workers
    • LSC breached procurement rules on legal aid tenders, says judge
    • LGO raps Poole BC over risk assessments for walking group
    • Impose statutory duty on authorities to integrate, say barristers
    • NHS reveals surge in Mental Health Act detentions
    • Forcing the issue
    • Release date
    • High Court to hear London Councils grant scheme JR this week
    • Kent care home consultation process referred to Audit Commission by scrutiny committee
    • High Court quashes London Councils plan to cut £10m from grants scheme
    • London Councils says grants budget "still stands" despite JR blow
    • People in criminal justice system to have better access to mental health services
    • The cost of getting it wrong
    • The health of the nation
    • Survey suggests "sea-change" in approach to sharing front line services
    • Manchester legal team survives worst of cutbacks
    • Three London councils pursue combined services in bid to save £35m a year
    • Government announces changes to Vetting and Barring scheme
    • Welsh Assembly Government announces "game changing" overhaul of social care system
    • Ministers consult on making unfair age discrimination in goods and services unlawful
    • More trouble with MEG
    • London Councils launches supplementary consultation on grants scheme
    • Government proposes requiring mediation in disputes over SEN provision
    • The capacity to consent
    • Law Society slams LSC over high security hospital legal aid consultation
    • High Court refuses charity permission to bring JR over Supporting People cuts
    • Taking responsibility
    • Optional extras
    • Law Commission consultation reveals "overwhelming" support for key legal rights
    • Supreme Court hears key case on level of care packages
    • Local authority fined £50k after man dies following council-organised trip
    • Give health and well-being boards more clout, say social services directors
    • Whistleblowing group demands improvements in care sector
    • Open justice
    • Restricting adult care to “critical” cases in breach of Disability Discrimination Act 1995, judge rules
    • Unilateral decision to move woman to supported housing not unlawful, say judges
    • Question time
    • Government must improve legal and fiscal framework for mutuals: report
    • Hammersmith & Fulham and Kensington & Chelsea press ahead with legal integration
    • Law Commission promises "clear and concise" rules for councils in adult care shake-up
    • LGO calls on council to pay £25k after man with mental health problems bankrupted
    • ICO warns councils over security of social services data after Somerset breach
    • Requirement to have safeguarding adults board to be mandatory, says minister
    • Four police officers face misconduct meeting after IPCC Pilkington investigation
    • Making adult care law fit for the future
    • Ombudsman criticises City of London for failing to fund respite care for a woman with dementia
    • The burden of proof
    • Local authorities could have to take over care home companies, claims UNISON
    • MPs slam government approach to localism as "inconsistent and incoherent"
    • ICO hits Surrey County Council with record penalty for data protection breach
    • NHS Future Forum calls for beefed-up powers for health and wellbeing boards
    • Surrey accepts record ICO penalty but suggests money could be "better spent"
    • Lansley accepts core recommendations from NHS Future Forum
    • Listen up
    • LGO raps Bromley for "extraordinary" delays in reviewing care for elderly man
    • Home care problems leading to breaches of older people's human rights: EHRC
    • Misconduct by council employees in DoL case "seriously impeded" court process, says judge
    • Lessons in law
    • The consultation process
    • Report slams council and NHS trust after man left to live in "unacceptable" conditions
    • Proposed change in care package for disabled woman not unlawful, rules Supreme Court
    • Playing safe
    • War of words
    • Winterbourne View provider failed ten standards required by law, says CQC
    • Representation of the people
    • High Court hears challenge to local authority adult care cuts
    • On your guard
    • NHS Trust loses appeal over TUPE in case where care home residents rehoused
    • Round the clock care
    • Judiciary backs joint publication on media access and reporting in family courts
    • Strained relations
    • MoJ consults on appointing more non-lawyer deputies
    • Judge grants writ of habeas corpus over unlawful detention in mental hospital
    • Four authorities to trial social impact bonds
    • Making the right decision
    • Legal challenges to social care policies soared by 45% in 2010/11, says survey
    • Pickles issues statutory guidance on best value and funding decisions
    • Privacy matters
    • Isle of Wight becomes latest council to face JR over changes to adult care eligibility
    • Watchdogs publish guidance for care inspectors on equality and human rights
    • Unitary succeeds in getting leases entered into by districts declared void, but fails to recoup rents paid
    • Local authority faces second JR after retaking decision setting care home fees
    • Maintaining treatment
    • Pickles unveils "whole place" and neighbourhood-level Community Budget pilots
    • Patient remains detained as Mental Health Tribunal publishes ruling for the first time
    • Manchester successfully defends JR over £39m adult care cuts
    • MEPs call for procurement law reform to boost social benefits, help SMEs
    • LGO calls on council to pay £5k for wrongly refusing disabled facilities grant
    • Section 17 leave and CTOs
  • Adult care webinars
• Child Protection
  • Children Protection Features
    • Councils Face Fostering Legal Risks
    • Childrens Social Services Archive
    • Joined at the hip
    • On your guard
    • On your guard
    • Academies set their own school rules
    • Room for one more?
    • The Peter Principle
    • Excluding the parents
    • The Drugs Won’t Work (not in our Court anyway)
    • Children in need
    • Leap of faith
    • Media scrum
    • Department of Health publishes new guidance on children and domestic violence
    • DCSF releases consultation on new Children's Trusts arrangements
    • Media to be given greater access to family courts
    • Industrial action looms at Cafcass as child care applications soar
    • Royal college of social work to give profession a “voice”
    • MPs call on councils to act as children held “too long” in immigration detention centres
    • Balls threatens sanctions over struggling primaries
    • Government clarifies registration position of unpaid childminders
    • Inspectorate calls on Welsh councils to raise their game in social services provision
    • High Court judge slams councils in funding dispute over sick child
    • State schools admission schemes "complex and discriminatory" says report
    • Schools face new duty to report bullying to councils
    • Admissions code to be revised on primary school starting age
    • Government issues draft guidance for councils on Sure Start children’s centres
    • Local authorities too quick to bring care proceedings says NAPO leader as CAFCASS strike ballot looms
    • Reforms to Vetting and Barring Scheme planned after Singleton report
    • Cafcass and union agree to talks in bid to head off industrial action
    • Fact-finding, placing for adoption and other issues – a case review 2009
    • Meeting the childcare recruitment challenge
    • Does BSF have a future?
    • Supreme Court blow for Jewish school's admission policy
    • LGO to investigate individual complaints by parents and pupils over school “injustices”
    • Greater scrutiny of local authority decision-making after report into education of children with SEN and disability
    • MPs call for halt to home schooling registration scheme
    • Education business partnership services face taut funding criteria
    • Roman Catholic school admission policy ruled unlawful
    • Businesses demand tougher approach to school closures in bad weather
    • MPs fire warning shot over Ofsted expansion and impact on schools and local authorities
    • Use it or lose it, says schools minister
    • Children as young as nine have been the subject of forced marriage protection orders
    • Government begins consultation on pupil and parent guarantees
    • School governors to take pupils' views into account - DSCF
    • Charity Commission slams plans to grant 'exempt charity' status to academies
    • The appeal of academies
    • Perpetrators, anticipatory rulings and other issues: 2009 in review
    • Rising to the challenge
    • Ofsted slams Cafcass in Greater London as "inadequate"
    • Teaching and childcare employment agencies warned on legal breaches
    • LGA demands review of care system funding as cases soar
    • Ministers launch wide-ranging review of family justice system
    • Half of children in care with SEN lack statutory statements
    • Media show little interest in family cases but MoJ forges ahead with liberalisation
    • Child or not? The future of age disputes
    • English Heritage issues guidance on saving historic school buildings
    • Guardians warn Cafcass attempts to tackle backlogs pose new risks to children
    • EHRC criticises cancellation of school trip over disabled child
    • Court of Appeal says employees may sometimes have right to legal representation at internal disciplinary hearings
    • Children’s Centres and Children’s Trusts to be main delivers of CAMHS
    • LGO finds selective grammar guilty of maladministration over handling of appeal
    • Conservatives to give Schools Secretary power to overrule councils over new schools: report
    • DCSF issues "myth buster" advice on vetting and barring
    • Schools failing to comply with legal obligation to manage asbestos, say asbestos testers
    • Government consults on requiring councils to provide short breaks for carers of disabled children
    • Wirral MBC succeeds on limitation in alleged historical child abuse case
    • Schools Secretary calls for applications for accredited schools provider and group status
    • Union and Cafcass renew war of words over workloads, head office costs
    • Research reveals substantial amount of private fostering goes on without local authorities knowing
    • ECJ rules on right of residence of parent caring for child of migrant worker
    • Government launches chain schools system and extends scheme to primary schools
    • General Teaching Council acts over failure of local authorities to refer cases of teacher incompetence
    • Ofsted launches consultation on new private fostering inspection regime
    • Nagalro disputes Cafcass's claims on waiting list figures
    • Opposition to family court media access mounts
    • Private fostering is more than a safeguarding issue
    • MoJ to hold regional conferences in bid to reduce delays in care proceedings
    • Partnership for Schools claims local authority backing for approach to BSF programme
    • Supreme Court removes presumption against calling children to give live evidence in family proceedings
    • Permanently excluded pupil does not have ECHR right to fair trial: Court of Appeal
    • Local Government Ombudsman launches new schools complaints service
    • Number of failing schools doubles under new OFSTED regime
    • Catholic adoption agency takes appeal against implementing gay equality law to High Court
    • By any means necessary
    • Family orders and removing children from the UK
    • Time for tough love
    • LGA warns that Laming recommendation on referrals could "overload" social work teams
    • Ofsted defends school failure rate as official inspection figures show doubling of inadequate schools
    • Legal experts "not used appropriately" in child protection conferences in British 'Fritzl' case: report
    • Chief Schools Adjudicator calls for random testing of school applications
    • Ofsted to require social care inspectors to have social care qualifications
    • MoJ accepts need to abolish court fees in care proceedings
    • Academies: Overcoming the Hurdles
    • Catholic adoption agency wins appeal against implementing gay equality law
    • Schools' use of CCTV “breaks data protection laws” claims new research
    • Home Office releases detailed guidance on Vetting and Barring Scheme
    • Ministry of Justice outlines PLO streamlining measures
    • Tackling truancy by targeting parents
    • Seen but not heard
    • Social worker groups slam MOJ cuts to court fees for experts
    • Ministry of Justice sets out plan to reduce delays in care and supervision proceedings
    • Schools adjudicator rules Islamic school entry criteria “unlawful” for bias against Shias
    • Government consults on statutory guidance for local authority child poverty duties
    • Local Government Ombudsman criticises Liverpool City Council over asylum-seeker age assessment
    • Children's Secretary turns down plans for new parent-promoted school
    • Age assessments and stroppy teenagers
    • Government drops key parts of Children, Schools and Families Bill following Tory opposition.
    • House of Lords clears way for further media access to family courts
    • Election Watch: Labour and Conservatives outline public sector plans
    • Use ballots in selection of school places, says Sutton Trust
    • Local Government Ombudsman finds school admission appeals process flawed
    • NSPCC attacks quality of serious case reviews
    • Public Services Ombudsman for Wales raps county council over child protection shortcomings
    • Social worker anger over top family judge's scathing attack
    • Research reveals dramatic rise in emergency protection orders and interim care orders
    • NSPCC launches online safeguarding tool for school
    • Convictions of parents over children's truancy shows rapid rise: report
    • Due process
    • Ombudsman raps Barnet over failure to provide adequate education for excluded girl
    • Shoesmith considers appeal after High Court blow
    • Schools Secretary urges schools to suspend primary school heads that refuse to run SATs
    • Independent social workers slam "draconian" cuts to court fees
    • Teachers demand end to constant stream of initiatives from Whitehall
    • Councils to raise awareness of legal position of child employment
    • Looking out for looked-after children
    • High Court orders Kent CC to pay grandmother same rate as foster carer to look after child
    • Education Secretary vows to introduce academy-style reforms for all schools
    • Academic claims difficulty putting children into care could explain rise in cases of serious violence
    • March 2010 sees record number of care applications
    • Two 'Baby Peter' social workers charged with misconduct by the General Social Care Council
    • Bradford parents aim to run first "free school"
    • Welsh Assembly committee warns councils not to base decisions in relation to looked after children on cost
    • Queen's Speech: Academies Bill
    • Councils must have scrutiny role over schools, says LGA chairman
    • Teacher cleared by General Teaching Council of racial intolerance
    • Education Secretary seeks to reassure councils over academy plans
    • 'Outstanding' schools to be exempted from inspections
    • Government announces abolition of the General Teaching Council for England
    • LGO calls on Isle of Wight to review procedures for meeting SEN statements
    • Assessing damages in historical abuse claims
    • Gove orders "fundamental" review of children's social work and frontline child protection practice
    • Appeals over admission to primary school rise by 17%
    • May suspends launch of vetting and barring scheme, pending wholesale review
    • A new future for education
    • Where now for BSF?
    • Charity Commission clears Islamic charity that runs schools of having links to Hizb-ut-Tahrir
    • Catholic Church tells schools it would be "unwise" to pursue academy status
    • Firing the gun on free schools
    • High Court judge orders council to pay £100k over care proceedings
    • The Voice of the Child
    • Preparing for academies and free schools
    • Grammar schools association warns of "covert dangers" of academy status
    • High Court issues key ruling on powers of councils in relation to incapacitated adults and children
    • Cardiff Council calls on public bodies not to discriminate against separated parents
    • London councils plan first ever merger of education services
    • Manchester City Council settles second set of historic child abuse claims
    • Statement on BSF imminent, says senior minister
    • Family Justice Review Panel issues call for evidence
    • Reports of forced marriages involving male victims rise 65%
    • Schools given new guidance over powers in relation to pupil discipline
    • Haringey pays out after libelling social worker in Baby P case
    • Gove freezes BSF programme, cancels 700+ school rebuilding projects
    • Court of Appeal rejects damages claim over use of emergency child protection powers
    • Leading judge slams Straw reforms to transparency in family courts
    • Communities Secretary urges greater provision of services across local authority boundaries
    • Life after BSF
    • Government apologises for errors on list of cancelled BSF projects
    • When the music stops
    • ICO slaps down three councils over "poor regard" for safety of children's data
    • Social workers – not personal advisers – must prepare pathway plans, says High Court
    • Gove launches "wide-ranging" review of Children's Commissoner role
    • Local authorities handed new responsibilities as NHS overhaul sees PCTs axed
    • Councils count cost of BSF cancellation, Nottingham considers legal action
    • The Academies Bill – The Finer Details
    • The supporting act
    • LCJ criticises powers for council officers to enter homes, questions adversarial system in children cases
    • Supreme Court rejects damages claim in special needs right to education case
    • LGO publishes review of complaints handling for every council in England
    • Government consults on healthcare shake-up, proposes statutory partnership boards
    • Disabled girl sues Oxfordshire County Council for £4m over compensation delay
    • Gove to remove requirement for councils to set up Children's Trust Boards
    • Health Secretary transfers social care regulation in quango blitz
    • Department for Education unveils pupil premium and school funding plans
    • Communities Secretary sets out planning principles for free school sites
    • Cafcass reveals 33% jump in public law cases
    • The rights and wrongs of suspension
    • Housing and planning lead list of complaints to LGO
    • Failure to resolve known management issues hampered Cafcass response to rise in cases: NAO
    • Alliance calls for alternatives to Cafcass to be explored
    • Local authority loses school catchment surveillance case
    • An Education
    • Oxfordshire fends off £4m compensation claim
    • Charity calls on MoJ to introduce time limits and fast track for care cases
    • Cabinet Office unveils 12 pathfinder mutuals ahead of public sector spin-outs
    • Audit Commission disbanded after "losing its way"
    • Welsh council faces year-long wait to close school with no pupils
    • Law Society demands halt to family legal aid contracts tender
    • Judicial Appointments Commission seeks family law and crime volunteers to help with quality assurance tests
    • Duties of care
    • Ombudsman criticises Gloucestershire Council over education for boy with special needs
    • Ofsted issues warning to councils on identifying and tracking children missing from education
    • Catholic adoption agency loses battle to exclude homosexual prospective parents
    • Welsh education secretary announces consultation into school closure procedures as two more pupil-less schools come to light
    • Law Society begins legal action over family legal aid tender
    • Care Quality Commission and EHRC consult on new human rights guidance
    • Lessons from the Academies Act
    • What to do with home education?
    • Children's Minister warns councils over excessive restrictions on foster carers
    • Shoesmith granted leave to appeal in JR against Haringey and Secretary of State
    • A question of entitlement
    • Manchester CC and LSC commission £8.9m advice service
    • NCVO demands level playing field for commissioning
    • Gove names 16 free school proposals to reach business case stage
    • NAO hails academy performance, but warns of risks of rapid expansion
    • Poor regulation of private fostering "leaves hundreds open to abuse": BBC
    • Union slams revised code of practice for teachers in Wales
    • Schools should not be only bodies legally responsible for SEN outcomes: Ofsted
    • LGO takes council to task over school transport refusal
    • Enable councils to work in partnership with third sector, say charity finance chiefs
    • LGA says £15bn needed to make classrooms safe, calls for pooled budgets
    • Suffolk County Council agrees radical plan to divest bulk of services
    • Key quangos on leaked government list of 177 bodies identified for abolition; further 124 'under review'
    • Government departments at loggerheads over free schools planning permission
    • Coventry named as council ordered to pay £100k over withdrawn care proceedings
    • A very sorry tale
    • High Court rules family legal aid tender unlawful
    • Three councils launch judicial reviews of cancellation of BSF programme
    • Social workers forced to focus too much on compliance, says Munro review
    • Sandwell becomes fourth council to take legal action over axed BSF projects
    • Cafcass and President of Family Division sign agreement on reducing backlogs
    • Put councils at heart of healthcare commissioning, says LGA
    • Thrust into the spotlight
    • Ministers delay reforms covering media access to family courts
    • HSE issues enforcement notices against 10 councils over school asbestos
    • Know the limitations
    • Councils handed extra responsibilities in quango shake-up
    • Third sector to be given right to challenge councils over service provision
    • Scottish Government says creation of shared services is urgently needed
    • Swindon BC and PCT give initial backing for adult care social enterprse
    • Rural community groups warn councils not to set up competing operations
    • Will free schools be free from planning control?
    • NASS support irrelevant when councils consider accommodation, says Court of Appeal
    • The CSR: by practice area
    • MoJ withdraws plans to abolish fees paid by councils in care proceedings
    • Three London boroughs consider merging "every major service"
    • Government sets terms of reference for vetting and barring review
    • BASW attacks Social Work Reform Board over family justice review submission
    • Legal Services Commission rules out appeal over High Court legal aid ruling
    • Throwing his weight around
    • A New Frontier
    • Quality of SCRs improves but one in six still "inadequate": Ofsted
    • Welsh Assembly gives teachers new powers to search pupils for knives
    • Schools adjudicator warns against over-simplification of admissions code
    • Child protection reforms "more urgent than ever", says LGA
    • Lambeth fails to get libel claim thrown out
    • Annual assessment of adult care scrapped, says CQC
    • Education Secretary "ready to use" power to make academy order
    • Shoesmith legal action costs Ofsted and Department for Education close to £500k
    • Cafcass fights back as MPs condemn it as "not fit for purpose"
    • White Paper to propose national funding formula for schools: report
    • Housing possession cases, child protection and judicial review claims spared legal aid axe
    • Judge urges caution over use of 'hair test' for alcohol abuse
    • Automatic for the people
    • ICO raps Stoke for placing sensitive information on children "at unnecessary risk"
    • Ofsted fires warning over quality of safeguarding services
    • ICO hits Hertfordshire with £100k penalty after childcare litigation data breaches
    • Schools White Paper promises councils strategic role as parent champions
    • A history of violence
    • Councils "in the driving seat" to secure public health improvements, says Lansley
    • Judge grants permission for BSF judicial review hearing
    • Shoesmith warns of pressures on child protection system from soaring referrals
    • Number of councils awarded "excellent" rating for children's services doubles
    • Minister reveals plans to scrap Ofsted annual rating of children's services
    • Legal aid cuts could see children removed from unrepresented parents: FLBA
    • Taking care
    • The school gate
    • Social Work Reform Board proposes single set of standards for social workers
    • Burstow issues statutory guidance on autism for councils and NHS bodies
    • Council and school deny dinner lady won unfair dismissal case
    • Impose statutory duty on authorities to integrate, say barristers
    • Forcing the issue
    • London Councils slam school planning permission change
    • Addressing the right to education
    • Claimant must show age if asserting council owes duty, rules judge
    • Barnardo's chief attacks "inordinate" length of adoption proceedings
    • Welsh measure to embed UN convention on rights of child in decision making
    • High Court to hear London Councils grant scheme JR this week
    • Care arrangements and deprivations of liberty
    • Council must pay £50k+ costs of grandparents cleared by fact-finding enquiry
    • Education Secretary to net intervention powers over under-performing schools
    • High Court quashes London Councils plan to cut £10m from grants scheme
    • Munro criticises 'tickbox' child protection regime, but recommends retention of inspections
    • Ombudsman urges DfE to clarify school admissions appeals code
    • London Councils says grants budget "still stands" despite JR blow
    • People in criminal justice system to have better access to mental health services
    • Court of Appeal sets out test for permission to appeal age assessments
    • Councils must learn lessons of Camden school transport case: LGO
    • Manchester legal team survives worst of cutbacks
    • Three London councils pursue combined services in bid to save £35m a year
    • Best interests at heart
    • Councils win BSF judicial review over failure to consult, discharge equality duties
    • Government announces changes to Vetting and Barring scheme
    • Children in care have little faith in courts, says Children's Rights Director
    • Comparative analysis
    • Welsh Assembly Government announces "game changing" overhaul of social care system
    • National Secular Society claims Government is breaking the law by increasing religious discrimination in academy schools
    • Unannounced inspections key to new children's home regime, says Ofsted
    • New adoption guidelines to outlaw discrimination on basis of parents' race and age
    • Parental responsibility and schools
    • Schools Adjudicator warns of growing input of lawyers in admissions disputes
    • CoA quashes decision to terminate teenager's looked after child status
    • Gove launches consultation with six councils behind BSF judicial review
    • Fostering and faith
    • The Education Bill – An Overview
    • Childline urges councils to provide adults to speak up for looked after children
    • Child poverty charity brings legal challenge over housing benefit cuts
    • Ancient laws could see councils lose funds from land sales, warns DTZ
    • Supreme Court rejects local authority appeal in school asbestos case
    • What’s my age again?
    • The Umpire Strikes Back?
    • Government proposes requiring mediation in disputes over SEN provision
    • Council failed to provide safe system of work when teacher assaulted: CoA
    • Part of the mainstream
    • Minister launches charter for foster carers, streamlines regulations
    • Council hit by setback in bid to get Supreme Court to look again at uncertain perpetrators
    • Exceptional circumstances
    • Shoesmith fight opens in Court of Appeal
    • Material considerations
    • Panel recommends radical reforms to “shocking” family justice system
    • Department for Education revamps guidance on tackling bad behaviour
    • Give health and well-being boards more clout, say social services directors
    • Courting opinion
    • Staking a claim
    • Ministers widen eligibility for academy status as numbers surge
    • James Review slams system for capital investment in schools
    • March 2011 sees all-time record in care applications
    • Tackling trafficking
    • MPs call for Ofsted to be split in two
    • Child protection lawyer named Local Government Young Solicitor of the Year
    • Ofsted report on SCRs stresses importance of listening to voice of child
    • Blackburn with Darwen faces legal action over cuts to short breaks
    • Paying the price of failure
    • NSPCC child abuse claims rise 37% in one year
    • Exempt some public services from EU procurement rules, says NAVCA
    • Fostering responsibilities
    • Paying more than LIP service
    • Hammersmith & Fulham and Kensington & Chelsea press ahead with legal integration
    • Barnardo's expresses concern over use of direction power to tackle ASB
    • Senior judge slams lack of co-ordination between housing and children's services teams
    • Scrap "unhelpful" assessment timescales, says Munro child protection review
    • Impose duty on services to co-ordinate early offers of help, says child protection review
    • Room for Improvement
    • ICO warns councils over security of social services data after Somerset breach
    • Six more councils join JR claim over academies funding transfer
    • Family Drug and Alcohol Court sees fewer children go into care: report
    • Schools to be able to remove poor teachers more quickly, vows DfE
    • Government relaxes employment restrictions on teachers from abroad
    • London Councils criticises proposed national funding formula for schools
    • Children's Directors warn of accountability deficit as councils merge management roles
    • LGO tells primary school to review its admissions arrangements appeal procedure
    • CEOP to co-ordinate national missing children hunts
    • Health Bill will weaken accountability for child protection, paediatricians warn
    • Government publishes new schools admissions and appeals codes
    • NHS to take charge of health services in secure children's homes
    • ICO demands undertakings from children's charities after data breach
    • Children’s Commissioner for Wales uses powers to review child advocacy provision
    • Family Justice Review Panel seeks children's views on reform
    • Ofsted consults on tougher inspection regime for adoption and fostering agencies
    • MPs slam government approach to localism as "inconsistent and incoherent"
    • ICO hits Surrey County Council with record penalty for data protection breach
    • The taint of unfairness
    • Partnership for Schools to be wound down in April 2012, says Education Secretary
    • Surrey accepts record ICO penalty but suggests money could be "better spent"
    • Lansley accepts core recommendations from NHS Future Forum
    • Education Secretary agrees to review academies funding transfer
    • The Sun agrees payout to Baby P social worker after wrongly accusing her of negligence
    • Councils should pay share of child protection expert witness costs: CISWA
    • Government publishes New Burdens Doctrine guidance for first time
    • Clarke stays tough on legal aid cuts, save for concessions on SEN and domestic violence
    • Hey, teacher! Leave those cornrows alone
    • Government applies to Supreme Court for permission to appeal Shoesmith ruling
    • LGO criticises two councils over handling of allegations against children of foster carer
    • Lack of legal representation at disciplinary hearing did not breach teacher's rights: Supreme Court
    • Deputy Prime Minister unveils major rollout of community budgets
    • Age of Reason
    • Council guilty of maladministration over "eccentric" school admission appeals panel
    • Government announces extension of data transparency to schools, transport, health and criminal justice
    • Council slammed for "serious and extensive" failures in provision for children with SEN
    • Teachers to be able to use reasonable force to remove disruptive pupils: DfE
    • Government promises "radical reduction" in regulation of child protection work
    • Complaints to Local Government Ombudsman rocket by 20%+ in 2010/11
    • Plans to fold Cafcass into Family Justice Service "do not go far enough": MPs
    • Education Secretary set to refuse funding for BSF projects that were subject to JR
    • Slippery slope
    • Representation of the people
    • On your guard
    • Ofsted targets unannounced inspections of child protection services
    • Managing challenging behaviour
    • Upper reaches
    • Council accuses Education Secretary of failure to comply with BSF court ruling
    • Equalities watchdog launches online human rights resource for public sector
    • Supreme Court refuses Education Secretary and Haringey permission to appeal in Shoesmith case
    • Judiciary backs joint publication on media access and reporting in family courts
    • Care workers, volunteers and childminders do not need minicab licence: DfT
    • A tale of two strike outs
    • Harassment by third parties
    • Care applications reach record levels for May to July
    • School breaches Data Protection Act after details put at risk in hacking
    • LGO hits out at council over failings that left children at risk of violence
    • Welsh council slammed for "failure to deliver basic duties" in child protection
    • Planning statement introduces presumption in favour of development of free schools
    • National charity launches legal action over cuts to support for deaf children
    • High Court orders council to halt cuts to educational support for deaf children
    • Four authorities to trial social impact bonds
    • Senior judge takes rare step of naming parents and council in care proceedings
    • UK system better at thwarting adoptions than achieving them, says govt adviser
    • Scottish public body escapes fine after twice losing sensitive papers on young people
    • Legal challenges to social care policies soared by 45% in 2010/11, says survey
    • Pickles issues statutory guidance on best value and funding decisions
    • Council agrees to reconsider cuts to support for deaf children after legal action
    • Privacy matters
    • Local authorities enthusiastic about Family Courts Information Pilot, review finds
    • Judge grants permission to seek JR over closure of centre for autistic children
    • Judge orders release of woman found in contempt for breaching reporting restrictions
    • Seclusion and residential special schools
    • Council gets lawyers involved as row over use of private emails by minister and advisers widens
    • Tackling the bullies
    • Number of looked-after children at highest level in almost 25 years
    • LGO hits out at councils over duties where child not in school full time
    • LGO criticises top grammar school for "seriously flawed" admissions appeals
    • Discretionary trust
    • Free school plans held up as council accused of failing to meet equalities duties
    • Authorities can continue to make PFI payments after academy conversion, says QC
    • LGO warns over councils failing to work together after boy loses year of education
    • Take adoption services role away from councils, says top paediatrician
    • Pickles unveils "whole place" and neighbourhood-level Community Budget pilots
    • Education authority defeats claim of non-delegable duty of care "in loco parentis" over swimming lesson accident
    • NAO warns on cuts to local authority monitoring as school deficits rise
    • District Judge Crichton wins award for outstanding contribution to family law
    • Birmingham to procure £800k framework for adult and children law advice
    • Government to "name and shame" authorities over adoption placement performance
    • Unitary ordered to pay £320k for failings of predecessor authority in abuse case
    • Academies and the public sector equality duty
    • Government bids to clear up confusion over PFI contracts and academies
    • Failing authorities could see adoption services taken over, warns PM
    • Family Justice Review urges ministers to legislate for six-month time limit in care cases
    • Mr Justice Ryder appointed to key modernisation role after Family Justice Review
    • Leading child protection lawyer gives initial backing to six-month deadline
    • LGO issues wake-up call to councils over school admission appeals
    • Ministers consult on regulations for transfer of local authority land to academies
    • Court of Appeal finds for grandmother in foster care payments ruling
    • Education Bill wins Royal Assent - most provisions to come in within 2 months
    • A source of support
    • Safeguarding at some councils “not good enough”, says Chief Inspector
    • Just 1 in 20 local authority data loss incidents reported to ICO, says report
    • Minister urges action on child sexual exploitation, slams local area failures
    • LGO tells council to pay out £12k after "seriously flawed" child protection investigation
    • Local authority wins appeal over maintaining SEN statements after 19
    • To be or not to be … a looked after child
    • Campaigners hail "significant rethink" by council in children's home closure battle
    • The Autumn Statement: by practice area
    • Senior judge outlines opposition to creation of Family Justice Service
    • ICO slaps record fine on Welsh council for data breaches
    • Academic initiative
    • Government consults on making forced marriage a criminal offence
    • New Ofsted head calls for new network of education commissioners
    • Family Justice Council issues guidance on children giving evidence
    • Local authority mulls setting up of first grammar school in 50 years
    • County council faces £100k bill after three separate health and safety incidents
    • A learning curve
    • Mr Justice Ryder sets "challenging" timetable for modernisation of family justice
    • MoJ 3Q court data shows 28% rise in children involved in public law applications
    • Welsh Govt consults on practitioner guidance for new Child Practice Review framework
    • ICO hits council with record fine after series of data breaches in children's services
    • Ofsted plans no-notice, unannounced inspections of child protection services from May
    • Raising standards
    • Ministers to bring in six-month timetable for care cases "as soon as reasonably practicable"
    • Speeding up care cases won't be achieved just by setting deadlines: Law Society
    • An age-old question
    • Duties in loco parentis
    • Local authorities make record number of care applications for single month
    • ICO fines reach £1m in a year as two more councils breach data protection laws
    • Essex to become first local authority to use social impact bonds
    • LGA warns councils and housing associations on equalities laws compliance
    • Public sector over-paying for equity investment in PFI, says spending watchdog
    • Social enterprise run by ex-council staff launches JR over axing of grant after just six months
    • The changing face of school admissions
    • Council in u-turn over axing of grant for social enterprise run by ex-staff
    • Ofsted sets 12-month deadline for adoption placements in new inspection framework
    • Official Solicitor clarifies remarks on reaching limit of resources for CoP cases
    • Vicarious liability and a fair trial
    • Equalities watchdog calls on public authorities to improve human rights record
    • Watchdog orders DfE to disclose Gove email details or serve valid refusal notice
    • Research claims 20% of psychologist expert witnesses in family courts "inadequately qualified"
    • A new battle ground?
    • Children's Commissioner inquiry finds "clear evidence" of illegal exclusions at schools
    • LGO renews attack on grammar school over admissions appeals
    • Parent threatens Gove with legal action over removal of governing body
    • LGO criticises faith school over handling of admissions appeal
    • Ministers unveil measures for "significant shift" in power to neighbourhood level
    • Schools and foreign expeditions
    • Length of court cases mainly to blame for delays in adoption, says Ofsted report
    • Top judge reports rise in cases where dangerous parents flee country to avoid social services
    • Ministers unveil plans to tackle inequalities faced by Gypsies and Travellers
    • Number of care applications breaks 10,000 for the first time
    • London borough faces judicial review threat over plans for new Catholic schools
    • New system to track all public law children cases over 26-week deadline
    • LGO tells council to review procedures after boy misses out on education
    • Department for Education issues regulations for revised regime on school exclusion appeals
    • The Case For Change
    • Council faces judicial review over 70%+ cuts to youth services
    • Court of Appeal judge questions approach to age assessment disputes
    • NSPCC calls for new guidance on returning children home from care
    • Failing to assess SEN
    • London borough rapped over failure to act as 'corporate parent' of disabled girl
    • Queen's Speech heralds major changes in care cases, local audit and pensions
    • Education bodies join forces to launch £100m legal services procurement
    • Numbers game
    • Care applications: another month, another record
    • EHRC unable to establish if ministers met equality duty in 2010 spending review
    • Council fined £70k after social work paper records stolen from home of employee
    • Judicial review, settlement and costs
    • Exclusion zone
    • Personal budgets and mediation part of “biggest reform of SEN for 30 years”
    • Essex County Council wins equalities battle with Department for Education over cuts to nursery funding
    • Freedom from council was key driver for academy conversion, say heads
    • Suspended animation
    • Call for independent reviewing officers to be protected in disputes with councils
    • Accelerate pace of reform to child protection system, urges Munro
    • Battle over admission of child with SEN to academies heads for Upper Tribunal
    • Local authorities improving timing of care applications, say guardians
    • Ministers promise clearer role for councils in child performance rules shake-up
    • Minister promises early rule changes on expert witnesses in family courts
    • Fear of impact on whistleblowing as Baby P social workers lose appeal
    • Council pays out £13k after failing epileptic mother over care and housing
    • Coming to an accommodation
    • Dealer's choice
    • Council challenges Education Secretary over "forced" academy conversion
    • Mission impossible?
    • Government to make forced marriage a criminal offence
    • All upper-tier authorities sign up to 'troubled families' programme
    • May plans Commons motion to guide judges on deportations
    • DfE to consult on reduced guidance for child protection professionals
    • Kent demands law to ensure councils place children closer to home
    • May 2012 saw record number of care applications for single month: Cafcass
    • Mental Health Alliance warns councils over new responsibilities
    • President of Family Division to chair board overseeing modernisation reforms
    • Lambeth withdraws 'children in need' eligibility criteria after JR challenge
    • Judge urges review of cases where children under unsuccessful freeing orders
    • Council wins judicial review against DCLG over PFI payment changes
    • Ministers commission report on tougher rules on out of borough care
    • Supreme Court to consider extent of 'non-delegable' duty owed by councils
    • Multi-agency arrangements for child protection to face no-notice inspections
    • Zambrano carers and their eligibility - a provisional solution
    • Education and children's services now no. 1 source of complaints to LGO
    • Council fends off JR over cuts to youth services
    • Age assessment still an issue despite Supreme Court ruling: Commissioner
    • SEN and academies: the Upper Tribunal has its say
    • Supreme Court to rule on costs orders against councils in care proceedings
    • Campaigners launch JR over conversion of primary school to academy
    • Supreme Court upholds general practice on costs awards in care cases
    • High Court quashes decision by council not to register land as village green
    • Schools, sport and injuries
    • Birmingham names six firms for adults and childrens services legal work
    • Ryder report vows "consistent but firm" approach in public law children cases
    • A knotty problem
    • LGO raps council over restrictions on care at expense of direct payments
    • Councils slammed after 16-year-old forced to live in tent for nine months
    • Second Family Drug and Alcohol Court gets green light
    • High Court judge rejects bid to halt academy conversion
    • LGO tells council to pay £20k to mother of autistic children after care failings
    • Abuse in care cases and withdrawal of legal aid
    • Ombudsman raps council over SEN statement delay
    • Directors of Children's Services fear shift in tone in guidance on safeguarding
    • Teachers in legal action after being left in limbo when free school opened
    • Government issues draft legislation on SEN support
    • Ministers publish draft legislation for family justice reforms
    • SOLACE latest to express concern over revised safeguarding guidance
    • LGA takes Ofqual to task in grade boundaries row
    • Gove backs down over forced academy conversion after council brings JR
    • Group of 75 former pupils sue council over alleged abuse at special school
    • Capacity to consent and adoption
    • Government consults on speeding up adoption and fostering process
    • Councils join alliance in pre-action letter over GCSE grade boundaries row
    • Row over access to prayer facilities at school resolved amid JR threat
    • North East council to set up childcare barristers framework agreement
    • Admit one?
    • Number of looked after children rose again in 2011/12: DfE
    • Agencies to face legal action over Rochdale abuse case, says claimant lawyer
    • President of Family Division to retire on ill-health grounds
    • Council and NHS trust face legal action over outsourcing of children's services
    • Tackling finance leases
    • ICO issues first fine against a charity for data breach
    • Charity hits out at ICO fine for data breach and reserves right to appeal
    • Local authorities and international adoptions
    • To disclose or not to disclose
    • Council agrees to £7,000 payout after delays in issuing SEN statement
    • London councils demand power to intervene in academies and free schools
    • Judge says Virgin Care award did not comply with law but refuses to halt process
    • Legal team data breach sees council hit with £120,000 fine by ICO
    • London care proceedings pilot claims dramatic reduction in case duration
    • Boost to child protection co-operation as UK brings Hague Convention into force
    • Welsh Government imposes new duty on local authorities over children’s play
    • Adoption charity cannot change constitution to exclude gay couples as parents
    • Priority booking
    • Establishment figure
    • Case on disclosure of identity of accuser to parties in contact proceedings heads to Supreme Court
    • Court of Appeal in landmark ruling on Zambrano rights and social welfare
    • PM unveils plan to force further 400 primary schools to convert to academies
    • Law Society demands clear guidelines on 26-week limit for care proceedings
    • Expert advice
    • Back to school on data protection
    • HSE warns councils after Essex told to pay £30k+ over swimming pool case
    • Education Secretary calls for more children to be taken into care
    • Council defeats High Court action over plans for new Catholic schools
    • LGO raps council for withdrawing support to girl with mental health difficulties
    • Residential placement: the Upper Tribunal strikes again
    • Council to pay out after Year 10 children miss six months education
    • ICO fines council £60k after details of child neglect case given to wrong person
    • Council vows to be transparent over UKIP fostering case
    • Setting up social impact bonds
    • Coroners inquests and Article 2
    • Admission authorities must do more to comply with code: Chief Schools Adjudicator
    • Remedial action and freak accidents
    • Zambrano carers – so near and yet so far
    • LGO accuses council of breaching the law after boy goes without education
    • Ministers vow to cut hospital placements for people with learning disabilities
    • Are we missing a trick?
    • Supreme Ct orders disclosure of identity of accuser in contact proceedings case
    • Family intervention cuts anti-social behavour by more than half: report
    • ICO berates local government after fining councils £250k+ for data breaches
    • Redaction, anonymisation and child protection
    • Council faces judicial review over maximum expenditure policy for care
    • Khyra Ishaq estate and family members to sue Birmingham
    • Establishing new faith schools
    • DfE consults as councils take on new responsibilities for children on remand
    • Reporting restriction orders and care proceedings
    • Disclosure of social work records and litigation
    • Equalities: due regard duly paid
    • Law Society broadens practice note on local authority Children Act meetings
    • Claimant wins permission to take youth cuts case to Court of Appeal
    • Many public law child cases will not conclude within 26 weeks, magistrates warn
    • Senior family judge warns on separate representation before Court of Appeal
    • Tougher test on use of experts in family cases comes into force
    • ICO sees huge rise in data protection enforcement cases
    • Admin Court to consider right of Zambrano carers to housing benefit
    • Talking retirement
    • Refusal to make a statement: remember the context
    • The GCSE result is in
    • The criminal records regime and Article 8
    • Academies: a local authority guide to conversion
    • Time for a rethink
    • Local authority loses Supreme Court appeal over s. 31 Children Act threshold
    • Father wins Supreme Court appeal after judge changed her mind in care case
    • Justice system not ready to support 26-week time limit for care cases: Resolution
    • SRA board to consider recommendation for rule change on charging charities
    • SRA board approves rule change allowing charging of charities
    • Telling tales out of school
    • Council to pay out £50,000+ after failings over asbestos in schools
    • Local authority appeal panels "should hear appeals for all schools": AJTC
    • Local authority protocols on homeless young people "fail to comply with the law"
    • CCGs to be under legal duty to secure health services for children with SEN
    • The Court of Protection and practice points from the Family Division
    • Colleges and universities plan legal services framework worth up to £140m
    • DfE issues advice to schools on industrial action and breaches of contract
    • Court of Appeal rejects unfair dismissal claim by Baby P social workers
    • Different treatment of family and unrelated foster carers "unlawful": High Court
    • Claimants seek to take council tax reduction challenge to Supreme Court
    • Taking a measured approach
    • Council ordered to pay damages to parents in s. 47 enquiry dispute
    • The cost of care: the position following the Tower Hamlets decision
    • Inter-authority recoupment and special educational needs
    • BUDGET 2013: BY PRACTICE AREA
    • Ministers issue revised Working Together guidance on safeguarding children
    • Cafcass confirms record number of care applications in 2012/13
    • Interim payments, Zambrano and final determination of benefits claims
    • Disappearing act
    • President of Family Division: 26-week limit is a deadline, not a target or average
    • Losing control of the rudder?
    • Council faces £210k bill after "blatantly unlawful" conduct over freeing orders
    • Public Accounts Committee attacks governance arrangements for academies
    • The duty to consult with parents
    • Local authorities and families with no recourse to public funds
    • First local government mutual sees lift-off
    • Care companies launch libel action against council and leader
    • Schools that illegally exclude children should face heavy fines: Commissioner
    • Ombudsman urges council to review policies on complex child neglect cases
    • Council pays five-figure sum to settle 'failure to remove' case
    • Office of Head of International Family Justice sees cases double in two years
    • Age assessments and the Home Secretary
    • Care applications up 70% since Baby P but major variations among councils
    • Parental choice of mainstream education
    • When is guidance ‘statutory’ and does it matter?
    • Deadline of 26 weeks for care proceedings "could see wrong decisions taken"
    • MoJ consults on national standards for expert witnesses in family courts
    • To decide or not to decide, that is the question
    • Backing contact arrangements with penal notices and injunctions
    • Top family judge urges earlier involvement of local authority lawyers
    • Call to reform age assessment systems as councils incur massive legal costs
    • Claimants launch judicial review challenge to DWP 'benefit cap' policy
    • Home from home?
    • An issue of destitution
    • Report on child sexual exploitation in Rochdale urges clarity on legal issues
    • Council warns of legal challenge to merger between primary and private schools
    • Law Society puts boot into reforms to legal aid for judicial review
    • North West council fined £70k after data breach relating to adopted child
    • Ombudsman attacks council for failing to support boy abandoned by parents
    • Use of expert witnesses decreases in family courts: Cafcass
    • Family President publishes revised Public Law Outline ahead of pilot
    • Supreme Court to rule on permanent removal and adoption of two-year-old girl
    • Home Affairs Committee slams failings over child sexual exploitation
    • Supreme Court hands down key ruling on care orders and 'significant harm'
    • Family President clarifies when use of expert is 'necessary' in proceedings
    • Age of unaccompanied migrant children "too often disputed", say MPs
    • Age disputes, the SSHD and local authorities
    • Family Justice Council fears impact of legal aid reforms on public law cases
    • Enhanced criminal records certificates – teachers on trial
    • The conduct of Tribunal hearings following academy conversion
    • Supreme Court to hear case on non-delegable duty of local authority
    • Tougher rules beckon on out of area placements in residential care reforms
    • Supreme Court gives green light to school staff to bring equal pay claims
    • Judge gives permission to bring case over cuts to community nurseries
    • Social services, and what the future holds...
    • England and Wales diverge on standardised school term dates
    • EHRC publishes Equality Act guidance for schools
    • Out of harm's way
    • MPs urge greater scrutiny of school governors
    • Pre-Proceedings Pilot claims success in reducing child protection court cases
    • Cafcass sees 8% year-on-year rise in applications in last quarter
    • Education and children cases stay as number 1 source of complaints to LGO
    • Judicial review of FTT in UT: what costs rule applies?
    • Munby issues draft guidance on transparency in family and CoP proceedings
    • Council fails in Court of Appeal bid to overturn kinship carer fees ruling
    • LGO raps council after woman waits two years for complaint to be investigated
    • Claimants lose judicial review over housing benefit and spare bedrooms
    • Disclosure and redaction: life after Dunn v Durham
    • Going spare?
    • Local authorities and freeing orders
    • Council to backdate allowances for 340 carers after Ombudsman investigation
    • Charitable trust claimed to be largest public sector mutual in local government
    • Council rows back from JR of academy formed by primary and private schools
    • Costs consequences
    • Doncaster slams legal flaws in DfE plan to outsource children's services
    • London councils form groupings to handle care cases after tri-borough pilot
    • The duty to give former looked after children assistance with education
    • ICO warns councils over home working by social services employees
    • Councils "breaching guidance on interviews for children who go missing"
    • Ombudsman tells council to review complaints handling process
    • New term, new approach
    • The Court of Appeal on the requirements of social work evidence
    • Moving from safeguarding concern to instituting proceedings
    • Gove accepts alternative proposal from Doncaster MBC for children's services
    • Transparency – a lesson from the Family Division
    • LGO censures council over bid to force vulnerable girl to move schools
    • Striking answers
    • Council in recruitment drive as childcare law work brought back in-house
    • Council defeats legal action over scrapping of subsidies for 20 nurseries
    • Cafcass figures hint at moderate fall in number of care applications
    • Dealing with a request to expunge records
    • The school company model and spin-outs - what you need to know
    • Former relevant children: recent caselaw
    • Resistance is futile?
    • Supreme Court set to rule on non-delegable duties and national curriculum
    • Council loses landmark Supreme Court case over scope of duty to pupils
    • Fountain of common sense
    • No educational funding for care leaver
    • The Supreme Court ruling in Woodland v Essex County Council: the reaction
    • Council let down woman struggling with direct payments, says Ombudsman
    • ICO fines council £80k in latest loss of unencrypted memory stick
    • NCVO report attacks “crude” implementation of payment by results contracts
    • Family President praises revised PLO but warns of too many old care cases
    • Haringey and Sharon Shoesmith reach settlement over her dismissal
    • More than a slip ‘twixt cup and lip
    • Contracting out of children's services
    • Government to tackle "unnecessary" out-of-area residential care placements
    • The ‘forced C-section’ case – what actually happened
    • ADCS criticises MP for telling parents suspected of abuse to go abroad
    • Youth services team at London council becomes first of kind to spin out
    • Guidance issued on publishing judgments in family courts and CoP
    • Legal Services Consumer Panel to investigate fee-charging McKenzie Friends
    • Council wins High Court bid to halt forced academy conversion
    • Judge backs claim by grandmother for financial support from council
    • Fostering and adoption agencies, councils warned on info transfers
    • The pre-proceedings process and the Public Law Outline
    • Principles set down for non-disclosure in CoP proceedings
    • Care applications down 9% in January compared to 2013: Cafcass
    • Four in 10 children with autism illegally excluded from school, charity claims
    • Revised Public Law Outline to be finalised on 3 March, says senior judge
    • Welsh authority hands school closure decisions to full council
    • A “child in need” … Or not?
    • Councils "must learn lessons of past" over handling of children with SEN
    • Guidance issued for children's homes on deprivations of liberty
    • FOIA disclosures: ‘motive blindness’ and risks to mental health
    • Social care obligations to travellers
    • LGO raps council over handling of homeless teenager from outside area
    • Sharp rise in parents fined for taking children out of school: BBC
    • Consider 20-mile limit on placements of children away from home, say MPs
    • Children and Families Act nets Royal Assent ahead of key changes in April
    • Council to pay out after LGO report on girl "lost to system" for four years
    • European children, BIIR and reporting restriction orders: Presidential guidance
    • DfE told to disclose info on why it axed Building Schools for the Future
    • Re B and what followed — the end of the story
    • Migrant children: s. 17 support for members of extended family
    • Councils told to investigate claims over Jimmy Savile and children's homes
    • Council changes policy on support to destitute families after court order
    • Responsibility for Cafcass transfers from DfE to Ministry of Justice
    • LGO attacks council over education of teenager with severe disabilities
    • Unknown causes of injuries and Ehlers Danlos Syndrome
    • The Education Act 1996 and the meaning of "public expenditure"
    • Council fined £20,000 after autistic boy loses fingertips in school gate
    • Family President makes adoption order in "final chapter" of C-section case
    • Council and Leader defeat £670k slander claim over childrens care homes
    • ICO raps two councils after data breaches involving social services records
    • Children and Families Act 2014: implications for local authorities
    • Benefits of McKenzie Friends outweigh risks: Legal Services Consumer Panel
    • Single Family Court and 26-week time limit come into being
    • Authorities to be able to delegate "nearly all" childrens social care functions
    • Review into death of boy pinpoints decision of magistrates to refuse EPO
    • Rochdale hires 1COR and Hempsons lawyers for Knowl View investigation
    • Top judge recognises tension over court rulings and guidance on adoption
    • Changes to procedures for school re-organisation
    • A fair hearing for those without hearing
    • Report urges wider use of Family Drug and Alcohol Court process
    • Welsh Government hails landmark social services legislation
    • Practitioners give broad welcome to revised Public Law Outline, research finds
    • Delegation of children's social care functions
    • Analysing the impact of Re B-S
    • Appeal judge urges councils to help with bundles in care cases involving LIPs
    • Number of care applications made by councils fell in 2013/14, reports Cafcass
    • Disclosure update
    • Capacity in relation to children: termination of pregnancy
    • Family comes first (even if they’re in Poland)
    • Academies and FOI
    • Article 15 - when should it be used in care cases?
    • Approaching cases of Fictitious or Induced Illness
    • Enforced academisation
    • Post-adoption contact - recent developments
    • Judicial review and the new regime for school exclusions
    • Supporting people with no recourse to public funds
    • 'Hearing' the child in Family Proceedings
    • Facebook, FOI and children
    • The costs of non-compliance
    • Family cases and parties with disabilities
    • Deprivation of liberty – some fog clears about children’s homes
    • Pregnancies and capacity to make decisions
    • Are you ready for the Children and Families Act?
    • Ordinary residence: homeless children
    • Foster care abuse claims and the Woodland duty
    • The limits of paternalism
    • Forced Marriage Protection Orders
    • Drinking during pregnancy
    • Nothing else will do revisited
    • Care plans and dual planning
    • Duties under s. 20 Children Act
    • Removing children
    • The e-Courtbundle has landed
    • The picture and the jigsaw
    • Section 17: no recourse to public funds
    • Outsourcing child protection
    • The Family President and FGM
    • Local offer to disabled children "fell below statutory requirements": judge
    • The rights of Zambrano carers
    • Child abuse inquiries and councils
    • Veracity and the need for experts
    • Preventing child sexual abuse
    • Re S: care cases and costs in the appellate court
    • Re L: Practice guidance
    • Age disputes and leaving care obligations
    • Woodland v Essex CC – the case continues
    • Deprivations of liberty and children
    • How not to conduct care proceedings
    • Damages for human rights breach
    • Protecting looked after children
    • Going for broke
    • Costs in Children Law Cases
    • Giving evidence in a criminal trial
    • Extensions of time and the merits of the appeal
    • Possession proceedings and children
    • Child Protection and Data Protection
    • Safeguarding and taxi licensing
    • Delayed judgments in child care cases
    • ISIL child brides and the Family Court
    • Cases of fabricated or induced illness
    • Vulnerable parties in the family courts
    • Litigation capacity: what to do
    • Does Article 8 survive adoption?
    • Reports for children proceedings
    • Looked after children and liberty
    • Expect the unexpected
    • Section 20: Conscious uncoupling
    • Part 36 offers
    • Problems with a fact-finding hearing
    • Age assessments and Merton
    • "I reasonably don't believe you"
    • Section 17 and Child Arrangements Orders
    • Children gaming
    • Educational Excellence Everywhere?
    • Age assessment and litigation fairness
    • The Supreme Court on Article 15
    • Cheshire West and children
    • Transparency and the courts
    • Support for NRPF families
    • The 'Named Persons' Scheme
    • Court judgments and the Ellie Butler case
    • Reporting child abuse
    • Governance lessons
    • The Children's Guardian and bias
    • Crisis in infinite courts
    • Children giving evidence
    • Adoptions and family placements
    • When is enough, enough?
    • Gender variance and care orders
    • Radicalisation and state intervention
    • Experts out of bounds
    • DPA claims arising out of adoption
    • Criticism of witnesses
    • Age assessments and dental development
    • Section 20 and relatives
    • Honour-based violence and forced marriage
    • Unaccompanied asylum-seeking children
    • Statutory charge and Article 8 damages
    • S.20 and parental consent
    • Parental consent and section 20
    • Teacher misconduct
    • Vaccination against parents' wishes
    • Conduct powers and costs
    • Secure accommodation orders - children or young people placed in Scotland
    • Education, Health and Care plans
    • Children, consent and Article 5
    • What is an ‘unrealistic option’ in the Re B-S context?
    • Translating bundles - who pays?
    • Historic abuse claims: when is late too late?
    • Age disputes and interim accommodation
    • The Children and Social Work Act 2017
    • The continuing duty under s.17 CA
    • Professional differences and safeguarding
    • Placement for adoption and fairness
    • Age assessment and ending support
    • Relinquished babies and family members
    • Making connections
    • Deprivations of liberty and 16-17 year olds
    • Liability for abuse by foster carers
    • Adoption update
    • The Upper Tribunal on age assessments
    • Kinship assessments
    • Stalking of a foster placement
    • NAI or not?
    • Confinement and children
    • Care proceedings and Article 5
    • Back to the Future: e-bundles
    • Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes: a guide
    • Between health and social care
    • Immunisations for children in care
    • Orders for possession and s.11 CA
    • The Family Court and extremist parents
    • Care proceedings and medical treatment
    • Reasoning in court judgments
    • Establishing a regional adoption agency
    • Magical sparkle powers
    • Cause and Effect: costs in public law cases
    • The Modern Slavery Act 2015 and local authorities: an update
    • Children, consent, and confinement
    • Home tutors and SEN allowances
    • Good expert or bad?
    • How legal decisions influence social work practice
    • The impact of increasing social worker caseloads
    • Criminal law and family proceedings
    • Illegality and public policy in an historical abuse context
    • Historic child abuse cases: a claimant’s perspective
    • Everything in moderation
    • Deprivation of liberty and children (again)
    • Relinquished babies
    • Trialling the New Orleans Intervention Model
    • Children lacking capacity: which court?
    • Deprivations of liberty, young persons and the inherent jurisdiction
    • Looked after children and medical treatment
    • The 26-week time limit and purposeful delay
    • Implementing the new local safeguarding arrangements
    • Order in Court
    • s20: Some welcome guidance from the Supreme Court
    • Local authorities and s.38(6) assessments
    • Taking the strain?
    • Restricting contact without court authority
    • Damages and Article 8
    • Sibling groups and care proceedings
    • Can I get my kids back?
    • The importance of Interim Removal Hearings
    • Public law children cases: latest judgments
    • How far is too far? And when is a finding not a finding?
    • Settlement conferences and public law children cases
    • Notifying fathers of the birth of their child
    • Public law children cases: Post-adoption contact, notices to fathers, and protection from FGM
    • FGM: protection under the law
    • When children make allegations of abuse: practice and procedure
    • Age assessments: short form assessments in obvious cases
    • Public law children cases: identifying perpetrators and appeals against findings in private law proceedings
    • Public law children cases: balancing exercises and the costs of a successful appeal
    • Children in care and immigration
    • Public law children cases: incomplete evidence before the judge, costs following appeals
    • Permission to appeal and a reasonable prospect of success
    • Safeguarding partners: are you ready for 29 June 2019?
    • Impasse! Where the court and the local authority disagree on the care plan
    • Deprivation of liberty – the limits of the inherent jurisdiction
    • Special Guardianship – Interim Guidance
    • NAI - who should be in the pool of perpetrators?
    • Committal applications in family proceedings
    • Crisis, Not Crisis?
    • Accommodation under s20 Children Act and the wishes of the child
    • Experts in Human Rights Act claims
    • Family proceedings and the police
    • Re D – the Supreme Court, 16/17 year olds and confinement
    • Public law children cases: FGM protection and travel overseas, and reopening findings of fact
    • Public law children cases: improving parental situations, robust case management and judicial pressure
    • Public law children cases: limits to the role of Cafcass
    • Failure to protect
    • Vulnerable witnesses and parties in the Family Courts
    • Fair hearings in the Family Courts
    • The Court of Appeal on 'secure accommodation'
    • FGM protection orders and the asylum jurisdiction
    • Assumption of responsibility
    • Siblings in care proceedings
    • Placement of looked after English children in Scotland
    • Diverse standards of parenting
    • Employees and child protection issues
    • Placing young people in unregulated accommodation
    • Parental contact – private v public law proceedings
    • Amendment of LA Plan, post final orders - what can parents do?
    • How not to conduct a placement application
    • Serious allegations of domestic abuse
    • Foster families and human rights
    • COVID-19: contact with children in care
    • Care planning, placement and case reviews during COVID-19
    • Public law (children) update
    • Children case law update: vaccinations and appeals out of time
    • Childcare proceedings and autistic parents
    • Public law update: Relinquished babies
    • Child protection, diplomatic immunity and human rights
    • Public law update: Vaccinations
    • Children case law update: Assessments of risk of FGM, and hybrid contested hearings
    • The weight placed on local authority age assessments
    • Public law update: Forced marriage
    • Transparency in the Family Courts
    • Localism Act power does not enable a local authority to provide health services
    • Religion and fostering
    • Failure to remove cases and assumption of responsibility
    • One size fits all? Considering children law cases on their facts
    • Contact with children in care: COVID-19
    • Public law children case update: August 2020
    • Child, mother, journalist – whose rights win out?
    • Similar fact evidence in family proceedings
    • Children in care and national identity
    • Public law children case update: contact, nationality and stays
    • Striking out failure to remove claims
    • Who decides who decides? Withdrawal of care proceedings
    • The remote family court
    • Children 'beyond parental control' and deprivations of liberty
    • Prospective adopters and return of the child to the local authority
    • Can foster carers be employees?
    • Vaccinations for children
    • Services for Children: understanding the framework and how decisions are made
    • The courts and the lack of secure accommodation for children
    • Guidance documents for abbreviated age assessments
    • Should the Family Court Promote Contact?
    • Changing safeguards for children in care: the Article 39 case
    • Vulnerability, fairness and the remote Family Court
    • Interim care orders, parental alienation and procedural fairness
    • Adoption and notification of the father and relatives
    • The lure of s38(6) placement over the Regulation 24 'risk'
    • Children's Services - public law update January 2021
    • ‘Failure to remove’ claims – the decision in HXA v Surrey County Council
    • Temporary approval of parents: Regulations 17 and 19
    • Unregulated placements
    • Post COVID-19 child abuse litigation: A new future
    • Placing children outside of the Jurisdiction
    • Children proceedings: control of documents
    • Judicial review, standing and interest in the outcome
    • Hugh James' NPS Framework Fortnight - Lot 2: Child Social Services
    • Our treatment of the vulnerable
    • Mid-trial dismissal and withdrawal of allegations
    • The EU Settlement Scheme: children, care leavers and local authority duties
    • Liability for abuse suffered by claimant placed in private care home
    • Lies, welfare and the future risk of harm
    • Public law judgments: When to seek clarification and when to ask for permission to appeal
    • Applications to discharge special guardianship orders
    • Lies and Lucas in the Family Court
    • Coercive and controlling behaviour: The latest from the Family Courts on LawPod UK
    • Obligations to assess the birth family of the mother
    • Local authority duties to notify consular authorities
    • Where now for failure to remove claims?
    • Terminating a father’s responsibility for the child
    • Failure to remove claims and section 20 accommodation
    • Public law children case law update
    • Public law children case update: May 2021
    • Everyone’s Invited: the legal implications
    • Accusations in judgments of misconduct
    • Maximising support for families in a system under strain
    • Interim care orders and newborn babies on Law Pod UK
    • Croydon/Home Office working agreement on asylum seekers whose age was challenged, judged lawful
    • Confidential information and subject access disclosure
    • How not to conduct a placement application (part 2)
    • Authorising unregistered care and deprivation of liberty
    • Local authority failings: a way out?
    • Discharging medically fit children from hospital during a shortage of accommodation
    • Public Law Proceedings and the 1996 Hague Convention
    • Revocation of adoption orders
    • Looked after children and secure accommodation after 9 September
    • Notification to the biological father
    • Placing children in Scotland
    • Looked after children in unregulated settings
    • Two-child benefit rule held lawful
    • In conversation with HHJ Patrick Perusko
    • Fostering agencies and religious beliefs
    • The ECHR on compensation for unfair judicial criticism
    • 'Failure to remove’ claims in the High Court
    • Looked after children and Covid-19 vaccination
    • Public law children case update
    • Child Law Update
    • Age assessment and the Kent Intake Unit social worker guidance
    • Failure to remove’ claims: some further developments
    • Vicarious liability and leaks of sensitive data
    • Vulnerable parties and fairness of childcare proceedings
    • Failure to remove claims - the Osman test
    • To jab or not to jab, that is the question!
    • HRA damages claims and extensions of time
    • Public law children case update: April 2022
    • Children law cases and parents with learning disabilities
    • Parents with autism in children proceedings
    • Court of Appeal dismisses challenge from father over ex tempore ruling by judge in care proceedings
    • Public law children case update: May 2022
    • Challenging housing decisions in care proceedings
    • Defending legal challenges against local authority age assessments
    • Recent developments in the placement of looked after English children in Scotland.
    • Article 2 inquest determination concerning Community Mental Health Services quashed
    • Deprivations of liberty of 16-17 year olds and the streamlined procedure
    • Deprivations of liberty of English children in Scotland: latest developments
    • Public law children case update: August 2022
    • Proportionality in adoption cases
    • Local authority duties towards unaccompanied asylum seeking children
    • The use of the Inherent Jurisdiction and DoL Orders for children and young people
    • Children and Young People’s Treatment: When Parents, Doctors and Local Authority Disagree
    • Everyone's Business: Safeguarding the player, safeguarding the game
    • Public law children case update: September 2022
    • Public law children case update: October 2022
    • To fact-find or not?
    • Age assessment and social media evidence
    • Public law children case law update November 22
    • Determining the perpetrator
    • Public law children case update: December 2022
    • Has the Children and Families Act 2014 delivered?
    • Children law update
    • Mobile phones and deprivations of liberty
    • The evolution of s91(14) orders
    • Appeal rights exhausted care leavers and human rights assessments
    • Reopening findings of fact: fairness of hearing
    • Reporting in the Family Courts
    • Law Pod UK: Safe as Houses: Depriving children of their liberty
    • Public Law Children Update: February 2022
    • Unregulated psychologists and the Family Court
    • Public law children cases: March 2023
    • Time for change
    • Failure to remove cases: key considerations
    • The discretion to provide support services to young adults: legal principles
    • Recognition of authority to place a looked after child in Scotland
    • “Give or take a few years”
    • ‘Secret adoption’?
    • Children and deprivation of liberty
    • Mobile phone restrictions and deprivation of liberty
    • Squaring the circle
    • Children public law case update: May 2023
    • Public Law Update
    • Failure to remove cases and the Human Rights Act
    • Supervision orders: best practice
    • Unregistered, unregulated or just an unresolvable problem
    • Holding up a mirror to the family justice system
    • Deprivations of Liberty of Children and Young People in the COP and Family Courts
    • Long term fostering as a permanency option
    • New Rules for Standard Family Orders – Public Law
    • Ordering assessments of the child
    • Deprivation of Liberty under the Inherent Jurisdiction
    • Appeals against refusal of a placement order
    • Removal of children
    • Accommodating homeless 16-17-year-olds
    • To fact-find or not to fact-find: that is the question
    • Assessing someone as being clearly an adult
    • Can a finding of fact ever be re-opened?
    • Joining fathers without parental responsibility as a party to proceedings
    • Applications for leave to revoke, children as parties, and changes of circumstances
    • Children’s law update
    • Ineligibility to be deprived of liberty under Schedule 1A Mental Capacity Act
    • Parental responsibility and the falsehood of paternity
    • Is an appropriate adult always appropriate?
    • Therapy for parents pre-proceedings
    • Public law case update September 2023
    • Children remaining at home with their parents
    • Navigating unadmitted allegations: the cart before the horse
    • Implementation of Jade's law
    • Discharge of care orders
    • Children and the instruction of solicitors
    • Children law update: October 2023
    • Supported accommodation for 16-17 year olds
    • Ethnic inequalities and section 20 voluntary arrangements
    • FGM and local authorities
    • Fathers without PR: where do they stand?
    • Tier 4 CAMHS, detainability under the Mental Health Act 1983 and (righteous) judicial frustration
    • Interim removal of children from their parents’ care
    • Public law children update: December 2023
    • Navigating disability discrimination - what are normal day-to-day activities?
    • Care orders, s20 agreements and contact
    • Interim removal of children
    • Transparency in the Family Courts: The Reporting Pilot Rollout
    • HXA and YXA in the Supreme Court
    • Placement orders: a rare sighting
    • Children law update
    • Obtaining evidence from children
    • Use of intermediaries in the Family Court
    • Surrogacy and step-parent adoption applications
    • Deprivations of liberty and the lack of placements
    • Lieven J puts the (Cheshire West) cat amongst the pigeons
    • Part 25 Applications and the test of necessity
    • The Family Court and Domestic Abuse – Any change?
    • Declaration of parentage
    • Updated Protocol for Police Disclosure in the Family Court
    • Assessing allegations of non-accidental injury
    • Severe neglect and failure to remove claims
    • Children law update: Spring 2024
    • Fact-finding hearings and medical evidence
    • Honour based abuse: perspectives and challenges
    • Capacity, presumptions and catastrophe
    • Placements in Scotland and Care Inspectorate requirements
    • Lay evidence in fact-finding hearings
    • Living in interesting times
    • Why don’t facts always seem to matter?
    • Interim relief in age assessment cases
    • Unaccompanied asylum-seeking children and care proceedings
    • The inherent jurisdiction and revocation of adoption orders
    • AI in the Family Justice System: opportunities and risks
    • Suspected Inflicted Head Injury Service (SIHIS) for children pilot: potential Article 8 and 6 risks to parents and children
    • Interim relief in age assessment cases – revisited
    • Reducing the delay in Children Act proceedings: 26 weeks vs NHS waiting lists
    • Local authorities, care orders and consent to confinement
    • Non-accidental injuries and fact-finding hearings
    • Deprivation of Liberty for Children (Cheat Sheet)
    • The use of medical research literature as evidence in care proceedings
    • The Hague Convention and care proceedings
    • Can't you make it stop?
    • Are supervision orders worth the paper they are printed on?
    • Beyond Parental Control. Is anyone to blame?
    • Disclosure: An absolute duty or not?
    • Clarification of reasons – what is appropriate?
    • Care plans, adoption and placement applications
    • Kinship foster carers and vicarious liability
    • Wrongful removal, habitual residence and jurisdiction
    • The inherent jurisdiction and return to Austria
    • Children law update: Summer 2024
    • The application of Public Law Outline PD12A
    • Post-adoption contact: time for change
    • The use of Specific Issue Orders
    • Looked after children and name changes
    • Local authority liability for abuse by kinship carers
    • Public Law Outline (PLO) relaunch: current status and key updates
    • Seeking an interim care order – and interim removal
    • Is a balanced holistic evaluation really that difficult?
    • Does the current law on physical punishment protect children enough?
    • Age assessments and inconsistent back stories
    • Identification of the perpetrator
    • The High Court on school exclusions
    • Disabled Children’s Social Care: Law Commission consultation paper walkthrough
    • The need for holistic analysis
    • Re-opening cases and findings
    • Injuries and expert evidence
    • Retraction of allegations and deficiencies in investigations
    • The importance of due diligence in choosing children’s residential placements
    • Kinship care: what you need to know
    • The “whodunit?” problem in care proceedings revisited in 2024
    • A-Z Family Law
    • Pathfinder and the Sunflowers
    • The role of hair strand testing
    • Lessons from Lieven J
    • The meaning of ‘for the purposes of adoption’
    • Appealing refusals of placement orders
    • Children case law update: November 2024
    • Injuries and Part 25 experts
    • Making FGM protection orders
    • Providing support for children with complex needs
    • Care proceedings and recusal
    • What to do about the Re C problem?
    • Adherence to the Public Law Outline in London – issues for family lawyers
    • Post adoption contact – PLWG best practice: a guide
    • A guide to Transparency Orders
    • Adoption records – PLWG best practice: a guide
    • Adoption and contact: where do go from here?
    • Revocation of adoption orders
    • Children law update - December 2024
    • Lies in family law proceedings
    • The dilemma of document integrity and the complexity of age determination
    • Family law case update: January 2025
    • With great power
    • Care proceedings, histopathological examination, and concurrent police investigations
    • Is Omeprazole the new EDS?
    • Adapting Adoption to the Modern World Webinar
    • Supporting social work decisions: R (on behalf of TW) v Essex County Council
    • Set in stone
    • Guidance on neurodiversity in the Family Justice System
    • A widening of worker status?
    • Deprivation of liberty and profound disability
    • Risk assessment in care proceedings
    • The Family Drug and Alcohol Court: time to take the brakes off?
    • International adoption and non-compliance with domestic law requirements
    • The interaction between housing and social care duties 
    • Parental capability: Applying s.1(3)(f) Children Act 1989
    • NAAB age assessments: key considerations for local authorities
    • Placement of children abroad: consultation and consent
    • Working with denial - are we there yet?
    • Public law children case update: March 2025
    • The Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill Series – Eliminating profit from the care of looked after children
    • Practice and procedure – PLWG Best Practice: A Guide
    • International adoption – PLWG Best Practice: A Guide
    • Consensual adoption – PLWG Best Practice: A Guide
    • Journalist attendance at Family Court hearings
    • Section 20 and care proceedings
    • The Court of Appeal stresses the importance of proportionality in decisions on care orders
    • When enough is enough – Court of Appeal decides against international placement
    • Navigating the complexities of deprivation of liberty for children under 16
    • Discharge of care orders: what are the factors to consider?
    • Children law update: April 2025
    • Siblings, adoption and competing Article 8 rights to family life
    • Intermediaries and the test of necessity
    • A bird’s eye view
    • Recorded Webinar: Re M [2025] EWCA Civ 440
    • Public law children case update: April 2025
    • Paediatric reports in care proceedings
  • Children Protection News
    • Council pays out damages for defamation by social services team
    • Admin Court quashes decision by council over provision for three year olds
    • ICO orders council to complete data protection training of all staff in 50 days
    • Social workers urge DfE to halt consultation on outsourcing children services
    • Watchdog revises guidance for public bodies on Human Rights Act
    • Council suspends recruitment of school governors after 'Trojan Horse' case
    • Data protection and child protection
    • Forced marriage now a crime as legislation takes effect
    • Council chiefs call for return of powers over schools
    • DfE issues new code of practice for special educational needs and disabilities
    • Ministers limit delegation of child social care functions to non-profit bodies
    • City council complies with enforcement notice issued by ICO
    • Review team suspends work as police widen Rochdale abuse investigation
    • Age assessment disputes can be settled out of court: CoA
    • London school in multiple breaches of admissions code, says adjudicator
    • DfE to appoint Education Commissioner at Birmingham after 'Trojan Horse' report
    • Government intervention in Doncaster to end early after good progress made
    • PM unveils new measures aimed at stopping female genital mutilation
    • Equality watchdog issues guidance on gender segregation at university events
    • Minister vows to give children greater voice in family justice system
    • Tribunals practice direction on child and vulnerable adult witnesses to be revised
    • President of Family Division hits out at non-compliance with court timetables
    • NW council names chambers to £468k childcare advocacy contract
    • Council policy on supporting families with no recourse to public funds "unlawful"
    • Grandmother to receive £20k from county council over care for grandson
    • Supreme Court grants permission to appeal in disability living allowance case
    • Welsh Government bolsters rules on social services and Welsh language
    • Law firm claims tribunal wins against council over type 1 diabetes and SEN
    • Council and special school threatened with legal action over use of 'calm room'
    • Top judge consults on next steps for increased transparency in Family Court
    • Government expands Troubled Families programe to cover children under five
    • Council and police face multiple claims following child sexual exploitation report
    • Complaints to LGO about school admissions appeals fall by half over four years
    • Council ends legal action against parents over unauthorised absence of child
    • Family President allows woman access to adoption records for father in 1930s
    • Council pays £160k in damages for failing to safeguard girl raped by father
    • Government agrees to reconsider funding for local welfare assistance schemes
    • Monitoring officers told to “step up to plate” in report on scrutiny post-Rotherham
    • Research finds major concern amongst children at Family Court transparency plans
    • National standards for experts in family court cases come into force
    • Cafcass sees care applications increase by 7% in September
    • New set of standards to be developed for children social work
    • Judge may order council to pay costs of parents in adoption case if no legal aid
    • Council ordered to pay £12k damages to parents over removal of baby
    • Communities Secretary formally ends corporate governance intervention in council
    • Law to change so that 17-year-olds in police custody treated as minors
    • Ensure scrutiny separated from executive post-Rotherham, MPs tell councils
    • Council obtains injunctions barring two men from approaching 17-year-old girl
    • Councillor rejects claims by Cornwall he presents risk to children
    • County loses appeal over support for disabled Roma child who moves out of area
    • Judge attacks social workers for "grossly overstating" case in evidence
    • Council childcare lawyer sees rise in use of e-Courtbundles after pilot success
    • NW council loses bid for compensation for girl with Foetal Alcohol Syndrome
    • Council defends claim over social worker failings and abuse by foster parents
    • Charity blasts councils for failing to meet legal duties to teenagers
    • Family President moves to end uncertainty over adoption applications
    • Islington community services lawyer wins CBE in New Year's Honours List
    • No duty to review?
    • LGA blasts Ofsted for "blinkered" approach to inspecting children's services
    • First judicial review over 2014 Act duties to disabled children reaches court
    • Court of Appeal slams judge for "unprincipled" approach to final care orders
    • County council secures £16k costs order against Capita over interpreter failures
    • Council to pay £17k damages for "truly lamentable" failures in child care case
    • Pickles sends team of commissioners in to Rotherham after damning report
    • Family Drug and Alcohol Court to reach new areas after £2.5m funding boost
    • Pickles to consider governance changes at Rotherham as commissioners named
    • PM: Staff and members to face criminal offence of 'wilful neglect' over CSE
    • Supreme Court to hear disability living allowance and hospital stays case next week
    • Supreme Court to rule next week on appeal by council over costs in care case
    • Local authority wins Supreme Court appeal over costs order in care case
    • LGA calls for new banning order in drive to prevent child sexual exploitation
    • Judge sets out approach to cases where risk of children travelling to ISIS countries
    • Record number of care applications for one month drives annual total to new high
    • Battle over cuts to youth services to reach Supreme Court next week
    • Bid by council to get compensation for girl damaged by drinking of mother fails
    • Cafcass sees record number of care applications for the month of April
    • Court of Appeal to hear case over payments to destitute children and families
    • Quango ends contract with ex-deputy after DfE warns of breach of rules
    • Councils and governing bodies to be forced to progress academy conversion under new Bill
    • Social workers concern at lack of time to prepare for court, risk of being named
    • Ofsted warns over poor information sharing about children missing from care
    • Don’t just pay lip service to Armed Forces Covenant, Ombudsman tells councils
    • DfE makes £4.5m cash injection to speed up regional adoption agencies
    • Council secures lifelong reporting restrictions order in favour of 17-year-old
    • Supreme Court overturns key Court of Appeal decision on ordinary residence
    • Government announces infant cremations review
    • Complaints to LGO level despite transfer of responsibility for social housing reviews as social care and education complaints rise
    • Row grows over quality of advocacy in public law children cases
    • Supreme Court upholds appeal over award of costs to council in cuts case
    • Policy of council on retaining child protection records was lawful: High Court
    • Councils face legal action over duties on placement of looked after children
    • Leading children's rights charities agree to merge
    • Homeless young must not be housed in B&Bs, even in emergencies: LGO
    • Council hits out at MoJ court closure plans amid costs concerns
    • Care applications to Cafcass break new records in last four months
    • County council faces legal action from victim after abuse ring convictions
    • Lord Chancellor launches review of youth justice system
    • Spin-out social enterprise launches pioneering community share offer
    • Judge awards parents £20k over accommodation of children in foster care
    • Gambling watchdog consults on changes to regulation aimed at preventing crime
    • Senior family judge issues guidance on radicalisation cases
    • Cafcass sees care applications rise 10% in first half of 2015/16
    • New good practice guidance issued on conducting lawful age assessments
    • Home Office publishes procedural information for professionals on new FGM reporting duty
    • Consider all options when taking steps to safeguard children, LGO tells councils
    • Government to consider changing law to address fall in number of adoptions
    • Court of Appeal rules on liability of councils for foster care abuse
    • Judge accuses social workers of lying on oath, altering key report
    • Councils to be investigated by Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse
    • Shared legal service rolls out complete digital solution for care proceedings
    • Councils face being stripped of role running children's services: PM
    • Foster providers lose High Court battle over "most appropriate placements"
    • Council criticised for second time in two years over support to young homeless
    • Three quarters of care proceedings in Wales now completed within 26 weeks
    • Appellant bids to take case on duties to children in eviction cases to Supreme Court
    • Number of care applications made to Cafcass continues to break records
    • Council invites tenders for £1.28m in legal services for adults and children social care
    • Government to change adoption law to address fall in court orders
    • Designated Family Judge in Leicester issues practice guide on use of s.20 CA
    • Communities Secretary issues directions returning limited powers to Rotherham
    • Home Office to fund employee whistleblowing helpline over child protection failures
    • Spending watchdog to examine role of Department for Education in child protection
    • Transparency Project issues guidance on accommodation and s.20 Children Act
    • Judicial involvement in pre-proceedings for care cases to be piloted: top judge
    • Research suggests Family Drug and Alcohol Courts make major savings
    • Council defends its record on care applications after severe judicial criticism
    • Council to hire provider for £4.25m legal advice contract for children's services
    • Council ordered to pay damages to boy over delay in revoking placement order
    • Judge criticises decision making of council in teenage radicalisation case
    • Government details law changes to address fall in adoption decisions
    • Guidance issues on s. 20 Children Act amid fears councils could misinterpret law
    • Councils and health boards in Wales to be required to form statutory partnerships
    • London borough faces legal action over proposed closure of respite facility
    • Supreme Court to rule next week in foreign national child and adoption case
    • Supreme Court hands down key ruling on welfare of foreign national children
    • Care applications to Cafcass surge 14% in 2015/16 to new record
    • Council wins battle over mother's bid to name twins 'Cyanide' and 'Preacher'
    • Senior childcare lawyer warns of pressures from "remorseless" rise in cases
    • Reading legal team retains social care role with royal borough in £1.1m deal
    • Council hit with enforcement notice over data protection training failures
    • Council to implement all recommendations on licensing function, says Leader
    • Judge rejects challenge over refusal of support under s.17 Children Act
    • Council to pay £17,500 damages to 14 year old for human rights breaches
    • Further changes to planning system in prospect following Queen's Speech
    • Birmingham confirms plan to establish voluntary trust for children's services
    • MPs to hold inquiry into imposition of commissioners on councils
    • Supreme Court to hear key case on liability of councils for foster care abuse
    • Council hits out at "misconceived" legal action over children's centre closures
    • DfE to axe serious case review system in favour of national and local reviews
    • Judge gives green light to judicial review challenge over short break cuts
    • Father who won High Court school holidays case eyes group litigation
    • Councils review ties with law firm that boasted of 'win' in SEN case
    • President of Family Division says more children to give evidence in proceedings
    • Family President orders re-hearing of fact finding in case where boy adopted
    • North East council to set up £8m barristers panel for social care advice
    • Borough council awards £4.25m child law contract to single provider
    • Practitioners could face criminal sanction for failure to report child abuse
    • Charity takes borough to court over accommodation for arrested children
    • High Court rules council acted unlawfully in cuts to short break funding
    • Court of Appeal allows publication of judgment in Ellie Butler case
    • Law Society issues practice note on attendance at Children Act meetings
    • Eritrean asylum seeker wins age assessment case in High Court
    • High Court quashes school closure decision over consultation flaws
    • County council fined £100k after data breach involving social care files
    • Council to pay two-thirds of £2m settlement for swimming pool accident
    • Courts must prepare for significant increases in care cases, says top judge
    • 42 Bedford Row adds two barristers to public law children team
    • Four councils shortlisted for Local Authority Family Team of the Year
    • Charity takes legal action after child held in custody for non-payment of fines
    • Munby warns on English councils using secure accommodation units in Scotland
    • Courts face "imminent crisis" with rise in care cases: top family judge
    • Foster carers in bid to organise as trade union members
    • Solicitor removed from acting in care proceedings over conflict of interest
    • Government plans "would allow councils to opt out of child protection laws"
    • Judge issues warning on late service and litigants in person
    • Troubled Families programme had "no impact" on outcomes: research
    • Law Society warns on mandatory child abuse reporting duty
    • Social worker fails in High Court bid to lift nine-month suspension
    • Four men given lifelong anonymity orders amid fears of jigsaw identification of vulnerable child
    • Whistleblowers in children's care to get protection when applying for jobs
    • Children law specialist Giles joins St Philips
    • Early years charity wins FOI battle with DfE over cost of childcare research
    • Council rapped after social worker leaves court with sensitive data on car roof
    • Local Government Ombudsman and Ofsted agree protocol on information sharing
    • Council to pay £10k damages over failure to act in child protection case
    • Legal Aid Agency rapped over approach to damages payable by council to ward of court
    • Social worker and police officer win challenge over criticisms by judge
    • Tower Hamlets wins local authority team of the year at Family Law Awards 2016
    • Research on 26-week target for care proceedings suggests positive impact on children
    • Ombudsman raps council over savings for looked-after child
    • Judge lambasts council and police for flaws in investigation and care case
    • Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse appoints Brian Altman QC as new lead counsel
    • LGO criticises councils over failure to support 'family and friends' foster carers
    • City council wrongly decided child was not in need in its area: High Court
    • Birmingham set to pursue community interest company for children's services
    • Council threatens injunction over planned strike in children's services
    • City settles claim over failure to protect woman when in care as child
    • Council settles judicial review over "unlawful" application of Prevent strategy
    • Barnet wins best interests vaccine battle in High Court
    • Children seek damages from Council after being left with neglectful parents
    • ICO warns schools of ‘high bar to clear’ over body cameras for teachers
    • ADCS and Cafcass agree on ways social workers can collaborate during proceedings
    • Care applications set to reach record levels in 2016/17
    • Calls grow for changes to Social Work Bill as Munro attacks 'innovation' clauses
    • Officials "exceeded powers" when barring demonstrators from entering court
    • Judge rules against council over refusal to accommodate before age assessment
    • Social worker loses appeal over ruling by judge she improperly altered records
    • Council to review policy on transition to adult care after Ombudsman criticisms
    • Three senior officers suspended over handling of safeguarding case
    • Association of Lawyers for Children hits out at Cafcass/ADCS agreement
    • Bid to require councils to identify space to house child refugees fails
    • Principal solicitor and children law specialist swaps council for 3 Paper Buildings
    • South London Legal Partnership wins technology category at LGC Awards
    • Nicola McIntosh joins family group at No5
    • Council complains about conduct of solicitor in public law care proceedings
    • Essex agrees payouts, review of foster care placement terminations after LGO report
    • Calls for clarification of law on fostering and savings for children
    • Virgin Care in legal action over procurement of children's health services contract
    • Local authority alert sees family barrister fined over data security failings
    • Councils struggle to meet duties under Children Act
    • Council criticised over role in case where mother took children to Australia
    • Guardians and IROs warn of danger of 'collusion' over Cafcass/ADCS working agreement
    • City first to transfer voluntarily running of children services to outside company
    • Council wins Court of Appeal case on translation costs in public law proceedings
    • Care applications by councils reach record level with 13.8% rise in single year
    • New inspections on how partner agencies protect children at risk of neglect
    • Fall in decisions for adoption orders halted but local variation remains: report
    • Munby lambasts council over "profoundly concerning" adoption case
    • Father fails in human rights claim against council over contact and moral views
    • Judge criticises council for acting unfairly in offering child for adoption
    • Security services can approach ward of court without judicial consent: Munby
    • Social worker struck off after falsely claiming to have made case visits
    • No5 Chambers pays tribute following death of one of its family law barristers
    • Judge agrees natural father should not be given notice of care proceedings
    • High Court hears challenge over Government failure on Dubs Amendment
    • Allegations against monitoring officer at Bury over safeguarding case resolved
    • Sikh couple in legal action after adoption agency tells them not to apply
    • NW council offers £456k contract for child care advocacy
    • President of Family Division issues guidance for judges on Ofsted inspections
    • Ombudsman criticises council over failure to provide agreed remedies
    • Researchers find north-south divide in use of supervision orders and care orders
    • Judge rejects claim of failure to provide acceptable education for autistic boy
    • Charity issues guidance on publication of judgments about family matters
    • Family President calls on more judges to pilot settlement conferences
    • Ombudsman sees more complaints related to reduced local government resources
    • Council agrees £10k-plus payout after grandmother left without respite
    • Family judge warns on cross-courting after councils express concern
    • Police and not council must pay for special advocates in family case, says judge
    • High Court quashes assessment that child was not 'in need'
    • Council to pay out £12k over failings to family of severely autistic boy
    • Judge who heard Charlie Gard case urges greater use of mediation
    • City council faces legal action over leak of adoption information
    • County council apologises for breach of court order in child protection case
    • Improvement panel at Birmingham recommends that it suspend its operation
    • School governor banned over involvement in 'Trojan Horse' affair
    • Council sends abuse allegations to wrong address after Google Map search
    • Manchester chambers wins £456k contract for advocacy in children cases
    • Police and council agree payouts for victims of child sexual exploitation
    • DfE looks to expand market for legal services suppliers for Children’s Services Trusts
    • Cafcass and ADCS withdraw agreement over collaboration in care proceedings
    • Judge refuses to order parents to take down petition over care orders
    • Court approves move of Christian girl from Muslim foster parents
    • Emphasis on processes rather than outcomes undermining disabled rights: report
    • London borough finds interim placement for teenager after judicial criticism
    • School threatened with judicial review climbs down over Year 13 entry
    • Court grants permission for judicial review of hospital services downgrade
    • Ombudsman criticises council for errors in children’s complaints handling
    • Council wins injunction against duo to prevent disclosure of school information
    • Council agrees to pay grandmother four years of backdated foster care payments
    • Judge blasts lack of therapy for mother faced with losing second child
    • Council agrees £14m settlement after boy attacked by partner of mother
    • LGO criticises failure of council to assess vulnerable young children at risk of harm
    • Union takes council to court over employment status of foster carer
    • Ombudsman criticises council over school transport and foster carers policy
    • Council to procure legal adviser for regional adoption agency in Black Country
    • Lack of resources affecting ability to meet statutory duties to children: councillors
    • Birmingham wins appeal over 16 and 17-year olds and deprivations of liberty
    • Council faces judicial review over closure of home for children with severe needs
    • Judge allows naming of council involved in special guardianship case
    • Judges reject challenge over adoption and special guardianship for half-brothers
    • Review to examine rise in care order applications and number of children in care
    • NW councils to appoint two barristers chambers to £2.7m childcare advocacy deal
    • Council settles historic abuse claim with five-figure payout: report
    • Judge hits out at lack of provision of secure accommodation for teenager
    • Borough to cut reliance upon external counsel for PLO and care proceedings work
    • Family with no recourse to public funds wins judicial review battle with council
    • London borough fined £100,000 after social workers assaulted
    • Social worker wins right to use documents for ECHR claim over judicial criticism
    • Action urged on funding gap as child protection investigations reach 500 a day
    • London borough proposes £100m fund for survivors of abuse at children’s homes
    • Warning of legal challenge to procurement of residential care places for children
    • Parents of sick child in row with hospital hit out at foster care threat
    • City council inadvertently discloses data on children to taxi firms
    • Campaigners win permission for judicial review over respite centre closure plans
    • Think long and hard before care proceedings in medical treatment rows: Munby
    • City council to procure £600k childcare advocacy barrister services
    • Obese girl could be taken into care: report
    • Council defends decision that education, health and care plan not necessary
    • Judge rejects challenge to decision that 9-year-old was not a “child in need”
    • London borough withdraws foster care threat in hospital care plan row
    • Child care barrister rejoins Garden Court Chambers after spell in local government
    • High Court begins hearing into withdrawal of funding for respite centre
    • 3PB strengthens family law team with arrival of public law specialist
    • Supreme Court to hear s.20 Children Act accommodation case this week
    • High Court quashes decision by health body to end £600k funding for respite centre
    • Family Drug and Alcohol Courts to expand across London
    • Ministers rule out imposing mandatory reporting of child abuse
    • Senior family judge issues guidance on transfer of cases to High Court
    • Ombudsman upholds 80% of complaints about Education and Health Care Plans
    • County faces legal action over £20m cut to services for disabled children
    • Parents of vulnerable 18 year olds crowd fund challenge over law on deputyships
    • Judge dismisses challenge to removal of foster carer from approved list
    • Government to legislate for replacement of Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards
    • High Court judge rules council unlawfully failed to rehouse family
    • County council to act as guarantor for care leavers when renting
    • Supreme Court expedites key case on liability of social services authorities
    • Councils “threatening to take children of undocumented parents into care”: claim
    • Family President issues guidance on final hearings in adoption applications
    • Number of public law children cases edged up slightly in 2017: MoJ
    • Council rapped after homeless family left to live in hotel rooms for three years
    • Care order applications received by Cafcass falls for first time in years
    • Judge rejects bid by council to obtain wardship over ill child
    • Sir Andrew McFarlane named new President of Family Division
    • Media watchdog upholds complaint by council over “distorted” coverage of foster case
    • NICE defends guidance on spotting injuries to babies after criticism from researchers
    • Ombudsman warns councils on timescales for Education, Health and Care plans
    • Family Division judge refuses council permission to withdraw care proceedings
    • Council to pay backdated support to 170+ families over special guardian issues
    • Tribunal rejects claims of detriment from safeguarding lead who sued for £1.4m
    • LGO urges councils to support special guardians as 70% of complaints upheld
    • Council to review cases after judge criticises failure on duty of candour
    • Council criticised over failure to support homeless teenager
    • Rise in care cases has made workload of judiciary and court staff “untenable”: senior judge
    • Commissioners recommend end of oversight at Rotherham Council
    • Top family judge concerned at prospective closure of FDAC National Unit
    • Council solicitor to face charge of perverting the course of justice
    • Average time for disposal of care cases rises to 30 weeks: MoJ
    • Supreme Court to rule next week on use of section 20 Children Act
    • Government changes tack on unaccompanied migrant children and legal aid
    • Supreme Court to hear key case this week on local authority duties to children
    • Law firm pledges £12.5k for FDAC National Unit, urges others to follow suit
    • Council “had lawful basis” for accommodating children under s.20 CA: Supreme Court
    • Supreme Court to hear case on 16-17 year olds, capacity and confinement
    • Judges meeting with children
    • Council and police ordered to pay £52k to claimant over housing of sex offender
    • Guidance issued on paediatricians as expert witnesses in family courts
    • Council to re-evaluate bids for 0-19 public health services after High Court defeat
    • New unit to assist councils with vulnerable children and criminal gangs
    • Ombudsman finds against council after family left waiting for house adaptations for disabled son for three years
    • Children law barrister bolsters team at St John’s Chambers
    • Council apologises to mother over unlawful restrictions on contact with children
    • Charity brings legal action against Home Office over use of children as spies
    • Irish court sanctions return of child taken from council care
    • Council ends bid to stop father speaking about care of autistic daughter: report
    • Statutory duties for children’s services up 50% in seven years: research
    • Council criticised for requiring foster couple to bear school transport costs
    • LGA urges extra funding as child protection plans show biggest rise in four years
    • University researchers to examine quality of online legal advice for child court cases
    • Ombudsman criticises council for housing 17 year old on campsite
    • Council brings case over FGM threat to 9-year-old girl if mother removed from UK
    • Number of children subject of protection plans up 87% in decade: ADCS
    • Council criticised after social work failings deny parents time with dying baby
    • Early and late sittings to be piloted in civil and family courts
    • East Midlands authorities eye £8.9m panel of counsel for child care legal matters
    • Council agrees settlement for girl assaulted at primary school
    • Council criticised for cutting support to couple asked to be special guardians
    • Senior family judge calls for attention on process before care applications issued
    • Divert removal cases that could go 'either way' from court, says Chief Social Worker
    • President issues guidance on anonymisation in Family Court judgments
    • Families threaten county with legal action over cuts to services for disabled children
    • City to contest cases where asylum seeker assessed as adult threatens legal action
    • Family Court judge raps council for "woeful" care of two young women
    • Tributes paid to judge who pioneered Family Drug and Alcohol Court
    • Judge quashes decision by council to amend EHC plan despite tribunal ruling
    • Evidence review of special guardianship to be held ahead of protocol changes
    • Council faces legal action over pulling out of service for children with disabilities
    • DfE facing action over document on local authority duties towards vulnerable children
    • Council holds extraordinary meeting after heavy judicial criticism of children’s services
    • DfE criticised for failing to understand drivers for children’s social care demand
    • Court of Appeal quashes convictions for unlawfully obtaining personal data
    • Corners may have to be cut and time limits exceeded: Family President
    • CPS secures first conviction for female genital mutilation
    • Claimants win challenge over decision by council that mother was not destitute
    • Judge in England to determine adoption application for child placed for adoption in Scotland
    • Council to hold independent review after information given to ex-partner
    • Council did not do enough to protect young child from harm, Ombudsman finds
    • Mother wins interim care orders appeal over oppressive behaviour of judge
    • National partnership for Family Drug and Alcohol Courts set up with £280k backing
    • Family President to produce guidance on applications for reporting restrictions orders
    • High Court gives green light to judicial review challenge over guidance on use of children as spies
    • Foster carers sue council for negligence over placement of Parsons Green bomber
    • Children on standalone supervision orders most likely to see return to court for new proceedings
    • Family Court judge publicly criticises expert witness over delays
    • National evaluation hails positive impact of Troubled Families Programme
    • Department withdraws ‘myth-busting’ guide to council duties to vulnerable children
    • Family Court judge writes version of judgment for party with learning disabilities
    • County exploring options for delivery of process server services, seeks expressions of interest
    • Home Office consults on legal duty to raise concerns about children and knife crime
    • Council persuades Court of Appeal to restore interim care order
    • Cafcass reports 4.8% fall in care order applications in 2018/19
    • Court of Appeal decides to make no order for costs despite criticising local authority and guardian
    • Spire Barristers strengthens public law children team with Woodliffe arrival
    • Social worker given caution notice by regulator after sending confidential documents to personal email
    • Green light given for £2.2m project using Cafcass datasets to examine performance of family justice system
    • Public law children case starts level off in 2018 but average time of disposal increases: report
    • Charity secures £4m gift to advance rights of children and young people, provide legal services
    • Increasing number of independent social workers "withdrawing from court work because of pay freeze"
    • Ombudsman criticises county council for failing to support vulnerable children properly
    • Brown named interim chief executive at Cafcass
    • Judge reminds councils of importance of following guidance on working with parents with learning disability
    • Family President to issue practice guidance on short form court orders in children cases
    • President launches review of transparency in family courts, consults on making it easier to challenge reporting restrictions
    • Family President to issue guidance to courts on secure accommodation placements and statutory regime
    • Communities Secretary approves Northamptonshire unitaries plan but delays implementation to 2021
    • Employment Appeal Tribunal hears appeal from Christian ex-magistrate dismissed over adoption comments
    • Group of East Midlands authorities names six chambers for £8.8m child care law panel
    • Children’s Commissioner urges councils to set out legal basis for deprivations of liberty of children in their area
    • Ministry launches review of how family courts protect children in domestic abuse cases
    • Director of Children’s Services at London borough takes chief executive role at Cafcass
    • Social worker struck off for falsifying time sheets
    • Government announces new initiative to keep children out of care
    • Family Justice Council issues interim guidance on special guardianship and extensions to 26-week time limit
    • Court of Appeal hits out at “hugely burdensome” routine requests for clarification of judgments in care cases
    • Yorkshire authorities to procure £9m barristers panel for childcare legal services
    • Defendants lose appeal over convictions for harassing Family Court judge
    • Supreme Court to rule next week on liability of social services authorities to protect children
    • Council not liable for actions of third parties on children in its care, Supreme Court rules
    • Government hikes judicial pay after “unprecedented” recruitment issues
    • Judge rejects use of court’s inherent jurisdiction to protect 17 year-old gang member
    • Jehovah's Witness blood transfusion dispute referred to the High Court
    • Barrister appointed to chair Telford sexual abuse inquiry
    • Ombudsman urges council to apologise, pay £5k to foster couple who had children removed from their care
    • Council solicitor cleared of perverting the course of justice
    • Start date unveiled for extended court hours pilots in Manchester and Brentford
    • Council nets permission from judge to register birth of child against fundamental philosophical opposition of father
    • Council fails in bid to have man jailed for breach of order over abuse of social worker
    • Family Court judge rules in dispute between councils over which should be designated local authority
    • Public law specialist bolsters Family Group at 42 Bedford Row
    • Family President consults on reforms amid “unsustainable” volume of cases relating to children
    • County council admits flawed practice of turning homeless children away, settles judicial review challenge
    • Government scheme for use of children as ‘spies’ is lawful, High Court judge rules
    • Council apologises after refusing to look into complaint of father over children’s services without consent of son
    • County council defeats judicial review challenge over closure of 19 out of 35 children’s centres
    • Glaister-Young arrival boosts 42 Bedford Row Family Team
    • Social workers body expresses concern at possible breaches of confidentiality in reporting of family courts
    • 1GC Family Law strengthens children law and CoP teams with double hire
    • Ombudsman tells councils to be clear on purpose of visits to home-schooled children
    • FOI request reveals thousands of knives being confiscated at London family courts: BBC
    • High Court upholds decisions by councils not to provide family with housing and subsistence support
    • Senior childcare barrister hire boosts family group at 42 Bedford Row
    • High Court judge allows girl at risk of FGM to be taken on Egypt trip subject to safeguards
    • Family court has jurisdiction to review its findings of fact, says Court of Appeal
    • Report on special guardianship orders urges changes in mindset, regulations and protocols
    • North West council to offer £2.25m contract for provision of childcare barrister advocacy services
    • Councils saw £800m overspend on children’s social care in 2018/19: LGA
    • Council concern over extent of private equity role in fostering agencies
    • County to pay mother £24k after Ombudsman report into overcrowding and failure to comply with care order
    • Children’s Guardians body and Cafcass in dispute over website content
    • Claim councils are "recruiting sergeants" for "county lines" provokes angry response from directors of children’s services
    • Justice system "unable to deliver redress for victims of child sexual abuse", inquiry finds
    • Council wins Court of Appeal challenge over decision by recorder to adjourn public law children proceedings
    • Guide published to help youth justice lawyers advocate for looked-after children at police station
    • Average time for care proceedings to reach first disposal now at longest since 2013: MoJ report
    • Family courts hearing FGM cases do not have jurisdiction to injunct Home Secretary on asylum matters, rules senior judge
    • Court has no power to require Cafcass to undertake work with non-subject child, judge rules
    • Chambers secures £2.25m contract to deliver childcare advocacy for city council
    • Cafcass backs renewed focus on pre-proceedings work in public law children cases - but rejects direct role
    • Bevan Brittan advises county council on launch of children's services company
    • Child care workers removed from register over derogatory comments made about residents on WhatsApp group
    • Judge hits out at lack of resources for councils looking after young vulnerable people at risk of harm
    • Court of Appeal rules on need for court approval of residential care placements outside England and Wales
    • President of Family Division publishes final guidance on reporting in Family Courts
    • Behaviour of family judge meant hearing amounted to serious procedural irregularity, High Court judge finds
    • Family Division judge hands down ruling in care proceedings involving 49 parties
    • Court of Appeal judge quashes extempore ruling in child injuries case for insufficient reasoning
    • City council defeats judicial review challenge over age assessment
    • Judge allows inter-country adoption to proceed despite failure to comply with pre-adoption requirements
    • Court of Appeal orders “unprecedented” second retrial in care proceedings following death of 10-year-old girl
    • Court of Appeal allows appeal over care and placement orders over failure by judge to give adequately reasoned judgment
    • Councils, Directors of Children’s Services urge investment on 30th anniversary of Children Act 1989
    • Senior judge rules on extent of anonymisation of two public law children judgments
    • Court of Appeal hands down key ruling on nature of 'secure accommodation'
    • Thirteen barristers to join family law team at Parklane Plowden Chambers
    • Working group makes 22 recommendations to tackle shortage of medical experts prepared to work with family courts
    • Trafficked woman loses judicial review challenge amid age assessment confusion
    • Council directly discriminated against couple with Sikh Indian heritage in provision of adoption services, judge rules
    • High Court to hear argument on lawfulness of short form and visual age assessments
    • Guidelines to be developed on removal of newborn babies amid concerns over inconsistent practice, misunderstandings of legal framework
    • Council acted unlawfully when assessing whether applicant was 'former relevant child'
    • Council criticised in dispute over designated local authority for care proceedings
    • Top judge warns of “unremitting pressure of work in the Family Court”
    • Council refused permission to challenge Ombudsman findings on payment of special guardians
    • Council wins appeal over refusal by judge of application for interim care order
    • Ministry to provide £165m funding for Troubled Families programme in 2020/21
    • Councils warn of "immense pressure" as number of children in care reaches record level
    • Victims of child sexual exploitation in Greater Manchester to have cases newly investigated after damning report
    • New Family Court wellbeing protocol for Birmingham bids to tackle ‘by return, twenty-four-seven, last-minute culture’
    • Welsh councillor suspended for four months for conduct breaches
    • Government updates advice on adoption, calls on councils to ensure social workers "understand what the law says" on who can adopt
    • Ombudsman issues further report after Medway council fails to implement Ombudsman's recommendations
    • Ombudsman reminds councils of their foster carer school transport duties
    • Court of Appeal sets aside adoption order after judge prematurely ruled out birth family placement
    • Ombudsman hits out at council for making “serious and unsubstantiated allegations” about asylum seeker
    • Abbreviated age assessment of Afghan national carried out by council was unlawful, High Court rules
    • Court of Appeal sets out principles for deciding whether father or relative should be informed of existence of child who might be adopted
    • Ex-social worker fined for unlawfully disclosing personal data
    • President in call for evidence as part of Transparency Review in Family Court
    • Council to offer child protection specific training contract
    • Court of Appeal orders council to pay £12k costs contribution after great-aunt wins appeal over care and placement orders
    • Judge rules against Jehovah's Witnesses over care proceedings and religious duty of confidentiality
    • Lawyers and women’s rights charities call for family court judge's cases to be reviewed
    • Judiciary to design new online consent course for family judges
    • Court of Appeal rejects appeal by council over ruling reuniting mother and child in different residential unit
    • Guardian wins appeal over decision by judge not to make child assessment order in case where father was convicted of terrorism offences
    • Judge gives guidance to social workers drawn into disputes between parents
    • Notification of fathers and relatives
    • Fourteen elects O’Donovan and Glaser as joint head of chambers
    • Council defends challenge over provision of secure accommodation for children at risk of being detained by police
    • Mother sends letter before action to government over coronavirus and strategy for needs of younger disabled people, lack of testing of health and social care workers
    • Lord Chief Justice sets out default position for hearings in civil and family cases, issues outline guidance to judges
    • Family President issues national guidance for Family Court and High Court Family Division
    • Judiciary issues guidance as remote hearings to become the norm immediately in Family Court
    • Family Group at 42 Bedford Row boosted by Berthelsen arrival
    • High Court judge highlights clash between diplomatic immunity and child protection
    • HMCTS issues business priorities for family courts and Court of Protection during COVID-19 outbreak
    • Court of Appeal upholds ruling on vaccination of children in care of local authorities
    • Court of Appeal upholds order for disclosure to police of documents filed in care proceedings
    • Family President to hold two-week rapid consultation on use of remote hearings in family justice
    • Cafcass receives 18,000+ public law applications for fourth year in a row
    • Family law barrister joins 9 St John Street
    • Family President intervenes to halt plan to hold final hearing remotely into allegations of factitious illness
    • ADCS President warns of potential spike in demand and backlog of care applications following COVID-19 outbreak
    • Court of Appeal finds remote adoption hearing is inappropriate
    • Government relaxation of regulations relating to children’s social care draws criticism
    • High Court judge sends copy of ruling to ministers to express concern over “nationwide problem” of lack of capacity for secure care
    • Court of Appeal sets out ‘cardinal points’ on remote hearings and approach to public law children cases
    • Children’s Commissioner for England calls for revocation of “unnecessary” regulations relaxing children’s social care protections
    • High Court judge decides to hear lay evidence remotely in hearing of application by local authority for care order
    • Second judge in a week sends ruling to Education Secretary to highlight lack of secure residential placements
    • Research finds wide variation in family cases going ahead via remote hearings or being adjourned
    • Court of Appeal judge to advise on ‘recovery’ phase for Family Court after lockdown
    • Court of Appeal urges councils to take prompt action in adoption cases where there is uncertainty about paternity
    • Charity sends letter before action over regulations relaxing social care protections
    • London borough defends legal challenge to level of support provided to family with child in need and older sibling
    • Judge names council after deciding knowledge of its social services failures in care case outweighed risk of jigsaw identification of children
    • High Court judge adjourns care proceedings so in-person hearing can be held
    • Children Act 1989 gives local authorities power to order vaccination of children in care without court order, CoA rules.
    • Council faces legal challenge amid concerns short breaks service for disabled children is underfunded
    • Chancery Lane calls for ‘best practice’ document on remote hearings in family courts, warns of “guidance fatigue”
    • Judge criticises local authority and Children's Guardian over efforts to identify birth father but declines to revoke adoption order
    • Cafcass issues protocol on attendance of staff at court during COVID-19 recovery
    • Cafcass sees significant fall in number of public law cases received
    • Council wins appeal over whether threshold for intervention in child care case was satisfied
    • Family judge says trial should be held on diplomatic immunity legislation and incompatibility with European Convention on Human Rights
    • Charity launches High Court challenge over dilution of children’s social care duties during COVID-19
    • Family President predicts “very radical reduction” in amount of time that courts afford to each hearing
    • Childcare lawyer to swap council for independent bar
    • Mother loses appeal over fairness of hearing where her shielding QC cannot be physically present
    • Family Court judge considers power summarily to dismiss findings sought by local authority
    • Court of Appeal upholds broad discretion of family courts in FGM cases
    • Public Law Working Group makes recommendations for change in approach to special guardianship orders, issues best practice guidance
    • Judge refuses application by father to adjourn final hearing so it can be held in Preston and not Manchester
    • Pandemic has led to human rights abuses of young people with autism or learning disabilities who have been detained: MPs
    • Charity urges closure of “legal loophole” in housing of vulnerable children
    • Court of Appeal allows appeal over refusal of application for intermediary assessment
    • High Court gives green light to judicial review challenge over removal of children’s social care safeguards during COVID-19
    • Council persuades High Court judge to quash judgment in default in data breach claim after papers posted to empty office during lockdown
    • Charity calls for urgent effort to register children of EU citizen parents as deadline looms for citizenship scheme
    • Council was wrong to apply for the withdrawal of care proceedings: CoA
    • Sunderland Christian foster service 'must allow gay carers' says High Court
    • Department for Education tells court nothing can be done where lack of secure placement for vulnerable and damaged 13 year old
    • Judge criticises council for failure to implement recommendations of First-tier Tribunal
    • Government consults on extending some COVID-19 children’s social care flexibilities, will allow most to lapse
    • Court of Appeal finds judge should have recused herself in child care fact-finding hearing
    • Religious fostering service given permission on one ground to appeal rejection of judicial review challenge over Ofsted report
    • Council wins appeal over order discharging interim care orders
    • Public law children specialists join Coram Chambers
    • ‘Autism plus’ policies unlawfully restricting autistic children’s rights to care, report says
    • Number of deprivation of liberty orders for children and young people triples in two years: BBC report
    • Department for Education’s Coronavirus Regulations did damage children’s safeguards but were not unlawful due to pandemic, High Court says
    • Mother wins appeal over request for French court to assume jurisdiction of care case
    • Court of Appeal hands down ruling on changing nationality of children in care
    • Council warns of potential breach of statutory duty in relation to unaccompanied asylum-seeking children
    • Mother and grandparents win appeal over interim care orders
    • Family Court judge allows autistic mother to type evidence in witness box during care proceedings
    • Court of Appeal to hear challenge to dilution of children’s safeguards this week
    • Employment Appeal Tribunal upholds ruling specialist foster carers were employees of Scottish council
    • Council concern over falling referrals to children’s social services
    • Consultation held on short Social Work Evidence Template for use in urgent hearings
    • Children’s Commissioner calls for ban on use of unregulated accommodation for under 18s
    • High Court allows appeal by claimant after council bids to withdraw admissions of liability in failure to remove case
    • Judge orders placement for adoption for three children amid extreme over-reaction of parents to involvement of professionals
    • Family Court statistics reveal impact of Covid-19 as fewer care cases disposed of within 26-week timeframe, but latest data suggests return to pre-pandemic levels
    • Tenth Family, Drug and Alcohol Court launched in Midlands
    • Grandmother wins appeal over whether change of circumstances meant she could apply for revocation of placement order
    • Regulator of social workers suspends voluntary removal process, instructs external counsel to advise
    • High Court judge adds voice to calls for clearer framework for placing English children in Scottish residential care homes on interim basis
    • Law Society continues to back remote hearings in family cases, but expresses concern about their use in more complex cases
    • Tributes paid to former 4 Brick Court head of chambers and leading public law children’s barrister
    • Fourth High Court judge this year hits out at lack of secure accommodation for vulnerable young person
    • Professionals say system of remote hearings in family justice working smoothly, but parents much less positive: report
    • Local authority overcomes "high hurdle" to secure rehearing over injury to two-year-old girl
    • Working group makes 22 recommendations for tackling reduction in availability of medical experts in family courts
    • Top family judge publishes guidance on protection of domestic abuse victims in remote and hybrid hearings
    • Court of Appeal orders fresh welfare hearing over failure of judge to sufficiently examine risk of harm to children when making placement order
    • Top family judge calls for renewed focus on wellbeing amid reports of high level of exhaustion in judiciary, professions
    • Regulator of health and care professions to procure £5.9m legal services panel
    • 42 Bedford Row bolsters public law children and housing teams
    • Coram Chambers names public law barristers as joint heads of chambers
    • Cafcass warns it is close to triggering prioritisation protocol after case rise in South Yorkshire and Humberside
    • Judge issues second ruling sharply criticising lack of suitable regulated placement for vulnerable 16-year-old woman with complex needs
    • Court of Appeal rules Education Secretary acted unlawfully in failing to consult Children's Commissioner and others before relaxing safeguards for children in care during pandemic
    • Judge issues ruling on deprivation of liberty for boy with behavioural problems to cover move to new residential school
    • Cafcass to prioritise children most in need in South Yorkshire and Humber as caseloads soar in pandemic
    • Court of Appeal highlights need for early legal advice where adoption placements near point of breakdown
    • Family President introduces requirement for court to notify Ofsted of unregistered placements where inherent jurisdiction used to authorise deprivation of liberty of child
    • Charity hails amendment that means in-person contact to facilitate kinship care not prohibited by lockdown restrictions
    • MoJ to open three more ‘Nightingale’ courtrooms handling family cases at Westminster HQ
    • Children’s Commissioner for England hits out at number of extremely vulnerable children in unregulated settings
    • Court of Appeal upholds adoption after rare hearing of substantive application for revocation
    • Public law children barrister at county council switches to 3PB in Birmingham
    • Ombudsman investigation finds council failed to support foster carers after mother of girl died
    • Ombudsman report urges councils to scrutinise services for children in care
    • Court of Appeal agrees to hear case over journalist access to court records in care proceedings
    • Family Justice Board sets out priority actions to relieve immediate pressures on system and deliver long-term reform
    • Court of Appeal allows appeal by city in dispute between three councils over designation in respect of care order
    • High Court judge grants interim relief in age assessment dispute
    • Care proceedings taking significantly longer with fewer disposals within 26 week time limit: Ministry of Justice
    • Senior family judge warns against allocation of hearing time outside normal sitting hours of court save in exceptional circumstances
    • Cafcass updates guidance on advisers seeing children and families during lockdown
    • Age assessments 2020: a year in review
    • Government launches independent review of children’s social care
    • Family Division judge sets out future lessons for non-notification cases after dismissing application by local authority
    • Council pays £8k+ after failing to protect children from older brother
    • Council not entitled to refuse to assess needs of Vietnamese woman on basis of preliminary age assessment by different authority, judge finds
    • Family Division judge hits out at "breathtaking incompetence" of council, failures on disclosure to court
    • Judge rules out notifying consular authorities of adoption proceedings in "unusual case"
    • Council calls Ombudsman recommendations in child protection case “inappropriate and misguided”, reserves legal position over report conclusions
    • Upper Tribunal allows appeal over age assessment that failed to meet procedural safeguards
    • Council and guardian fail in appeal over refusal by judge of application for placement orders
    • Leading children law QC joins 4PB
    • Council secures injunction against man who circumvented redaction in child protection papers
    • Judge refuses permission for judicial review challenge over age assessment
    • Ombudsman issues reminder to councils on duties to parents when asking them to leave family home during safeguarding investigations
    • Judge hits out at lack of regulated placement for vulnerable, suicidal 16 year old, despite 11 High Court hearings and sending series of judgments to ministers
    • Nuffield Family Justice Observatory to consult on use of supervision orders in care proceedings
    • Court of Appeal allows appeal by father against abuse findings over insufficient reasoning, failure by judge to take into account material factors
    • Deputy Master strikes out of most of ‘failure to remove’ claim against county council
    • Department for Education to ban placing of vulnerable under 16s in unregulated accommodation from September 2021
    • Public law family specialist joins Pump Court
    • High Court rejects application by mother to prevent local authority from imposing vaccinations on child in foster care
    • Judge rules council breached ECHR rights of orthodox Jewish 15-year-old boy - but not his brother - over proposal for respite placement accommodation
    • Final report from Public Law Working Group set up by Family President makes 47 core recommendations
    • Family, Drug and Alcohol Court launched to cover Birmingham and Solihull
    • Judge approves placement in Scotland for 15-year-old from London, expresses concern at lack of availability in England and Wales
    • Court of Appeal hears appeal by journalist over access to court documents from public law children case
    • Council was “gatekeeping” when it failed to investigate children’s services complaints properly, Ombudsman says
    • Judge says recent case shows how exceptional circumstances must be if court is to use its power to dismiss care proceedings without having heard all the evidence
    • Judge orders children to be taken into long-term foster care over concerns about weight
    • Ombudsman issues guide for dealing with children’s services statutory complaints
    • Home Secretary sets out reforms to framework for age assessment of asylum seekers, including fast-track statutory appeal right
    • Court of Appeal dismisses bid by journalist for access to documents held by council in relation to public law children proceedings, but calls for guidance in form of court rules
    • Family President asks Court of Appeal judge to consider how to achieve efficient return to court, but predicts some form of remote working likely to foreseeable future
    • Average time for care proceedings continued upward trend in 2020 – with final quarter reaching levels not seen since 2013
    • Judge refuses permission for legal challenge to age assessment
    • Claimant secures interim relief in dispute over age assessment by county council
    • Deprivation of liberty and writs of habeas corpus
    • Rare appeal allowed over refusal by judge to adjourn final care hearing
    • Judge considers whether local authority obliged to assess members of ‘original family’ of mother who herself was adopted
    • Professionals back retention of supervision orders as option for courts in care proceedings, but half call for changes to be made
    • Court of Appeal allows appeal over decision by Family Court judge not to separate mother and baby
    • High Court judge questions whether children’s services at council are fit for purpose after identifying “egregious and longstanding failures” in case over eight years period
    • Kent teen left to live in tent during Covid-19 crisis, Ombudsman investigation finds
    • London borough consults on support payment scheme for survivors of abuse at children’s homes
    • Council fails in appeal over direction by judge that parents and child should undergo residential assessment
    • Government facing legal challenge over unregulated accommodation and 16-17 year olds
    • High Court judge revokes adoption orders after acknowledging "exceptional circumstances"
    • Mother wins appeal over lack of due process when she applied for leave to oppose adoption order
    • Divisional Court hands down key ruling on interaction of diplomatic immunity and child protection
    • Report urges halt to publication of judgments online concerning sexual abuse of children pending review amid concerns at “deeply troubling” information available and exposure of vulnerable to further risk
    • Home Office and city council facing legal challenge over age assessments at Kent Intake Unit
    • High Court judge clarifies position on adoption for co-parenting families where relationship has ended
    • High Court judge refuses application for interim relief in age assessment dispute
    • Court of Appeal allows appeal against order removing new-born baby after mother with learning difficulties not given opportunity to put her point of view
    • Order made by email in childcare case exhibited “serious procedural irregularity”, Court of Appeal rules
    • Kent pursues legal action against Home Office amid surge in unaccompanied asylum-seeking children
    • Research shows rising number of public law cases involving newborn babies, highlights short notice given to most parents
    • Family foster carers could be due backdated payments following Ombudsman investigation
    • Huge demand for urgent children's services diverts resources away from early intervention, say councils
    • Government to make changes to National Transfer Scheme for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children but proposals not sufficient to deter Kent from threatened legal action
    • Family President launches rapid consultation on remote, hybrid and in-person hearings in family justice system and Court of Protection
    • Judge dismisses application by birth parents for boy in interim care to be circumcised before second birthday
    • Local authority secures court approval for vaccination of boy in face of parental objections
    • Court of Appeal rules judge was wrong to join foster carers to care proceedings
    • Ombudsman criticises London borough over failures as corporate parent to former looked-after child who alleged abuse
    • European Court of Human Rights orders UK Government to pay €84k to social worker criticised by Family Court judge
    • Public law case starts fall but care proceedings disposals slow to longest average time since 2012: MoJ
    • Tribunal rejects age assessment claim against council
    • Law Society warns against remote hearings in public law children cases where parties have limited access to technology
    • Couple secure rectification, damages from council over data processing after "unfair" safeguarding inquiry
    • Family Court judge issues ruling to highlight successful use of “Resolutions Model”
    • Ombudsman criticises council after agency failed to follow statutory guidance when assessing prospective adopter
    • High Court judge compelled to highlight “once again” shortage of accommodation for children with highly complex behavioural and emotional needs
    • Campaign group hits councils with legal challenge over placement of children in care outside their area
    • Court of Appeal allows appeal by council as judgment in childcare proceedings did not contain required analysis of competing options
    • No need to change on ‘Freedom Day’ how family courts and Court of Protection have been operating, says Family President
    • Cafcass blames “unsustainable pressures” as it implements prioritisation protocol for private law cases in West Midlands - other areas likely to follow in weeks ahead
    • High Court judge finds for London borough in row with city council over calculation of age of asylum-seeker
    • Judge praises council for "brave but proper decision" to end care proceedings
    • Supreme Court to rule next week on use of inherent jurisdiction in cases where there is insufficient registered secure accommodation for vulnerable children
    • More needs to be done to ensure remote hearings are fair and work smoothly, say family professionals
    • Children in care of London borough subjected to decades of cruelty and sexual abuse, Inquiry finds
    • Court of Appeal rejects bid by Welsh council to withdraw admission of liability in failure to remove case
    • Inherent jurisdiction can be used for deprivation of liberty of children amid “scandalous” shortage of approved secure accommodation: Supreme Court
    • Council did not have reasonable system in place to respond to police requests for accommodation for detained juveniles: Court of Appeal
    • Family Court judge chooses double-barrelled surname for child in foster care after “unusual” local authority application
    • Judge expresses concern at how professionals tackled case where child underwent forced marriage abroad
    • Mother fails in Court of Appeal bid to revoke adoption order despite procedural irregularity
    • High Court orders dispute over age of refugee to be heard by Upper Tribunal after council errors
    • Court of Appeal calls for fresh attention to fundamental principles of good case management in care proceedings as workload grows
    • Directors of Children’s Services call for more fundamental reform to family justice system
    • Croydon warns ministers it may have to stop supporting unaccompanied asylum-seeking children
    • High Court gives go-ahead for discrimination claim over legislation on regulated settings and children in care
    • Mother loses appeal over order that father should be informed of care proceedings
    • Council terminates contract with SEND transport provider over insufficient background checks
    • Councils warn of major rise in child-related serious incident notifications
    • Ombudsman finds council at fault after mother left in the dark about death of daughter at respite care home
    • Judge expresses concern at lack of suitable accommodation for vulnerable teenager in "depressingly familiar scenario"
    • Ofsted challenges claim of unnecessary child protection investigations
    • County council and Home Office threatened with judicial review over placement of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in unregulated accommodation
    • Family Rights Group secures grant to improve early work with families and avert care proceedings
    • Judge hands down ruling on children under 16, deprivations of liberty and inherent jurisdiction after amendment of statutory scheme for placements
    • 262 knives confiscated in family courts in 2019-20: BBC report
    • Court of Appeal counsels against orders in childcare cases extending time for making application for appeal until receipt of transcript
    • Council to pay looked after child £10k for loss of suitable education, following Ombudsman investigation
    • Independent fostering agency loses appeal over lawfulness of only accepting heterosexual evangelical Christians as potential carers
    • Judge refuses to authorise deprivation of liberty of vulnerable 12-year-old girl in acute psychiatric admissions unit, despite lack of alternative accommodation
    • High Court judge approves bespoke placement in case where he had declined to authorise continued deprivation of liberty of 12 year old in psychiatric admissions unit
    • Cafcass prioritisation protocol extended to Greater Manchester
    • High Court authorises deprivation of liberty for 16 year old and expresses concern at Ofsted threatening prosecution of children's home where she lives
    • Fewer than one in four care and supervision cases disposed of within 26-week timeframe: MoJ
    • Leading child protection QC joins 1 Crown Office Row
    • Unnecessary disruption and emotional upset caused by “egregious” failings in child care case by Council.
    • School carries out “substantial and rigorous changes” to improve student safety following the death of a pupil
    • Independent review defends claim there are unnecessary child protection investigations
    • Family President issues memorandum explaining principles on expert evidence, hits out at "pseudo-science"
    • Senior family judge gives "steer" on when hearings should be in-person, criticises speed of implementation of Public Law Working Group recommendations
    • Barrister specialising in complex public law work joins 1GC
    • Council decision to keep asylum seekers who were putative children in hotel accommodation was unlawful, High Court rules
    • Judge credits psychological assessment with calming of “high octane” conflict between parents and care workers
    • Accredited media representatives and legal bloggers should be able to report publicly on what they see and hear in the courts: President of the Family Division
    • Judge issues ruling on use of inherent jurisdiction where placements will not or cannot comply with practice guidance issued by Family President
    • Court of Appeal upholds refusal of application for placement orders in case where parents showed “grossly unreasonable attitude” towards professionals
    • Too many witness statements prepared in breach of proper professional standards, says top family judge
    • Court of Appeal rules on whether care orders and special guardianship orders can coexist
    • National Transfer Scheme to become mandatory for councils on temporary basis, Home Office announces
    • Family Drug and Alcohol Court pilot scheme launched in Wales
    • North East councils to procure £15m barristers framework for Children and Adult Services
    • Judge approves order to keep boy in residential accommodation at likely cost of £750k
    • County council apologises over adoption procedure errors
    • Good Law Project in renewed bid for judicial review challenge over placements of children in care outside of local area
    • Court of Appeal rejects claim council infringed right to be protected from modern slavery
    • Coroner highlights “Inadequate support” from council social services team in report on boy’s death
    • Public law children specialist Stevenson moves to 4PB
    • President appoints 26 experts to panel tasked with increasing transparency in Family Court
    • High Court can still authorise deprivation of liberty of child in unregistered home in "imperative conditions of necessity": Court of Appeal
    • QCs at 1GC and Doughty Street named High Court judges
    • High Court rejects challenge to refusal by council to reassess age of asylum seeker
    • High Court judge refuses to "apply a rubber stamp" to authorise deprivation of liberty of child in hospital
    • Supreme Court refuses to hear appeal by mother over adoption orders despite procedural irregularity
    • Senior judge issues supplementary guidance on e-bundles for use in family courts
    • Average length of time for care proceedings has continued to rise, Ministry of Justice data reveals
    • CoramBAAF urges councils to check their procedures comply with Adoption Agencies Regulations 2005 in light of Somerset ruling
    • Council settles claim brought by couple over halting of adoption process
    • Legal challenges over age assessments for unaccompanied asylum seeking children and incorrect Home Office decisions “placing additional pressure on children’s services departments”: ADCS
    • Family Court judge criticises "seriously flawed" investigation into injuries suffered by boy
    • Failure in childcare case to identify cognitive difficulties of appellant and to make appropriate participation directions “amounted to serious procedural irregularity”, Court of Appeal rules
    • High Court rules Home Office guidance on age assessments at Kent Intake Unit was "unlawful"
    • Family Division judge backs proposals for future applications for third party disclosure from Prison Service and similar bodies
    • High Court rejects ‘failure to remove’ Human Rights Act claim brought against two councils
    • All Party Parliamentary Group launches inquiry into legal aid for kinship carers
    • MPs and peers express concern at government reforms on age assessment
    • High Court rejects claim council was vicariously liable after employee on “frolic of her own” leaked social care records
    • Inquiry urges ban of placements in semi-independent and independent settings of 16 and 17 year olds with experience of or at risk of sexual exploitation
    • Judge hearing family contact dispute criticises Welsh council of adopting “too narrow a perspective” and “missing the point” over support it could offer
    • High Court to hear judicial review challenge over accommodation of 16 and 17 year old children in care
    • Number of applications to deprive children of their liberty in unregulated placements rises by 462% in three years: research
    • A practical guide to authorisations of unregistered placements and DOLS applications
    • Judge raps council after 13-year-old boy unlawfully deprived of his liberty for five months
    • Home Office directs 29 local authorities to provide care placements for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children
    • High Court judge quashes age assessment of asylum seeker over “unfair process” undertaken by council
    • Former head of legal at county council makes switch to private practice
    • Family President extends suspension for public law childcare cases of requirement for sequential numbering of e-bundles
    • Ombudsman calls on council to pay £1,000 for “interfering in family affairs”
    • Draft best practice guidelines issued for cases of state intervention at birth against backdrop of rising care proceedings for newborn babies
    • Two silks join family law team at 1 Crown Office Row as associate members
    • Top family judge issues case management guidance against backdrop of rise in number of hearings per public law children case
    • MPs and peers launch post-legislative scrutiny of Children and Families Act 2014
    • Supreme Court to hear dispute over appellate courts, proportionality assessments and care orders
    • Watchdog calls for national and regional organisations to be set up to help councils tackle shortage in places in children’s homes and with foster carers
    • Child law specialist James joins 1GC
    • Court of Appeal grants mother leave to apply to revoke placement orders
    • High Court dismisses challenge to decision by Education Secretary not to ban placements of 16 and 17 year olds in unregulated accommodation
    • Ombudsman report sees county agree to reconsider whether to investigate complaint about time in care
    • High Court judge refuses asylum-seeker permission for age assessment challenge
    • Judge terminates appointment of guardian after criticism of solicitor to father
    • High Court refuses permission for judicial review challenge over children in care being placed outside of their local area
    • Court of Appeal allows appeal over placement order after judicial analysis "fell significantly short"
    • Children subject of deprivation of liberty applications spending “significant” amount of time in suboptimal placements, research highlights
    • Average time for care or supervision cases to reach first disposal up six weeks in 2021, government data reveals
    • Research report calls for revamping of supervision orders and creation of supervision order support fund
    • Judge gives guidance on care cases where parent has learning disability
    • Council and NHS trust criticised after judge refuses to authorise deprivation of liberty of 14-year-old girl on hospital ward
    • Ombudsman raps council for using incorrect information to place child on protection plan
    • Cafcass outlines new practice standards for public law work and expanded programme of workshops for local authorities  
    • Top judge rules applications for declarations of validity of existing placement and adoption orders not necessary despite widespread failure to comply with health assessment requirements
    • Charities urge changes to statutory guidance on exclusions and behaviour amid concerns over child criminal exploitation
    • Councils continue move away from ‘twin hat’ arrangements for roles of Director of Children’s Services and Director of Adult Social Services
    • Cafcass sees fall in new public law children’s cases in 2021/22 but number of open active children’s cases overall remains 17.6% higher than at start of pandemic
    • Improper Local Authority Designated Officer referral impacted vetting of police officer, Ombudsman finds
    • Council to take first children’s services trust back in-house
    • Upper Tribunal judge finds refugee to be 17 years old, rejecting assessments by different councils that he was 22 or older
    • Specialist in complex care cases joins Harcourt Chambers
    • Ombudsman criticises council for excluding father from child protection process, “unjustifiably” identifying him as person who abuses alcohol
    • Ombudsman criticises council after failure to pay agreed grant leaves family living on building site
    • Council efforts to plug gaps in legal support for kinship carers "inconsistent" amid funding challenges: report
    • LGA calls for children’s social care reform and increased funding amid soaring Section 47 enquiries
    • Deputy High Court judge grants permission for judicial review of abbreviated age assessment
    • Public law children specialist moves to 42 Bedford Row from London borough
    • Independent Review of Children’s Social Care urges shift from crisis intervention, calls for ‘expert child protection practitioner’ role, regional care cooperatives and increased support for kinship carers
    • Child protection specialist joins Trinity Chambers
    • Nagalro voices opposition to Independent Review of Children’s Social Care recommendation to retire role of Independent Reviewing Officers
    • Supreme Court to rule next week on appellate courts, proportionality assessments and care orders
    • Public law specialist joins family team at 1 Crown Office Row in Brighton
    • Supreme Court allows appeals over care orders after judge adopted flawed process when assessing options to mitigate risk
    • Senior judge demands reports on “lamentable” delay in care orders case
    • Family Justice Council makes recommendations on avoiding conflicts of interest using psychologist expert witnesses in cases of alleged alienation
    • High Court judge quashes determination of coroner not to hold Article 2 investigation
    • High Court deems Home Office guidance on no recourse to public funds unlawful
    • National Deprivation of Liberty Court handling applications covering children to be launched next month
    • Association of Directors of Children’s Services calls for clarity on legal status of unaccompanied Ukrainian children and role of councils where placements break down
    • Ombudsman raps council after girl with special educational needs left without vital therapy
    • Court of Protection "unlikely to consider streamlined procedure appropriate" for authorisation of deprivation of liberty in living arrangements of 16/17 year olds, says judge
    • Care cases close to taking a year to reach first disposal – twice the statutory target, Government data reveals
    • Professionals working with child in deprivation of liberty cases need to have clear and comprehensive understanding of operational procedures of other agencies, says High Court judge
    • Grandmother secures fresh hearing after Court of Appeal finds process that led to placement order deficient
    • Local authority wins appeal over costs order made in private family law proceedings
    • Judge raps council over planning in child protection case
    • City council to procurement child advocacy barrister services worth £1.5m
    • Children’s Commissioner issues preview of findings from project on data sharing and child safeguarding
    • Lorraine Cavanagh QC joins 1GC Family Law as door tenant
    • Council policy on calculating payments to special guardians “destroyed” coherence of Government recommended model, judge finds
    • High Court judge grants permission for challenge to non-disclosure of overview report of serious case review
    • Court of Appeal outlines approach advocates and judges should take to requests for clarification of judgments
    • Council registrar wrongly informed woman to make adoption order for her child, High Court rules
    • Child law specialist joins 1GC Family Law
    • Judge dismisses bid by council for unadmitted allegations to be tried, saying it would be “deplorable waste of resources”
    • Research commissioned to explore prevalence of parents with learning disabilities in care proceedings
    • High Court judge issues ruling on fairness of age assessment procedure
    • City council to procure £450k barristers services framework
    • Judge issues ruling on placing of mothers with their young children in unregulated residential family placements
    • Foreign convictions are admissible as evidence in family proceedings, Court of Appeal holds
    • Greater flexibility for local authorities in age assessments
    • Child protection barrister at 42 Bedford Row appointed as Circuit Judge
    • Shortage of secure placements for vulnerable children a “national scandal”, High Court judge says
    • Council that failed to pay respite care for seven years pays foster parents £25k
    • Former local government lawyer joins St John’s Chambers
    • More than a third of children placed in Scottish secure placements are from England and Wales, study indicates
    • Welsh Government consultation on health and social care reforms
    • Judge says she cannot “wave a magic wand” in deprivation of liberty case concerning teenager
    • Councils to seek permission to appeal from Supreme Court after judges allow appeal by claimants over strike out of ‘failure to remove’ claims
    • Council to pay £30,000 over failure to do enough to support woman caring for young relative
    • Nagalro urges reinstatement of requirement for adoption agencies in England to consider religious persuasion, racial origin and cultural and linguistic background of child
    • Public law children barrister joins No 5
    • Court of Appeal to hear child’s ‘failure to remove’ claim under the Human Rights Act
    • Guidelines issued on media reporting on work of social workers
    • Nearly 240 applications made for deprivation of liberty for children in first two months of new national court
    • Legal aid changes to see people facing eviction or repossession receive free early legal advice
    • Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse calls for mandatory reporting, removal of time limit for making compensation claims
    • High Court judge approves unregistered placement for teenage girl with “nowhere else to go”
    • Counties call for urgent implementation of reforms recommended by independent MacAlister review into children’s social care
    • More than 350 applications to deprive children of their liberty made in first three months of new national court
    • Councils seeing "substantial increase" in demand for children’s services: ADCS
    • Parents launch judicial review over closure by London borough of three Early Years Centres
    • Public Law Working Group launches consultation on supervision orders
    • Council-owned children’s services company to appoint single provider to £340k SEND tribunal services contract
    • Rising demand and lack of suitable accommodation sees councils struggling to meet legal duty to house children in need of care: Ofsted
    • Calls grow for greater investment in preventative services as number of mothers involved in recurrent care proceedings increases
    • Judge allows local authority to withdraw care proceedings, says Human Rights Act claim made by parents must fall away
    • Judge warns councils applications for international adoption under 1993 Hague Convention “may not be at all straightforward”
    • Public Law Outline to be relaunched in January 2023 with renewed focus on meeting 26-week deadline, says senior family judge
    • Pilot scheme to allow family court reporting for first time
    • Children and Families Act 2014 has failed to improve lives of children and young people, peers find
    • Family Law Bar Association issues recommendations on complying with e-bundles in public law cases
    • Welsh government issues guidance on handling cross border child protection cases
    • Court of Appeal dismisses challenge to Education Secretary decision not to ban placements of 16 and 17 year olds in unregulated accommodation
    • Experienced children law barrister joins St Ives Chambers Family Team
    • Councils call for tougher powers after report reveals ‘major safeguarding concerns’ in out-of-school settings
    • Court of Appeal makes “unusual order” allowing appeal over refusal to make person party to care proceedings
    • Council to pay more than £10k after failings put child at risk of gang violence
    • Child law specialist Sheridan joins Harcourt Chambers
    • Court of Appeal confirms s20 voluntary accommodation agreements can be used for settled long-term placements
    • Expert committee says radiography and MRI scans could help establish age of asylum seekers but warns “there is no infallible method” for either biological or social-worker-led age assessment
    • Ombudsman urges councils to check information sharing agreements following complaint
    • Judge finds threshold met on facts before the Court despite all parties considering it was not
    • Reporting pilot in Family Court to be launched next week, allowing accredited media and legal bloggers into court under ‘Transparency Orders’
    • ICO will reserve the power to fine for most “egregious cases” in new approach to enforcement of data protection
    • Placing unaccompanied asylum seeking children in hotels unlawful, charities say
    • Family President renews judicial warnings over “substantial deficit” of secure accommodation for children, accuses Department of Education of seeming to “wash its hands” of problem
    • Court of Appeal judge admits concern at “tortuous” process following fact-finding hearing in care proceedings but dismisses appeal
    • Failure by council to carry out its own age assessment of asylum seeker was unlawful, deputy High Court judge rules
    • Supreme Court agrees to hear appeal by councils over ruling allowing ‘failure to remove’ claims to go ahead
    • Government strategy to fix children’s social care a "positive" first step, but more needs to be done, say councils
    • County and city councils in Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire to procure £5m panel of solicitor agents for child proceedings
    • London boroughs collaborate to end "bidding wars" over social workers
    • Study highlights “extreme vulnerability” of children subject to deprivation of liberty applications amid concerns at lack of appropriate provision
    • Court of Appeal allows appeal by parents with cognitive difficulties in care proceedings, orders case to be reallocated
    • High Court judge sets aside order requiring council to provide interim relief to asylum seeker bringing legal challenge over age assessment
    • Mother fails in bid to have safeguarding children board disclose full report from serious case review
    • Judge rules birth father should have been notified of existence of child but accepts he cannot force mother to reveal his identity
    • Senior judge issues guidance on instruction of un-regulated psychologists in Family Court
    • Judges reject council challenge over requirement to participate in national dispersal scheme for asylum seeker children
    • City council to change complaints process following Ombudsman report into respite care
    • High Court judge rejects bid by council to set aside order requiring interim provision of accommodation to asylum seeker in age assessment dispute
    • Court of Appeal rejects claim by mother Family Court should not have made placement order after her lawyers withdrew at advanced stage
    • Court of Appeal allows appeal - to limited extent - by Guardian over mobile phone extraction ruling in care proceedings
    • Cafcass deactivates prioritisation protocol in four family courts areas as result of “effective partnership working”
    • Council judicial review application over asylum seeker hotels refused
    • Mother wins appeal over sending of domestic abuse findings made against social worker father to regulator
    • Family barrister Naomi Wiseman joins 1KBW as tenant
    • Child Protection Lawyers say 26-week target will be difficult to achieve
    • Department for Education hit with pre-action protocol letter over placing of unaccompanied asylum seeking children in hotels
    • Social workers body discourages members from taking up age assessment role at Home Office body, alleging risk of “political priorities intruding on professional objectivity”
    • New ‘Born into Care’ guidelines call for expert legal advice to be accessible for parents pre-birth and at first hearing
    • Directors of Children’s Services claim Illegal Migration Bill will “irreversibly distort the care system”
    • HMCTS to prioritise reforms to family public law service as it adjusts schedule of system-wide changes
    • Supported accommodation providers for looked after 16- and 17-year-olds to be required to register with Ofsted
    • Judge grants permission to bring claim over alleged failure to treat as former relevant child
    • Local Government Association raises concerns over Illegal Migration Bill, highlights conflict with Children Act 1989
    • Court of Appeal allows appeal over public law children judgment “so plainly lacking in analysis”
    • Government to issue call for evidence on new mandatory reporting duty
    • High Court judge rejects claim council operated unlawful policy of coercing children into making agreements against section 20 accommodation
    • Court of Appeal dismisses appeal by council over refusal of application for placement order
    • Parent-carer group raise funds for judicial review against Integrated Care Board over autism assessment criteria changes
    • Nearly 1,000 children subject of deprivation of liberty applications since new court established nine months ago
    • New ADCS President calls for “fundamental” regulatory review across children’s services
    • Adequacy of reasons and the approach to clarification
    • Review of disclosure and barring regime calls for enhanced criminal record checks for councillors on certain committees
    • Council wins appeal over order giving mother leave to oppose adoption
    • Law Commission asked to review legislation on social care for disabled children
    • Review publishes recommendations on safeguarding disabled children in residential settings
    • Working group issues report calling on each children services department to implement Best Practice Guidance on supervision orders “without delay”
    • Asylum seekers who refuse scientific age assessment to be treated as adults under amendment to Illegal Migration Bill
    • One in ten private family law applications involve non-parents, research finds
    • One in five children in care being placed over 20 miles from local area: report
    • Number of ‘twin hat’ directors of social services at local authorities continues downward trend
    • Integrated Care Board makes U-turn on autism assessment criteria changes after legal threat
    • Judge criticises fundamental errors in childcare case after earlier ruling ignored
    • Changes to legal aid for special guardianship orders and private family law proceedings "do not go far enough"
    • Deputy High Court judge grants permission for challenge to age assessment
    • Specialist children law practitioner joins 1GC Family Law
    • Government issues reminder to local planning authorities on accommodation for looked after children
    • Redress scheme for survivors of child sexual abuse to be launched in England
    • ADCS committee chair makes “Don’t normalise delay” plea amid concern over children caught up in childcare proceedings lasting 100+ days
    • Advisory notice issued on changes to standard family orders
    • Court of Appeal finds judge was correct to find “no realistic prospect” of appellant establishing councils violated Article 3 rights in ‘failure to remove’ case
    • Oxford research finds for-profit outsourcing linked to more children being placed away from local area
    • Government lifts 10-year-old improvement direction on children’s services at city council
    • Council pays £1.5m+ in first year of redress scheme for people affected by abuse while placed in its children’s homes
    • Court of Appeal allows second local authority appeal over “island-hopping” judgment, criticises Family Court judge for Google search
    • Researchers publish overview of differences in demographic characteristics of children from different ethnic groups in care proceedings
    • Court of Appeal dismisses challenge to reopening of fact finding outcome
    • “Deep disappointment” shared over Government failure to implement recommendations from Child Sexual Abuse inquiry
    • Family Court reporting pilot “risks failure” without improvement in flow of information between court and press, says Family President
    • Family Court judge declines to protect names of social workers ahead of murder trial
    • Inherent jurisdiction cannot be used to deal with missing Albanian teenagers: Judge
    • Family law set St. Mary’s names new Joint Heads of Chambers
    • Council failed to complete investigation and communicate decision to school taxi driver, Ombudsman finds
    • Department for Education launches consultation on updated advice for safeguarding practitioners amid concerns over “legal impediments” to information sharing
    • Biological father without parental responsibility wins appeal over being party to care proceedings
    • Government consults on changes to Working Together to Safeguard Children
    • Children subject to deprivation of liberty orders are subject to “severe restrictions”, researchers find
    • Government “still accepts the need for change” after delayed implementation of LPS
    • Children whose families were referred for Family Group Conference “less likely” to be in care one year later, study finds
    • Animated video for children and young people involved in family court proceedings launched by Cafcass
    • Guidance clarifies use of psychologist expert witnesses in Family Courts to tackle “lack of understanding” of titles and qualifications
    • High Court begins hearing judicial review against Home Office and London borough over support for child trafficking victims
    • Kent makes renewed legal threat over National Transfer Scheme for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children
    • Court of Appeal finds recorder was wrong to decide there was no necessity for psychological assessment
    • Immigration Minister confirms rollout of "scientific age assessment" of asylum seekers in 2023
    • Counties issue warning over £317m overspend on children's services after rise in number needing care
    • Family President outlines next steps for national Deprivation of Liberty court
    • Family President sees “positive signs of change” after five months of Public Law Outline relaunch
    • Family President confirms plans to extend transparency pilot to Magistrates in October
    • Court of Appeal finds deficient reasoning from Family Court judge when making findings of fact
    • Grandmother wins appeal over refusal of leave to apply to revoke placement order
    • High Court to hear three linked judicial review claims this week over accommodation of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in hotels, as county issues section 5 report
    • Judge makes child arrangements order following refusal of mother initially to cooperate with proceedings and her “frankly ridiculous views” on court and social services
    • Court of Appeal finds material irregularity in childcare proceedings was “of no practical effect”
    • Ombudsman sees significant rise in proportion of Education and Children’s Services complaints, with uphold rate reaching record level
    • Family Division judge issues ruling on naming of magistrates and legal adviser
    • Judge orders council to conduct human rights assessment about withdrawing support from failed asylum seeker
    • Borough council not vicariously liable for abuse suffered by claimant, High Court rules
    • Home Office policy of placing unaccompanied asylum seeking children in hotels was unlawful at point it became "systematic and routine", High Court rules
    • Judge was wrong to allow 14-year-old boy in care proceedings instruct own solicitor, Court of Appeal rules
    • Children’s Commissioner for England asks for views on adding care experience to list of ‘protected characteristics’
    • Mother secures fresh hearing over finding she was perpetrator of serious injuries
    • Judge directs local authority not to tell maternal or paternal families about placement of twins for adoption
    • Department for Education launches first wave of ‘Families First for Children’ pilot
    • More than 1,300 applications made to National Deprivation of Liberty Court over course of one-year pilot
    • Children “left in limbo” waiting for family court decisions, warns Law Society President
    • Court of Appeal rules on “hot potato” issue of decision between care order, supervision order or no order when child placed at home
    • Families more likely to be reunified with use of Family Drug and Alcohol Courts, research finds
    • Ofsted issues warning against placement of vulnerable children in unregistered homes
    • Family Court refuses application to reopen findings made in 2016
    • Children’s law specialist moves to Harcourt Chambers
    • Ombudsman raps council for excessive delays in dealing with complaint by former looked-after child about children’s services
    • Threat of criminal proceedings could add to “already challenging” recruitment and retention picture in children’s services: ADCS on mandatory reporting duty
    • Family Justice Council consults on draft guidance on responding to allegations of alienating behaviour
    • Kent says it is “once again” unable to meet statutory care duties amid rise in unaccompanied asylum seeking children arrivals
    • Education Secretary urges councils to take in unaccompanied asylum-seeking children following High Court ruling
    • Judge refuses to make deprivation of liberty order where local authority feared termination of placement if none made
    • High Court judge lifts suspension of order quashing deal between Kent and Home Office over unaccompanied asylum seeking children
    • ICO issues reprimand to Ministry of Justice after adoption family details given to birth father
    • Almost all children deprived of liberty in national court subject to “constant supervision”
    • Charity wins appeal over Government refusal to disclose analysis carried out by Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel
    • Organisations will not be reprimanded for sharing information to protect children and young people at risk, promises ICO
    • Social Work England fires gun on selection of external legal services provider
    • Charities warn on decline in early intervention services despite rise in council spending on children's services
    • Use of x-rays in asylum age assessments “inaccurate” and “unethical”, experts warn
    • Department for Education to consult on revising National Standards for Provision of Children’s Advocacy Services
    • Welsh family law silk appointed High Court judge
    • Closure of Children England highlights “alarming consequences” of government policy on austerity, claims BASW
    • Welsh Government commits to “nine promises” when working with care-experienced children and young people
    • Information Commissioner names and shames two councils in warning about data breaches putting lives of domestic abuse victims at risk
    • Judge set deadline for Home Office to transfer unaccompanied asylum-seeking children housed in Kent to local authorities
    • Government issues formal response to ‘Stable Homes’ consultation amid concerns over funding and implementation
    • People who murder their partner will lose parental rights: Justice Secretary on “Jade’s Law”
    • Public Law Working Group publishes draft recommendations for best practice in adoption
    • Pilot launched of information-sharing meetings between social workers and Cafcass Guardians ahead of first case management hearings
    • Court of Appeal allows appeal by council in case where fact-finding process in care proceedings “went wrong”
    • Local authorities invited to submit applications for designated family judge trailblazer pilot
    • East Midlands authorities name law firms to children law proceedings framework
    • Family President issues revised practice guidance on approach of court to unregistered placements
    • Family President announces revised national listing protocol for applications that seek deprivation of liberty orders for children
    • Senior family judge highlights provisions of CPR on disclosure of electronic documents ahead of changes to Family Procedure Rules
    • Law Commission confirms review into 50-year-old, “patchwork” laws on social care for disabled children
    • Supreme Court to hear appeal this week on local authorities and duty to take child into care
    • No5 bolsters family group with arrival of five barristers
    • High Court judge backs council decision on vaccination of child, rejects objections of mother
    • Just under half of children returned to live with their families as result of entering Family Drug and Alcohol Court, annual report reveals
    • Appeal judges rule on relevant date for determining whether court has jurisdiction based on habitual residence of child pursuant to Hague Convention
    • Guardian succeeds in part over court orders made in relation to three siblings
    • High Court finds father in contempt of court over covert recording of adoption proceedings relating to his child
    • Court of Appeal orders fresh hearing after local authority appeals rejection of application for care order
    • Employment Appeal Tribunal allows appeal from dismissed social worker who had anxiety about attending court
    • Ombudsman criticises council after 29 families denied respite support
    • Court of Appeal allows appeal by father over interim care order
    • Watchdog “assured” that Welsh local authorities are protecting rights of EU looked after children and care leavers following review
    • Resource pressures in local partnerships make it hard to prioritise early help for children and families, report finds
    • Domestic Abuse Commissioner welcomes government commitment to “strengthen the voice of the child” but warns of “urgent” need for reform
    • Delay for children as result of longer case durations is “single most pressing issue” for family justice system, warns Cafcass in new strategic plan
    • Researchers call for “urgent revision” to fabricated or Induced Illness (FII) guidance
    • Council granted leave to make application for change in forename of child, subject to outcome of care order application
    • Court of Appeal rejects appeal by mother over dismissal of application to discharge placement orders
    • Family President signals need for “radical departure” from current model of how courts consider contact with birth family after adoption
    • Some local authorities making "substantial improvements" in social care, but high demand for SEND services straining “limited resources”, finds Ofsted
    • Every child assessed as in need of accommodation should be accommodated under section 20 “by default”, says Children’s Commissioner
    • LGA warns of “broken” market amid sharp rise in children’s social care placements costing £10k per week
    • Supreme Court refuses permission to appeal in failure to remove case
    • Kent claims High Court backing for criticism of Home Office decision-making for National Transfer Scheme
    • Home Office has ended contract with Hove hotel where unaccompanied asylum-seeking children went missing, city council reveals
    • We want children to be kept with their families “wherever possible”: Minister for Children at NCASC
    • Select committee to scrutinise Government strategy for reform of children’s social care
    • Association of Lawyers for Children supportive of “three-stage process” proposed for consideration of contact between adopted children and birth family
    • Family Court judge attacked during proceedings in Milton Keynes
    • Government urged to plug “glaring gaps” in legal aid when children deprived of their liberty
    • High Court finds council in breach of duties to disabled child
    • Research finds number of babies entering care has increased across Wales, but notes “significant regional variations”
    • Specialist in complex public law proceedings moves to St Mary’s as tenant
    • Childcare barrister joins 2 Dr Johnson’s Buildings
    • Supreme Court to rule next week on assumption of responsibility and duty of care in “failure to remove” cases
    • Council did not properly consider whether it needed to provide alternative education for young boy, Ombudsman finds
    • Government publishes first kinship care strategy but charity warns plan falls “disappointingly short” on six tests
    • Public law proceedings barrister Jo Porter joins 42BR
    • Government issues changes to Working Together guidance
    • Government issues draft guidance saying schools should engage parents “as matter of priority” if child wishes to change gender identity at school
    • Supreme Court allows appeal by councils and strikes out 'failure to remove' claims
    • High Court allows judicial review against council over failure to support child trafficking victim
    • Average length of public law care proceedings 10 weeks longer than same period in 2020: Cafcass
    • High Court allows JR challenge over council’s refusal to provide accommodation for "child in need"
    • Children law barrister joins 4PB
    • Applications for deprivation of liberty under MCA up by less than 1% compared to same quarter in 2022, but orders nearly double
    • 1 Hare Court family silk named High Court judge
    • Social worker wins harassment claim against council and professional regulatory body Social Work England
    • Court of Appeal moves to reaffirm “wide and flexible powers” of family court in care case
    • Family Court reporting pilot extended to 16 further courts
    • Investigation into Rochdale child sexual exploitation finds failings by council and police
    • More than 90% of local authorities “frequently” struggle to find homes for children with complex needs: Ofsted
    • Children lawyers to the fore in 2024 King’s Counsel appointments
    • Combined authority appoints law firm to advise on project to deliver residential children’s homes
    • Updated version issued of Judicial Protocol on referrals to child contact centres
    • LGA outlines “urgent” need for cross-government strategy to tackle persistent absence and children missing out on school
    • Children’s Commissioner expresses concern at low numbers of Independent Visitors
    • More than 50% of local authorities do not have family reunification policy or strategy, research finds
    • High Court judge gives guidance on use of intermediaries in Family Court
    • Austerity and more sophisticated understanding of abuse has contributed to rise in care orders: President of the Family Division
    • Court of Appeal examines applicability of criminal law directions and principles to family cases
    • Time to address “silent crisis” of finding safe placements for children with profound needs long overdue, says judge
    • Social workers identifying “more complex” types of demand within children’s social care services
    • More than half of reviews of serious child safeguarding cases concerned children who had suffered neglect before incident, independent panel reveals
    • Information Commissioner urges social service providers to promote responsible sharing data to safeguard children
    • East Midlands councils to procure public law children barristers framework worth nearly £9m
    • Local family justice pilot launched in Dorset as part of 'reimagining pre-proceedings' project
    • Tribunal to hear test case over employment rights of foster carers
    • Consultation launched on agency rules for local authority children’s social care
    • Claimant wins appeal over lawfulness of housing needs assessment while care proceedings ongoing
    • Family judge would have been “forgiven for feeling bamboozled”: Court of Appeal hits out at inappropriate requests for clarification
    • Judge criticises regular misunderstanding of Lady Hale’s “nothing else will do” adoption comment
    • Judge hails "vital" role of Family Drug and Alcohol Court after making supervision order
    • Council successfully defends decision not to treat claimant as ‘former relevant child’
    • Top children law silk moves to 4PB
    • High Court rejects local authority application for DNA test after man mixed sperm with father’s to get partner pregnant
    • Ministers to amend Criminal Justice Bill to introduce mandatory reporting of child sexual abuse
    • Family Division judge makes adoption order despite late application
    • Judge rejects bid by doctor to be joined to public law proceedings amid claims her professional opinion had been manipulated by the mother
    • Ombudsman investigation sees county council agree to review benefits calculations for nearly 300 carers
    • Family President suspends guidance on electronic bundles in relation to public law
    • High Court judge provides guidance on applications for psychological assessments in care proceedings
    • Information watchdog to survey care-experienced people on problems faced with accessing care records
    • Court of Appeal allows appeal in challenge to 'pool finding' in care proceedings
    • Report calls for greater use of pre-case management hearing meetings in care proceedings
    • High Court authorises deprivation of liberty of seven-year-old child in registered children's home
    • New protocol issued on disclosure of information between family and criminal agencies and jurisdictions
    • Family Drug and Alcohol Court model suitable for domestic abuse cases even where no substance misuse, says judge
    • Vulnerable children on social service plans getting “postcode lottery of support”: Children’s Commissioner
    • Social workers body calls for end of deprivation of liberty orders for children not in “safe and secure” therapeutic care
    • One in three local authorities “failing” on kinship care obligations: Family Rights Group
    • High Court judge refuses application by council for deprivation of liberty order in case of severely disabled child
    • High Court judge makes care order for teenage boy despite local authority seeking to withdraw its application
    • Family Presiding Judges named for South Eastern (London) and Northern Circuits
    • Judge raps council for “casual and cavalier” approach to risk assessment and decision making in relation to vulnerable teenage girl
    • Adoption applicant wins appeal after judge refused to allow them to attend hearing
    • High Court judge issues ruling on access to hearing for mother seen as potential security risk
    • We need interventions to address “failing” market system for children’s residential provision, ADCS President tells MPs
    • Monday hearings to be temporarily paused in Family Division of High Court
    • MoJ data suggests “slight decrease” in volume of deprivation of liberty applications for children
    • Court of Appeal sets aside order that was not open to Family Court judge as matter of law
    • High Court allows parental order application despite existence of US adoption order
    • Cafcass receives ‘outstanding’ Ofsted judgment
    • Kent outlines “urgent” need for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children to be transferred to other UK local authorities
    • Day-to-day adoption practice by regional adoption agencies “strong”, but challenges remain: Ofsted
    • Children’s Homes Association says organisations must be ultimately owned in UK to be member
    • Family Justice Council seeks two public law solicitors including one local authority lawyer
    • Judge urges police to “carefully consider” position and role of Family Court when determining bail conditions
    • Concerns over violence and threatening behaviour sees robing pilot introduced for judges in Central Family Court
    • Councils placed 706 children in unregulated homes in 2022-23, report finds
    • Supreme Court hears appeals over reporting restriction orders in withdrawal of treatment cases
    • Judges allow appeal over flawed reasoning in fact-finding judgment
    • Council proposals to cut respite services put on hold following threat of legal action
    • Judge expresses regret at ending of pilot and disbanding of team behind only Family Drug and Alcohol Court in Wales
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    • Judge makes best interest decision on end of life treatment for young child without relying on parental consent
    • Unregistered placements for vulnerable young people “highly unsatisfactory”, senior judge tells MPs
    • Guidance on explaining family court decisions to children published by Welsh Government
    • DfE launches Market Interventions Advisory Group on children’s social care ‘profiteering’
    • Level of annual changes in holders of post of Director of Children’s Services among “highest on record”
    • Stronger safeguards for child strip search proposed by Government
    • Court of Appeal finds judge fell into errors of principle when making finding of ‘inflicted injuries’
    • High Court judge adjourns hearing on appointment of intermediary in family law proceedings
    • Council and Guardian win appeal over whether fact-finding hearing was unnecessary
    • Council agrees out of court settlement over abuse at children’s home
    • Government outlines three-step approach to reducing number of care leavers found intentionally homeless
    • MoJ tables amendment stripping child rapists of parental responsibilities when sentenced
    • Children's trust issued with reprimand after it inappropriately disclosed personal information on child to another family
    • Family President issues guidance on urgent and out of hours applications to High Court Family Division
    • Welsh Government in bid to remove private profit from care of looked-after children
    • Local authority wins Court of Appeal challenge over interim care order requiring it to arrange direct contact between mother and daughter
    • Consultation launched on plans to reverse burden of proof before historic child sexual abuse cases heard in court
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    • Local authority claim that district judge did not reach “reasoned decision” had no prospect of success, Family Court finds
    • Letterbox contact can no longer be seen as appropriate regime for most cases, and should “certainly not be the norm”: Family President
    • Local authority approach to case amounted to “serious failure in its child protection responsibilities”, Family Court judge finds
    • Eleven local authorities join forces in bid to recruit more foster carers
    • Judge ends High Court supervision of conduct of council and Home Secretary over unaccompanied asylum-seeking children
    • Judge allows reporting of case where DNA tests established that three abandoned babies were full siblings
    • Adolescents aged 14 and 15 years old represent largest proportion of children entering care in Wales, research shows
    • One in three parents in care proceedings cases involving babies have learning disabilities or difficulties, researchers find
    • Growing pressures in children’s social care and SEND services must be addressed immediately: ADCS on manifesto pledges
    • Council implements child services reforms as part of ‘Families First for Children’ pathfinder
    • Government-funded Suspected Inflicted Head Injury Pilot described as “deeply concerning” by child protection lawyers
    • Court of Appeal finds Family Division judge failed to adhere to “fundamental principle” of justice being seen to be done
    • Court of Appeal hands down ruling on use of medical research literature in care proceedings
    • Asylum seeker wins age assessment case against London borough
    • Decision to exclude mother as future carer was marred by procedural irregularity, Court of Appeal finds
    • High Court allows 15-year-old to change name despite opposition from local authority
    • Father jailed after attack on Family Court Judge during proceedings in Milton Keynes
    • Thousands of children “fallen victim” to record backlogs in family courts, Law Society President warns
    • DOLs figures underline crisis in secure children’s homes places
    • High Court finds LA can consent to deprivation of child’s liberty without DoLs order
    • Public law children specialist joins 9 St John Street Family Team
    • Judge highlights legal aid disparity between parents and grandparents facing allegations in care proceedings
    • Right to have a voice is most important ‘principle of care’ according to care experienced young people
    • Profiteering on the back of public services “simply not acceptable”, ADCS President warns
    • Council to undertake “urgent” review of child protection case that triggered Leeds disorder
    • High Court judge stresses importance of resolving immigration status early in care proceedings
    • Family Court judge criticises “manifest delay” in case where new-born child remained in foster care for over two years
    • Children returned to extended family following Leeds unrest
    • Ofsted considering criminal investigation after council admits putting eight children into unregistered homes
    • High Court rejects claim asylum seeker was a child when he entered UK and had his age assessed
    • Sixteen-year-old young person loses challenge over recognition of Irish special care order
    • Local authority ordered to review conduct of child protection proceedings in light of failure to present case in “fair and balanced way”
    • Council solicitor struck off after providing false information to colleagues about application to discharge interim care order
    • Court of Appeal allows claim against council to proceed for vicarious liability for acts of foster carer who was also relative of child
    • CoA issues guidance on placement timings after local authority wrongly proceeded with ‘farewell visit’ while father's application for permission to appeal was pending
    • SEND and Alternative Provision system “very likely” to become financially unsustainable: Department for Education
    • Family Drug and Alcohol Courts generate “significant savings” for local authorities in comparison to standard care proceedings: report
    • Some regions may be struggling to achieve change of local culture required by relaunch of Public Law Outline, Family President warns
    • Senior Childcare Solicitor at London borough becomes member of Family Justice Council
    • Court of Appeal allows appeal by local authority over order that child in foster care should move to Italy to be with father
    • Low numbers of Cambridgeshire children moved from custody to accommodation, report finds
    • Court of Appeal judge allows appeal and makes placement order, praises “model note” on adoption versus long-term fostering provided by local authority counsel
    • Depriving children of liberty should be “genuine measure of last resort” used only in secure childcare establishments, report warns
    • Claimant wins High Court challenge to council over failure to secure suitable accommodation, conduct lawful assessment of children
    • One in five children in care living more than 20 miles from home, charity says
    • Teenager with significant support needs left days from homelessness due to ‘unfathomable’ council failings: Ombudsman
    • “Worrying” number of children wrongly placed in supported accommodation as result of gaps in provision elsewhere, Ofsted social care chief warns
    • Charity calls on Government to close “legal loophole” to end use of physical punishment against children
    • Teenage victim of sex abuse instructs lawyers after alleging council failed to protect him
    • Council succeeds in appeal after judge made decision based on erroneous belief about length of commitment of foster carer
    • Inspection launched into Home Office use of age assessments
    • Ombudsman says council processed Prevent referral correctly but was at fault over communication with parent
    • Woman agrees six figure out-of-court settlement with council after her adoption of two-year-old boy broke down
    • ADCS welcomes “long awaited” Government guidance on use of agency social workers
    • Recent bids to strike out failure to remove claims
    • High Court rejects application by father for young boy subject to care order to be circumcised
    • Appeal succeeds over failure by judge to identify perpetrator of injuries sustained by child
    • Care leavers under 25, domestic abuse survivors and veterans to be exempt from social housing “local connection” rules
    • Care proceedings quicker with more disposals within 26 weeks: MoJ
    • Supreme Court to hear appeal by father next week over application for habeas corpus after his children were taken into care
    • Council proposes charging parents of children taken into local authority care half of weekly cost
    • Law Commission launches consultation on “out of date” disabled children’s social care law
    • LGA calls for “emergency funding” in budget as child protection investigations reach record high
    • Three DfE-funded pilots aimed at reducing family court delays in England to be evaluated by legal experts
    • Cafcass adopts new policy to protect victims of domestic abuse in court system
    • Government issues statutory guidance for local authorities on kinship care
    • BBC investigation finds reduction in spend on legal services by councils, including on counsel for children's social care cases
    • Children’s law specialist joins Unit Chambers
    • High Court judge finds council in breach of its duty to former looked-after child following his 18th birthday
    • Court of Appeal rejects appeal by mother over inclusion in pool of perpetrators
    • High Court orders council to treat asylum seeker in accordance with claimed age until further assessment carried out
    • Government to allocate £1.4bn for school rebuilding and £44m to support kinship and foster carers in Autumn Budget
    • Family justice system “lags far behind” other public services in terms of data availability and quality, Nuffield FJO warns
    • Reporting pilot extension to include public and private law cases before magistrates
    • Appeal judges reiterate that it is for the court – not local authorities or any other person – to determine in adoption cases whether there should be ongoing contact with birth family
    • Adopted children should have more opportunity to keep in touch with birth families unless it is unsafe: Public Law Working Group
    • Ombudsman outlines learning from cases where councils have taken “too long” to put support in place for adoptive families
    • Unit Chambers strengthens family offering with three barristers including former in-house advocate at city council
    • Orders protecting against risk of FGM should be “focused, targeted and proportionate” to specific risks established, says High Court judge
    • Thousands of vulnerable young people placed in council care more than 20 miles from home due to “lack of available alternatives”
    • Number of looked after children 4.5% higher than in 2020, with 83,630 children in care of councils
    • Government unveils reforms intended to rebalance children’s social care system in favour of early intervention and crack down on profiteering
    • Father fails in appeal in childcare case over subsequent diagnosis of autism
    • Association of Directors of Children’s Services hails decision by ministers to end payment by results as “hugely positive step”
    • Council agrees to pay £50,000 in damages after unlawfully issuing care proceedings in relation to disabled child
    • Council failed looked after child with special educational needs because of “bewildering” lack of basic knowledge, Ombudsman finds
    • Family Presiding Judge for London to issue practice note to ensure “rigorous adherence” by legal practitioners to rules of court
    • Judge rejects application by local authority for declaration in dispute between council and health board over responsibility for care of 15 year old
    • Asylum seeker granted permission to apply for judicial review of age assessment
    • Lead judge for Family Drug and Alcohol Courts calls for expansion
    • Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel calls for “national action plan” to tackle child sexual abuse
    • 1KBW family law silk appointed as High Court judge
    • Culture of non-compliance with Public Law Outline in London must change, says senior family law judge
    • Judge refuses permission for judicial review of age assessment, finding it was carried out in accordance with Welsh Government toolkit
    • Outstanding public law cases down by 2,247 from 2023 to 2024, Family Court annual report reveals
    • Family President rejects bid by council for change to experts instructed in injury case
    • Sudanese refugee “more likely than not” born in year he claimed, Upper Tribunal judge rules in age assessment dispute
    • Court of Appeal rejects claim for “former relevant child” status
    • Court of Appeal rejects appeal by council over designation as local authority in respect of interim care order
    • Court of Appeal to hear challenge to order providing anonymity for judges who heard historic family proceedings concerning Sara Sharif
    • Judge accuses council of “fundamental misunderstanding” of statutory obligations for adoption support
    • Bid by father to revoke placement orders after 11-month period of alcohol abstinence fails
    • Local authorities “routinely failing” in legal duties to homeless children: Coram
    • LGA expresses concern that Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill does not make education system a statutory safeguarding partner
    • Family Court reporting provisions to extend to all family courts in England and Wales
    • Practice guidance issued on transition of cases from National DOL List to Court of Protection
    • Court has no jurisdiction to set aside validly made adoption order, other than by way of an appeal, judges rule
    • Commissioner calls for strengthened proposals on illegal children’s homes, home education and child protection in Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
    • Judges reject appeal against local authority decision not to determine appellant as “child in need” when he was 16
    • President issues guidance on public law cases with international element
    • Family Court judge criticises local authority analysis as “deeply flawed”, finding council failed to apply ‘nothing else will do’ principle
    • Councils and Directors of Children’s Services support aims of Law Commission on disabled children’s social care, but warn of “unintended consequences” of some proposals
    • Supreme Court to issue ruling next week on application by father for writ of habeas corpus over children in care
    • President issues guidance on use of intermediaries, lay advocates and cognitive assessments in Family Court
    • Family President hails extension of open reporting provisions to all family courts as “watershed moment”
    • Journalists win appeal over naming of judges who decided historic care proceedings relating to Sara Sharif
    • Family justice and social care systems paying “insufficient attention” to ensuring rights of parents with learning disabilities are upheld: Nuffield NFJO
    • Supreme Court dismisses application by father for writ of habeas corpus over children in care
    • Guidance issued on neurodiversity in family justice system in bid to ensure better participation
    • High Court judge criticises “unconscionable delay” in care case, extension of statutory time limits “by default”
    • Court of Appeal to hear case next week on ability of local authority to consent to deprivation of liberty of child subject to care order
    • High Court refuses application for deprivation of liberty order regarding disabled 15-year-old subject to care order
    • Court of Appeal orders rehearing in care proceedings over “incomplete” risk assessment by judge
    • Government to amend time limits and burden of proof when bringing PI claims for child sexual abuse, change law of apologies
    • Local authorities cannot authorise deprivations of liberty of children in care, Court of Appeal rules
    • Provisions to treat unaccompanied asylum seekers as adults if they refuse scientific age assessments to be scrapped
    • Court of Appeal dismisses appeal over reasoning given by Upper Tribunal in age assessment case
    • Ombudsman issues learning report for councils on fostering services
    • Senior judge issues warning to would-be parents over commercial foreign surrogacy arrangements
    • Crime and Policing Bill to include offences of child criminal exploitation and cuckooing
    • Family President publishes guidance for judges on writing to children in family court proceedings
    • Ofsted urges councils to improve support for homeless 16- and 17-year-olds, after research finds few are offered access to advocates
    • Court of Appeal judge failed to undertake “necessary holistic review” when approving care plan to remove child from mother
    • High Court rejects application by teenage boy to return to UK from boarding school in Ghana
    • High Court judge says children who crossed Channel in boat can be returned to France pending determination of their asylum claims
    • Social workers association calls again for abolition of National Age Assessment Board
    • Family Rights Group calls for strengthening of local kinship offer duty in Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
    • Children’s charity hails proposed expansion of corporate parenting responsibilities beyond local authorities
    • Court of Appeal upholds plan for adoption for 18-month-old boy as placement with extended family in Pakistan “not achievable within his timescales”
    • Court of Appeal to hear appeal by council over whether it owed s.20 Children Act duty to claimant when he was 17
    • Children’s law silk joins Parklane Plowden
    • Welsh Government to bring parts of Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill into Wales
    • Judge criticises arm’s length children’s social care company over FOI failures
    • Local areas “failing to address” safeguarding needs of Black, Asian and Mixed Heritage children and should review approaches to tackling racial bias: report
    • Protocol issued on disclosure of information between Coroners and Family Court in cases involving fatality
    • Council allowed child protection plan to "drift without substantive action", Ombudsman finds
    • Profit making from children’s care in Wales set to end by 2030 through introduction of Health and Social Care (Wales) Act
    • Rules committee consults on requirement for experts in family law children cases to be regulated
    • Some 1,280 children subject to deprivation of liberty applications in 2024, with order made in almost 90% of cases issued: MoJ
    • Council told to apologise for failing to action recommendation by Ombudsman to assess woman’s needs as a carer
    • Children’s social care providers will not be “unfairly penalised” for taking in children with complex needs: Ofsted
    • High Court judge spells out lessons on case management from care case that reached 80 weeks before final hearing
    • Court of Appeal hands down key ruling on appointment of intermediaries after finding judge was wrong to refuse assistance to vulnerable mother
    • Government to establish Child Protection Authority in response to inquiry recommendation
    • High Court rejects application by father for lay advocate in care proceedings, describing “fundamental misunderstanding” of Article 6
    • Family President expresses hope of “very substantial reduction” in number of public law children cases where councils have to cover shortfall in expert fees
    • Senior judge hails progress on bringing care cases within timeframe of Public Law Outline but admits situation in London is “not so rosy”
    • Family Drug and Alcohol court launched in Liverpool
    • Court of Appeal sets aside direction from judge to local authority to investigate circumstances of children not subject to proceedings
    • Judge dismisses application for declaration of non-parentage 
    • Council loses legal challenge over decision by integrated care board not to contribute towards costs of children's home placement
    • Court of Appeal issues reasons for allowing appeal over whether councils can authorise deprivation of liberty where care order in place
    • NFJO highlights evidence on number of mothers and fathers who experience recurrent care proceedings in England and Wales
    • Ombudsman rejects father’s claim that council failed to consider his concerns that child was victim of Fabricated or Induced Illness (FII) by Proxy
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    • Appeal court ruling gives encouragement for use of starter tenancy schemes, lawyers say
    • Lancashire Constabulary becomes first police force to receive ICO fine
    • Late night levies could be "costly and bureaucratic", claims LGA
    • Institute launches tool for providing evidence to court of harm of ASB on communities
    • Government to pilot 'sobriety orders' that test alcohol levels of offenders
    • Government outlines plans for minimum alcohol price
    • Home Office and police pay out after admitting guidance on closure notices was unlawful
    • Ministers unveil plans to tackle inequalities faced by Gypsies and Travellers
    • LGA calls for changes to Home Office late night levy plans
    • Making a statement
    • Give us the powers to tackle "chuggers", say local authorities
    • Kolvin takes over chairmanship of Best Bar None licensing award scheme
    • Council blunder sees info on witnesses handed to defendants in anti-social behaviour case
    • Local authority seeks closure order evicting homeowner for three months
    • Nightclub to pay £76k in costs after losing appeal over cut in opening hours
    • May slashes powers to tackle anti-social behavour in bid to speed up system
    • Warning signs
    • Council to appeal after High Court deals sex shop licence fee blow
    • Response rate
    • A dataset to be feared?
    • Guided reading
    • Dealer's choice
    • All upper-tier authorities sign up to 'troubled families' programme
    • Powers of councils to obtain communications data to go under draft Bill
    • New powers make it easier for London boroughs to fine motorists over litter
    • Bangor becomes first town to have dispersal order covering entire centre
    • Judge upholds decision to revoke licence of 'crime magnet' club
    • Is there a better way?
    • To RIPA or Not To RIPA
    • Home Office takes key policy decisions on EMROs and Late Night Levy
    • Social landlords "faced 300,000 anti-social behaviour cases in 2011/12"
    • Multi-agency arrangements for child protection to face no-notice inspections
    • Aiming at the target
    • ICO warns over CCTV in taxis as council issued with enforcement notice
    • At your station
    • Home Office issues guidance in bid to tackle false ID
    • Council takes ICO to Information Rights Tribunal over cameras in taxis
    • Police commissioners to be required to swear oath of impartiality
    • Partnership is still the key
    • Train public in how to resolve anti-social behaviour, says RSA report
    • Islington set to be in advance guard in implementing late night levy
    • Big Brother Watch demands greater transparency on use of RIPA powers
    • Authorities hail success of injunction against car cruising
    • Police security clearance and public law powers
    • Trading Standards bodies fight back in row over RIPA
    • Councils to need approval from magistrates for surveillance from 1 November
    • Tackling problem premises
    • Representation of the people
    • Licensing authorities still lukewarm over late night levy and EMROs
    • Judge rejects "iron curtain" approach to cumulative impact policy
    • Councils "must have flexibility" to set local conditions for taxis and PHVs
    • Licensing practitioners back national minimum standards for taxis and PHVs
    • Public bodies in Suffolk launch campaign to stop sale of super-strength alcohol
    • Candidates and campaigners urge May to act over turnout for PCC elections
    • Rewards of up to £1,000 offered for info on underage alcohol sales
    • Supplier of gaming machines first to be jailed under Gambling Act
    • Failure to stop disability harassment
    • Late nights and early mornings
    • Greater Manchester Police hit with £150k fine for data breach
    • Hard of hearing?
    • Home Office issues guidance on late night levy
    • Deep impact
    • Watchful eye
    • Stepping up to the plate
    • District council defeats High Court challenge to selective licensing scheme
    • LGA reaches deal with fundraising association over street funding controls
    • Home Office alcohol strategy plans review of mandatory licensing conditions
    • Outright or suspended?
    • Met Police takes number of arrests to 1,000+ in latest licensing crackdown
    • Home Office publishes draft Anti-Social Behaviour Bill
    • Family intervention cuts anti-social behavour by more than half: report
    • Liverpool pursues city-wide compulsory licensing scheme for private landlords
    • FOIA update: part two
    • The numbers game
    • Town hall chiefs attack plan to remove oversight role in dispersal powers
    • Dealing with anti-social behaviour – the proposed new tools
    • Tribunal to hear landmark case over council policy on CCTV in taxis
    • An effective enforcement tool or a sledgehammer to crack a nut?
    • Home Office consults on draft code of practice for surveillance
    • Newcastle consults on plan to bring in late night levy in November
    • The four licensing priorities
    • MPs call for strengthened community trigger, end to ASB "arms race"
    • The case of the absent premises licence holder and the summary review
    • City council loses landmark appeal over its policy on CCTV in taxis
    • LGA hails health objective in licensing, but warns on minimum pricing
    • Council in first 20 prosecutions under licensing scheme for rental properties
    • Campaign group attacks use by councils of private investigators
    • What happens if conditions might be appropriate, but not needed?
    • Milton Keynes becomes latest to consult on late night levy after police request
    • Councils steering clear of late night levies, EMROs for now: research
    • Housing association secures injunction against homeless man
    • City of London to bring in code of good practice for licensed premises
    • Anti-social behaviour officer wins payout from employer after dog attack
    • Anti-social behaviour - the future
    • Borough council rules out early morning restriction order "for now"
    • Borough council to consult on adopting late night levy
    • Gang injunctions, ASBOs and the closest fit
    • London borough faces judicial review over bid to move soup kitchen
    • Borough council consults on 'preferred option' of late night levy
    • One year on from the amended guidance
    • Paddy Power wins appeal over refusal by council of betting shop licence
    • Give councils powers over landlords to tackle ASB by private tenants: LGA
    • Review proceedings and police evidence
    • Interim steps and a human touch
    • Home Office to tighten law on drinks promotions, shelves minimum pricing
    • Pickles gives council green light to introduce spitting byelaw
    • Watchdog attacks 'ring of steel' camera policy in Hertfordshire town
    • Putting assets in the right place
    • The amended Home Office guidance under s. 182 of the Licensing Act
    • Housing provider awards contract for anti-social behaviour legal services
    • New surveillance camera code of practice comes into force
    • Anonymity and hearsay: Court of Appeal clarity
    • Deprivations of liberty and prevention of offending
    • London boroughs set to seek judicial review over fire station cuts
    • Recent developments in information law: part 1
    • Recent developments in information law: part 2
    • Use of anti-littering powers to tackle spitting survives magistrates test
    • MPs and peers call for greater clarity on anti-social behaviour measures
    • MPs urge clarity on “dog’s breakfast” of responsibilities of London Assembly
    • Safety law applies in the firezone
    • Ministry of Justice fined £140k after serious data breach at prison
    • Council makes £1,500 payout after failure to tackle anti-social behaviour
    • Black Country councils set to seek High Court injunction over car cruising
    • Call to scrap proposed ground for possession for riot-related ABS
    • Premises licence transfers with immediate or interim effect
    • Business Against Crime schemes, Pubwatch and public law challenges
    • Guidance issued on banning sale of alcohol below cost of duty + VAT
    • Licensing committee concludes four-day hearing into adopting EMRO
    • Licensing committee rejects plans for Early Morning Restriction Order
    • Court of Appeal upholds refusal of sexual entertainment venue licence
    • Islington poised to be first London borough to bring in late night levy
    • Procedural defects and licence review proceedings: the Funky Mojoe case
    • Parks police employee barred from making unfair dismissal claim
    • Islington becomes first London council to back late night levy
    • Police and Crime Commissioner in legal action over housing development
    • London Fire Brigade secures first confiscation order against landlord
    • Council fights off High Court bid to derail busking licensing scheme
    • Court upholds dismissal of possession proceedings on human rights grounds
    • A licence to busk
    • (Probably) the first group action for damages under the Data Protection Act
    • Business Against Crime schemes: second bite
    • Article 8 - a chink in the landlord’s armour?
    • LGA concern at national relaxation of licensing hours during World Cup
    • Law firm launches social housing litigation boutique with senior hires
    • Boroughs create tool to assess alcohol-related health and crime data
    • Termination of licence to operate soup kitchen was unlawful: High Court
    • Anti-social Behaviour Bill – nearly there!
    • No minor matter
    • Council hails success of police officers it funds to tackle anti-social behaviour
    • Full council at City of London Corporation to consider late night levy
    • Local authority data retention: Upholding human rights
    • MPs call for clearer role for "ineffective" police and crime panels
    • LGA hits out at proposed deregulatory measure on minicab licensing
    • Councils net new powers as changes to dangerous dogs laws take effect
    • Information Commissioner consults on revised CCTV code of practice
    • PCC fails in bid to have planning permission for 4,250-home development quashed
    • LGA hails regulatory standards for 'chuggers' as 250th agreement signed
    • City of London to introduce late night levy in October
    • Durham - an enlightened approach to reviews
    • LGA repeats warnings over minicab licensing changes in Deregulation Bill
    • Nottingham City Council next to sign off plans for late night levy
    • Croydon mulls consultation on area-wide selective licensing for all landlords
    • Recent appeals decisions under the Licensing Act
    • Power play
    • Mid Year Licensing Update
    • Issues around personal licences and convictions
    • Super strength?
    • Summer-y Justice?
    • Anti-Social Behaviour - the new reforms
    • Closing time?
    • Revised s. 182 guidance
    • Character and taxi/PHV drivers
    • The new absolute ground
    • Powers of entry code
    • Boys, toys and injunctions
    • "Drawn into terrorism"
    • Premises associated with serious crime
    • ASB and family members
    • The new RIPA surveillance codes
    • In defence of small licensees
    • Preventing child sexual abuse
    • The Home Office and summary reviews
    • Extremism, social division and best value
    • ASB and the new civil injunction
    • Legal highs and licensed venues
    • The High Court on selective licensing
    • The new Civil Injunction Order
    • Cumulative impact policies
    • Gangbos and Article 6
    • Safeguarding and taxi licensing
    • Licensing sex entertainment venues
    • Drones and the housing sector
    • Tackling the love activists
    • Late night refreshment deregulation
    • Fair committal applications
    • Gambling licensing and risk prevention
    • The Modern Slavery Act 2015
    • The impact of cumulative impact
    • Shadow licences: a cause for concern?
    • The cumulative impact policy in Leeds
    • Fuel on the fire
    • Bingo in pubs: the Greene King case
    • Summary reviews: a step change
    • What now for selective licensing?
    • Game of drones - the law
    • The mandatory ground post Akerman
    • Closing licensed premises
    • The LGA on licensing fees, public health
    • PCCs - end of term report
    • Lower standards in some HMOs?
    • Consult in haste, repent at leisure
    • Using cumulative impact policies
    • Licensing Act 2003 appeals
    • Behaviour of housing applicants
    • Public authorities and surveillance
    • Are minor variations working?
    • Problems at licensed premises
    • Busy bodies' charter?
    • Radicalisation and state intervention
    • Shisha smoking - a hot topic
    • DoLS and public protection
    • Fabric - a rollercoaster ride
    • Before its time?
    • The Alchemist of the North
    • Public protection and s.21A (again)
    • Streets ahead?
    • The Casey Review into Opportunity and Integration
    • When can premises be closed by the council or the Police?
    • Changes to summary licence reviews
    • HMO licence conditions and occupiers
    • Winning at altitude
    • Changes to the s.182 statutory guidance
    • Summary review, crime and disorder (2)
    • Summary review, crime and disorder
    • Where now following Sajjad?
    • The negative side of “Positive Partnerships”
    • Summary reviews: a sledgehammer?
    • Dismissing senior public servants
    • Licensing fees: the Supreme Court rules
    • The prosecution powers of local authorities
    • S.182 guidance – not the easiest read
    • Securing gang injunctions
    • Gambling and local risk assessments
    • Taxis, software and cross-border bookings
    • Operating hours and restaurant conditions
    • Common assault after meeting
    • Dealing with nuisance premises
    • Taxi licensing policy quashed
    • The Agent of Change principle
    • When is a breach of tenancy “relevant”?
    • Context is king
    • Selective licensing and conditions
    • Agents of Change
    • Laying informations and time limits
    • Dealing with incursions
    • Gang injunctions, human rights and standards of proof
    • Serving surveillance evidence
    • Game of Drones the Law - Season Two
    • Warrant suspension applications
    • Possession, disability and proportionality
    • Houses in Multiple Occupation and licensing reform
    • A matter of discretion
    • PDRs and telephone kiosks
    • London at night
    • Know the facts: Homes (Fitness for Habitation) Act
    • Bermondsey Beer Mile appeal dismissed
    • Avoiding adverse costs orders
    • Sharing data and law enforcement
    • Deprivation of liberty – the limits of the inherent jurisdiction
    • Applying for without notice injunctions
    • PSPOs and legal aid
    • Responding to the 'Building a safer future' consultation
    • Automated facial recognition, privacy and data protection law
    • Public Space Protection Orders, abortion clinics and buffer zones
    • Taxi licences, hearsay evidence and risk assessment
    • Spent convictions, underlying conduct and the 'fit and proper person' test
    • Facing the future
    • Independent adjudicators, the Prison Rules and implied powers
    • Strasbourg and the 'bedroom tax'
    • Assumption of responsibility
    • Adult safeguarding and the Anti-social behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014
    • Multi-storey residential buildings: the latest Government advice
    • Securing approval for selective licensing
    • New pre-action protocols for disrepair and possession claims
    • Green Space borough-wide preventative injunctions: the view from the Court of Appeal
    • Coronavirus, public health and coercive powers
    • A matter of respect
    • Tackling the increase in modern slavery
    • Closing restaurants, cafes and pubs during COVID-19
    • Enforcing the lockdown
    • Coronavirus and Police use of drones
    • Coronavirus restrictions: local authority enforcement powers
    • Possession proceedings - and alternatives - to counter Anti-Social Behaviour during COVID-19 lockdown: Should you stay, or should they go?
    • Rent repayment orders by local authorities
    • Civil financial penalties – how much is too much?
    • Locking down anti-social behaviour - COVID-19 and Community Protection Notices
    • Locking down anti-social behaviour - COVID-19 and Closure Orders
    • Unlicensed HMOs and liability
    • Locking down anti-social behaviour - an introduction to Public Spaces Protection Orders
    • Pubs and the lockdown regulations
    • Homelessness and domestic violence
    • Recent developments in additional and selective licensing
    • Disrepair during COVID-19
    • Breaches of PSPOs and reasonable belief
    • Statutory taxi and private hire vehicle standards
    • Upper Tribunal revisits "What is an HMO?"
    • Stock Transfer RPs and the use of mandatory ground 7A
    • Anti-social behaviour, rough sleeping and injunctions
    • Policing our privacy – where does the law lie?
    • The "Rule of 6" Coronavirus Regulations
    • Emergency Services collaboration
    • Do local authorities have the power to impose a full scale local 'lockdown'? UPDATED
    • PSPOs - a vital tool for tackling anti-social behaviour
    • The 3-Tier Covid Regulations: Impact on Licensed Premises
    • The Lockdown 2 Regulations
    • Local authority powers to obtain injunctions
    • Coronavirus restrictions and interim steps appeals
    • New local authority Covid enforcement powers
    • Data-sharing safeguards: no ‘micro-managing’
    • Providing information about anti-social behaviour
    • Dealing with Hoarding during the Coronavirus crisis
    • Met Police press release libel claim dismissed following trial
    • Local authority injunctions against “Persons Unknown” - the civil law runs out
    • The Domestic Abuse Act 2021: What does it mean for social housing providers?
    • How to ensure better protection for tenants around the country
    • How to avoid common pitfalls in anti social behaviour injunctions and committal applications
    • CCTV and breaches of injunctions
    • Disclosure in without-notice injunctions
    • Interim and final injunctions: the differences
    • Harmful emissions and human rights duties
    • Taxi licensing and the fit and proper person test
    • Court of Appeal cooks the (Canada) Goose
    • Tenant satisfaction measures, neighbourhood management and anti-social behaviour
    • The revival of injunctions against persons unknown
    • Hoarding: when clutter becomes anti-social
    • Are cumulative impact policies yesterday’s news?
    • Making a mountain out of a Maida Hill
    • Tenants and rent repayment orders
    • Taxi drivers and inappropriate conversations
    • Bringing contempt applications for injunctions against persons unknown
    • Is your Right-to-Buy lease fire-safe?
    • Public Spaces Protection orders – background summary and 2022 update
    • Is the end nigh for Waking Watch?
    • Trespassers, Non-Residential Land and the Police
    • E-scooters and policing
    • Addressing gang-related issues
    • Noise nuisance and hypersensitivity under the Environmental Protection Act 1990
    • Sanctions for breach of an Anti-Social Behaviour Injunction – an update
    • Smile, you’re on camera!
    • Anti-social behaviour Action Plan: what’s new
    • “Premises” – what can and cannot be closed using a closure order
    • Operating CCTV lawfully
    • Gang injunctions and ASBIs: the standard of proof
    • Applications for Anti-Social Behaviour Injunctions and Gang-Related Violence Injunctions
    • Should problem-solving housing courts be piloted?
    • Public space protection orders and abortion clinic “safe zones”
    • ASB qualifying criteria and housing allocation policies
    • Dingers and anti-social behaviour
    • Body worn camera footage
    • The meaning of 'anti-social behaviour'
    • Public disorder and possession
    • Social housing and contempt of court
    • Criminalising thought crime?
    • Positive requirements in ASB injunctions
    • Respect Orders: Will they actually make a difference?
    • Respect Orders - what do we know?
    • New horizons for selective licensing schemes
    • What the Crime and Policing Bill has in store
    • The future of managing and preventing anti-social behaviour
    • Closure orders and Article 6 ECHR
    • Closure orders and the need for fairness
  • Community Safety News
    • London borough seeks to become first council to ban spitting through by-law
    • Minister rejects call from local authority for bye-law tackling 'chuggers'
    • ICO tech chief issues reminder on wearable technology and data protection
    • Revised mandatory licensing conditions issued dealing with drinks promotions
    • Nottingham City Council approves introduction of late night levy
    • Chelmsford City Council becomes latest authority to back late night levy
    • Home Office issues statutory guidance on reform of anti-social behaviour powers
    • London borough faces judicial review challenge to selective licensing scheme
    • Rude beers fall foul of Portman Group code of practice after council complains
    • Make public health the fifth licensing objective, say MPs and peers
    • Government expands Troubled Families programe to cover children under five
    • Greater Manchester authorities to consider region-wide alcohol strategy
    • Chief Surveillance Commissioner warns on knowledge among magistrates of RIPA
    • Southampton to consider implementation of late night levy
    • Leading housing set to run three-month free mediation pilot for ASB disputes
    • Council to use new ASB powers over amplified busking near abbey
    • Taxi licensing changes "could put children at risk of sexual exploitation": LGA
    • LGA issues guidance on 'community trigger' part of anti-social behaviour reforms
    • Delay to civil injunctions for anti-social behaviour until legal aid changes made
    • Defra issues guide on new powers for councils and police to stop dog attacks
    • Councils hail Government u-turn on who can drive licensed minicabs off duty
    • Court hits thief with 25-year ASBO covering licensed premises across Greater London
    • Rotherham looks to set toughest standards for taxi drivers in the country
    • Blackpool looks to use Public Spaces Protection Orders to stop rowdy behaviour
    • City council rejects application by Wetherspoons to vary licence
    • Council consults on Public Space Protection Order to ban 'legal highs'
    • Council praised for work tackling disability hate crime after Fiona Pilkington case
    • New duty on schools, councils "to help prevent people being drawn into terrorism"
    • Council mulls Public Spaces Protection Order to tackle damage from skateboarding
    • Councils and police secure injunction banning car-cruising across Black Country
    • Council to impose restrictive covenant in leases barring sale of legal highs
    • High Court judge quashes selective licensing scheme over consultation failings
    • LGA publishes guidance on legal issues around Reducing the Strength schemes
    • City of Lincoln moves closer to introduction on ban on 'legal highs'
    • Chief Inspector of Probation resigns over "perception of conflict"
    • LGA warns on dispute between Home Office and police over taxi driver information
    • Pickles sends team of commissioners in to Rotherham after damning report
    • Council secures its first Criminal Behaviour Order with indefinite ban
    • London borough uses new laws to shut down seven properties in three months
    • Lincoln councillors back plan for ban on 'legal highs' in city centre
    • DCLG issues guide for housing officers on tackling bad practice in private rented sector
    • Council defeats High Court bid by landlords to derail additional licensing for HMOs
    • LGA issues handbook for councillors on taxi and PHV licensing
    • Civil injunction power for dealing with anti-social behaviour comes into force
    • LGA calls for new banning order in drive to prevent child sexual exploitation
    • Research suggests growing use of public spaces protection orders
    • Institute of Licensing warns over Notifiable Occupations Scheme changes
    • Newham Mayor blasts threshold on private rented sector licensing schemes
    • City denies Public Spaces Protection Order criminalises rough sleeping
    • Council eyes first-of-its-kind dog fouling offence via Public Space Protection Order
    • Borough defeats High Court challenge to selective licensing in four areas
    • Manchester landlord fined £15k after HMO licensing breach
    • Birmingham man told to pay £3,000 after breaching noise abatement orders
    • Another council to tackle legal highs via public space protection order
    • Surveillance watchdog issues reminder to local authority chief executives
    • Woman jailed for series of breaches of injunction including "shouting, screaming" during sex
    • Capsticks bolsters ASB advisory team with Dunn hire
    • Council axes references to rough sleepers in Public Spaces Protection Order
    • Statutory guidance amended after changes to legislation on gang injunctions
    • Oxford defers decision on Public Spaces Protection Order after Liberty opinion
    • Ofsted warns over poor information sharing about children missing from care
    • Council secures lifelong reporting restrictions order in favour of 17-year-old
    • Birmingham man jailed for six weeks after breaching anti-social behaviour injunction
    • Lincoln succeeds in first prosecutions for breaching ‘legal highs’ ban
    • Council ends consultation on new licensing policy after discovery of error
    • Council defeats High Court challenge to borough-wide selective licensing
    • Liverpool City Council to consult on introducing late night levy
    • Consultation on statutory duty requiring emergency services to collaborate
    • Birmingham rules out Public Spaces Protection Order after consultation
    • Man jailed for second time for breaching anti-social behaviour injunction
    • Licensing enforcement team at Hackney seizes 38 illegal gambling machines
    • Ministers plan new community trigger as part of counter-extremism strategy
    • City council to consult for second time on late night levy
    • Defendant given 36 weeks in prison after sixth breach of ASB injunction
    • Ealing Council and Ivy Legal win enforcement award at Planning Awards
    • Watchdog consults on where gaming machines can be played
    • Dog walkers in Daventry face fine, prosecution if they fail to pick up poo
    • Licensing committee at Camden approves plans for late night levy
    • Council to refund fixed penalties after admitting dog control order error
    • Borough council uses ASB and planning laws to secure traveller injunction
    • Nightclub wins appeal over conditions requiring sniffer dog and ID scan
    • Councils call for online judicial approval of access to communications data
    • PCCs to net ability to create single employer for police and fire personnel
    • Two men given suspended sentences for breaching car-cruising injunction
    • Directors call for public health objective in revamped Licensing Act
    • MPs warn on oversight of fire and rescue authorities as further cuts loom
    • Tower Hamlets becomes latest London borough to consult on late night levy
    • Liberty urges council to clarify 'foul and abusive language' prohibition
    • Boys win appeal over striking out of claim over harassment on estate
    • Home Office to consult on plans for group premises intervention power
    • Police and Crime Panels must be better equipped to hold PCCs to account: MPs
    • Local risk assessments requirement for gambling operators comes into force
    • Brewdog sees off appeal over grant of licence for bar in cumulative impact zone
    • Club sees premises licence revoked just weeks after it was granted
    • Law firm picks up £3.3m contract to advise police forces and PCCs
    • Council to implement all recommendations on licensing function, says Leader
    • Councils net power to issue on-the-spot fines for small-scale fly-tipping
    • Police and councils set to win new 'legal highs' enforcement powers
    • Leading licensing QC launches manifesto for night-time economy
    • Further changes to planning system in prospect following Queen's Speech
    • Council appeals to Court of Appeal in dispute over houses in multiple occupation and bedroom sizes
    • LGA publishes guide for councils on Psychoactive Substances Act
    • High Court quashes appointment of social worker to supervise sex offender
    • Council warns chief constable of legal action over scrapping of city division
    • Independent report identifies safeguarding failings in council licensing function
    • Licensing Act to remain "fundamental pillar" of regulation: Home Office
    • Peers issue call for evidence on Licensing Act 2003, appoint Clover to advise
    • Council uses Article 4 direction to evict asylum seekers in HMO
    • Social landlord wins civil injunction orders against youth and two men
    • Landlords pursue judicial review over selective licensing scheme in Somerset
    • MPs urge action on "signficant" legal loophole in taxi licensing
    • Strip club to go to court to challenge licence renewal refusal
    • Council eyes replacing late night levy with business improvement district
    • Fabric nightclub to appeal revocation of licence: report
    • BBPA criticises proposed amendments to rules on late night levy
    • Advertising watchdog bars council from using anti-begging adverts
    • London borough secures High Court injunction to block car-cruising
    • CMA warns council on "anti-competitive" taxi policy
    • District council to become third party reporting centre for hate crime
    • Troubled Families programme had "no impact" on outcomes: research
    • Prevent strategy "creates serious risk of human rights violations": report
    • Council defends provisions of Public Space Protection Order on rough sleeping
    • Communities Secretary set to return licensing functions to Rotherham
    • Government to review fixed odds betting terminals and maximum stakes
    • Judge orders disclosure of identities of undercover police in nightclub licence case
    • Councils issue nearly 4,000 community protection notices: report
    • Four men given lifelong anonymity orders amid fears of jigsaw identification of vulnerable child
    • Full council at Liverpool backs late night levy despite rejection by licensing committee
    • Fabric nightclub to keep licence after agreeing conditions and settling appeal
    • Councils demand law change to tackle minibus licensing loophole
    • Casey report on integration calls for new oath for holders of public office
    • London councils go head to head in court over noise from festival
    • Home Office names 33 regions for phase two of Local Alcohol Action Areas programme
    • Council defeats appeal by boat owner convicted of breaching mooring byelaws
    • Council settles judicial review over "unlawful" application of Prevent strategy
    • London borough demands greater powers over 'lawless' shisha cafes
    • Ministers take aim at 'boomerang bosses' in fire services
    • Transport for London defeats Uber challenge over language test for drivers
    • Court of Appeal judge appointed as first Investigatory Powers Commissioner
    • Uber driver fined and ordered to pay costs after illegally plying for hire
    • Council loses Court of Appeal battle over bedroom sizes and students
    • Peers call for local authority licensing committees to be scrapped
    • One in three councils targeting rough sleepers with enforcement measures: Crisis
    • Councils call on Government to close 'legal loophole' on self-contained flats
    • Councils to be able to issue penalties to owners of cars from which litter thrown
    • Abolition of licensing committees "will not serve public interest": IOL
    • Judge blasts lack of legal representation at committal for breaches of injunction
    • Greater Manchester Police hit with second £150k fine after fresh data protection breach
    • High Court rejects challenge to implementation of Late Night Levy
    • Security services can approach ward of court without judicial consent: Munby
    • Three men given suspended sentences for breaching car cruising injunction
    • LGA and Institute of Licensing pursue national register of taxi/PHV revocations
    • Council launches fresh consultation on late night levy after legal challenge
    • Council nets order banning visits to student house after complaints about parties
    • LGA issues guidance on introducing Public Space Protection Orders
    • UN human rights chief calls for changes to Prevent strategy
    • Council uses Public Space Protection Order to crack down on street racing
    • Taxi and PHV licensing legislation “inadequate and outdated”, LGA to tell MPs
    • Fire Authority sets out opposition to Police Commissioner takeover
    • Westminster Council wins Hemming appeal at the Supreme Court
    • District council fends off appeal over revocation of premises licence
    • Council and police force “secure largest group gang injunction ever”
    • Home Office will continue to pursue ‘hippy crack’ cases despite failures of early prosecutions
    • Transport for London decides not to renew Uber London's private hire licence
    • Tower Hamlets backs late night levy after second consultation
    • Court rejects booking claims and convicts cab driver of blagging
    • Councils secure High Court order for disposal of ashes of Ian Brady
    • Institute of Licensing warns ministers that licensing system putting public safety at risk
    • DCMS consults on cutting maximum stakes for fixed odds betting terminals
    • London borough hails final injunction banning unlawful campsites
    • Licensing committee at royal borough rules out consultation on late night levy
    • Government rejects call from peers for licensing committees to be abolished
    • Met Police agree to scrap ‘Form 696’ risk assessment for venues
    • Home Office faces High Court hearing over policy on rough sleeping EEA nationals
    • Minister orders review into harassment and intimidation near abortion clinics
    • Draft Drone Bill to hand police powers to tackle unsafe and criminal use
    • Sheffield lifts suspension of Uber licence, but York refuses to renew
    • Revised guidance tells councils to use PSPOs only for genuinely anti-social behaviour
    • Home Office consults on rules to prevent ‘boomerang bosses’ in fire services
    • Leader urges police to use Vagrancy Act 1824 ahead of Royal Wedding
    • Council mulls consultation on public space protection order to protect health clinic
    • Independent Office for Police Conduct takes over as police service watchdog
    • LGA backs Private Members Bill reforming laws on noise pollution
    • London borough launches judicial review challenge over police station closures
    • DEFRA consults on allowing councils to fine people over fly-tipping
    • Institute of Licensing consults on guidance on suitability of taxi, PHV applicants
    • Review backs use of community protection notices over possessions of homeless
    • High Court judge quashes intended use policy for private hire drivers
    • Met Police to scrap borough model in favour of 12 basic command units
    • LGA calls for minimum £30k fine for rogue landlords
    • Bar owner to pay £10k in fines and costs after breaching noise abatement notice
    • Resident to crowd fund legal action over council policy on strip clubs
    • Nightclub owner drops legal action over loss of operating licence
    • More police and crime commissioners take on responsibility for fire and rescue
    • Councils to be able to double council tax on homes left empty for 2+ years
    • Supreme Court expedites key case on liability of social services authorities
    • Police force hit with £130k monetary penalty for losing rape victim interview
    • National database of rogue landlords goes live
    • Claimant nets permission for judicial review of police station closures in London
    • Dog walker and council both claim success in High Court ruling on PSPO
    • Select committee calls for councils to have wider housing enforcement powers
    • IoL publishes guidance on suitability of applicants for taxi and PHV licences
    • Uber to appeal as Brighton & Hove decides not to renew its licence
    • Court of Appeal rejects legal challenge to gang injunction obtained by council
    • Housing association fails in appeal over ruling it harassed tenants
    • High Court to hear challenge to PSPO creating safe zone near abortion clinic
    • High Court hears legal challenge to plans for police station closures in London
    • Trafficked woman harassed when housed by council fails in damages claim
    • ICO hits police force with £80k penalty for revealing identities of abuse victims
    • High Court judge grants borough council three-year injunction against car cruising
    • High Court rejects challenge to introduction of “safe zone” around abortion clinic
    • Council defends decision to revoke premises licence after test purchase failures
    • Islington settles legal action over Highbury Fields barbecues
    • Sheffield secures renewal of injunctions over tree felling programme
    • Decision to close 36 police stations in London lawful, Divisional Court rules
    • Campaigners eye legal action over festivals in Lambeth parks
    • Ministry in U-turn over plans to house sex offenders at open prison
    • Council and police ordered to pay £52k to claimant over housing of sex offender
    • London council secures borough-wide injunction against illegal encampments
    • Chief constable calls on councils to provide more authorised traveller sites
    • LGO investigation finds council failed to investigate 6,300+ noise complaints
    • Major retailer ordered to pay nearly £500k over underage knife sales
    • Elderly resident evicted after drug dealers take over her home
    • Derbyshire Constabulary solicitors secure SRA waiver to work for fire service
    • LGA urges long-term funding for trading standards to tackle underage knife sales
    • Liberty launches challenge over refusal of legal aid for PSPO cases
    • London borough facing legal challenge over revised statement of licensing policy
    • Housing association ordered to pay damages to disabled man it sought to evict
    • Tests see 90% of pubs fail to stop children accessing 18+ gaming machines
    • ICO hits Met Police with enforcement notice over use of Gangs Matrix
    • Labour vows to repeal two-centuries old law on rough sleeping
    • Combined authority to consider plans for first set of bus byelaws in UK
    • Government to hand police new powers to tackle illegal use of drones
    • Court of Appeal to hear legal challenge over ‘safe zone’ around abortion clinic
    • Liberty wins permission for hearing over absence of legal aid for challenges to PSPOs
    • Team at Cornerstone Barristers hails change to CPS guidance on prosecution over ‘sex for rent’
    • Council rapped for failure to follow up on complaint about community centre
    • Housing association defeats defence against eviction based on 'cuckooing'
    • Home Secretary unveils legislative changes to tackle unauthorised encampments
    • Former taxi driver fined for failing to disclose prior convictions and revocation of licence
    • High Court extends car-cruising injunction for two more years
    • Councils should be allowed to ‘opt-in’ to license shisha bars, says LGA
    • Council succeeds in prosecution of resident over dog fouling in his garden
    • Tribunal finds police force discriminated against white heterosexual recruit
    • Government issues guidance for local authorities on Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act 2018
    • Council defeats High Court action over private sector housing enforcement policy
    • LGA warns on funding as modern slavery referrals made by councils rise tenfold in five years
    • National evaluation hails positive impact of Troubled Families Programme
    • Campaigners given green light to pursue judicial review over revised statement of licensing policy
    • Police and council acted unlawfully when using 1847 law to seize sheep
    • Cabinet Office launches inquiry into potential for bias in use of algorithms in local government
    • Home Office consults on legal duty to raise concerns about children and knife crime
    • Council fined £145k for disclosing sensitive personal data about alleged gang members
    • Bogus taxi driver found guilty of illegally plying for trade
    • London borough secures temporary injunction prohibiting illegal encampments at 350+ sites
    • Government publishes guidance for local authorities on tackling rogue landlords
    • Government to consult on end to ‘no-fault’ evictions, blaming s.21 process for causing family homelessness
    • Data protection law not a barrier to sharing information to save lives and stop crime: ICO
    • Forbes bolsters anti-social behaviour and gang injunction expertise with Varley hire
    • Close to 150 councils now using public spaces protection orders: report
    • Police force breached data protection rights of vulnerable teenager by disclosing information, court rules
    • Police, councils and housing providers “letting down” victims of anti-social behaviour: Victims’ Commissioner
    • London Mayor and council leaders call for mandatory registration system for short term lets amid enforcement concerns
    • Councils demand tougher sentences for fly-tippers as incidents rise 40% in seven years
    • Councils to have statutory duty to deliver support in secure accommodation for survivors of domestic abuse
    • Family President to issue guidance to courts on secure accommodation placements and statutory regime
    • London Councils hail prison sentences for 'county lines' drug dealers guilty of modern slavery offences
    • LGA concern over funding for enforcement as research suggests 60% of retailers in some areas breaking law on knife sales
    • High Court refuses to extend ‘borough-wide’ injunction on camping on open spaces and car parks
    • High Court hears legal challenge to police use of automated facial recognition
    • Council leader eyes use of PSPO to stop disturbances outside primary school
    • Recruit to join police as claim of discrimination for being white, heterosexual male settles
    • Anti-abortion activists launch legal challenge against council over public spaces protection order
    • In-house legal team plays key role in launch of free domestic violence legal advice service
    • Birmingham obtains interim injunction to protect area around protest-hit school
    • Deputy High Court judge rejects application to discharge car-cruising injunction
    • Date set for Birmingham school protests injunction hearing
    • LGA warns of national council tax fraud crimewave
    • City council prosecution sees bogus charity collector jailed
    • High Court rejects challenge over refusal of legal aid for bid to quash PSPO prohibitions
    • North East councils pursue memorandum of understanding to allow cross border taxi enforcement
    • Charities demand end to use of Vagrancy Act over impact on rough sleepers
    • Police authority launches procurement of £3.98m legal services framework
    • London borough secures its largest ever financial penalty after prosecuting landlord for licensing breaches
    • Supreme Court refuses government permission to appeal in pensions dispute with firefighters
    • FOI requests to 20 councils found more than half did not prosecute single letting agent over four-year period, landlords group claims
    • Court of Appeal to hear appeal next week over council ban on vigils outside abortion clinic
    • Chief constable to pursue judicial review of scheme requiring all new police officers to obtain degree
    • Government to impose legal duty on public bodies to tackle serious violence
    • Council obtains temporary injunction to protect 158 sites in borough from illegal encampments
    • Southwark Council becomes latest London borough to back introduction of late night levy
    • LGA publishes guidance on governance for police and crime panels
    • Salford drops swearing ban from new Salford Quays PSPO
    • Council defeats Crown Court appeal by private hire driver over revocation of licence
    • Landlord licensing scheme “could breach EU law” over accreditation requirement, claims landlords group
    • ICO to investigate legality of landlord’s use of facial recognition technology
    • Home Office names independent reviewer of Prevent programme
    • Council defeats Court of Appeal challenge over ‘safe zone’ around abortion clinic
    • Charity threatens legal action over appointment of Lord Carlile as independent reviewer of Prevent
    • Divisional Court dismisses legal challenge over police use of automated facial recognition
    • Councils welcome confirmation Domestic Abuse Bill will be in Queen’s Speech
    • Nearly half of letting agents inspected in London failing to comply with law, says trading standards body
    • Home Office sets out terms of reference for review of Prevent programme
    • Claim councils are "recruiting sergeants" for "county lines" provokes angry response from directors of children’s services
    • Police and PCCs in Surrey and Sussex to procure supplier for £9.8m legal services framework
    • City council secures £40k fine over dangerous and unlicensed House in Multiple Occupation
    • Ministry issues further resources to help councils enforce against rogue landlords, letting agents
    • North West council defeats legal challenge over revocation of nightclub licence
    • Number of referrals by councils of potential child victims of modern slavery jumps by 800% in just five years
    • Government commits to introduction of statutory duty on councils to support victims of domestic abuse
    • Rights Watch (UK) launches judicial review of appointment of Lord Carlile as Independent Reviewer of Prevent programme
    • Woman with involuntary vocalising medical condition given permission to bring judicial review over noise abatement notice
    • Council defeats appeal by driver over refusal of taxi or PHV licence for false declaration about pending convictions
    • ECHR finds ‘bedroom tax’ discriminates against victims of domestic violence
    • Property owners fail in challenge to refusal by tribunal to hear appeal over financial penalties for unlicensed HMOs
    • Information Commissioner issues first ‘Opinion’ under Data Protection Act
    • Landlord ordered to pay £25k+ over unsafe, unlicensed HMOs
    • Councils unable to enforce against unlicensed taxi/PHV drivers because of outdated laws, LGA warns
    • Charges dropped against man praying outside abortion clinic covered by Public Spaces Protection Order
    • Resident secures funding for legal challenge over impact of public space protection order on homeless
    • Upper Tribunal rules on spent convictions and 'fit and proper person' test for property licence applications
    • London council to take battle over borough-wide injunction and camping on open spaces to Court of Appeal next month
    • Council in breach of Home Standard for fire and electrical safety, regulator finds
    • Uber London “not fit and proper” to hold private hire operator licence, TfL concludes
    • High Court judge says injunctions against street protests over teaching of “LGBT issues” at Birmingham school must continue
    • Camden Council obtains first rogue landlord banning order in London
    • Battle over Cabinet decision to retro-fit sprinkler systems on tower blocks at cost of £19m heads to Court of Appeal
    • Met Police agrees to delete information after referral of primary school age child under Prevent programme
    • Resident fails in Court of Appeal challenge to anti-social behaviour injunction
    • Council submits £130m claims in High Court bid to recover costs under housing estate maintenance PFI
    • Court of Appeal dismisses appeal by council over bid to include cost of supervising driver conduct in fees for taxi and PHV vehicle licences
    • Birmingham landlord fined £20k after breaching housing regulations
    • Council prosecution sees landowners ordered to pay £14k over illegal hostel
    • Home Office stands down as independent reviewer of Prevent programme
    • Mayor’s Office for Police and Crime gives notice for re-tender of £65m national legal services framework
    • Fire authority to appoint solicitors, barristers to £480k specialist legal services framework
    • Council prosecution sees landlord fined £27k for multiple HMO breaches
    • Ministry awards £4m to 100+ councils to help tackle criminal landlords and letting agents
    • City council implements ‘Martyn’s Law’ on security at public venues, calls on government to introduce legislation
    • Government sets up taskforce to tackle serious and organised waste crime
    • Court of Appeal rejects council bid for borough-wide injunction, issues guidance on tackling unauthorised encampments
    • Government to set up new regulator for oversight of high-risk buildings
    • Lambeth reaches “first of its kind” memorandum of understanding with all housing associations in borough
    • Councils express concern at prospect of witnesses at Grenfell Inquiry securing immunity from use of evidence in later prosecutions
    • Housing Ombudsman issues guidance for landlords on responding to complaints
    • ICO says Metropolitan Police have complied with Gangs Matrix enforcement notice, following removal of 374 people.
    • Resolve launches ASB week dedicated to highlighting impact of Anti-Social Behaviour on communities
    • Government to consult on new duty requiring owners and operators to protect public spaces and venues from terror
    • Appellant fails in challenge to closure order barring him from accessing his flat
    • Attorney General gives undertaking to Grenfell Tower Inquiry on oral evidence from individuals and future prosecutions
    • Met Police to be able to apply for knife crime prevention orders from next month
    • Supreme Court refuses permission to appeal in row over Public Spaces Protection order and abortion clinic ‘buffer zone’
    • Equality watchdog demands suspension of use of automated facial recognition and predictive algorithms in policing
    • Council defends challenge over provision of secure accommodation for children at risk of being detained by police
    • Upper Tribunal cuts £572k civil penalties in housing case by 70%
    • Housing association gains injunction against social gathering
    • High Court says Black Country car cruising injunction should continue in force
    • Families of disabled children threaten legal challenge over government limit on outdoor exercise
    • Met Police hit with legal challenge over governance of safer schools officers
    • Council launches judicial review over government decision not to renew city-wide landlord licensing scheme
    • Councils want to keep parks open, but people need to follow social distancing, says Local Government Association
    • Met Police agrees to review role of police in schools following legal action
    • Council fails in appeal over power to issue mother with community protection notice regarding anti-social behaviour of son
    • Scottish Police Authority selects nine firms for £3.84m panel
    • Judge upholds decision by council to issue community protection notice against pro-life campaigner erecting anti-abortion poster
    • Licensing sub-committee revokes premises licence for breach of lockdown regulations
    • Leader calls for council to be given more powers to implement local lockdown
    • High Court judge hands down ruling on secure flexible tenancies and possession during fixed term
    • Housemark data reveals increases in ASB, arrears and non-emergency repairs
    • Survivors of Manchester Arena bombing in legal action to secure core participant status at public inquiry
    • Upper Tribunal orders re-hearing in dispute over penalties imposed after fire safety inspections at flats
    • Council wins appeals over reduction of penalties for unlicensed flat rentals
    • Court of Appeal upholds broad discretion of family courts in FGM cases
    • Council wins Upper Tribunal appeal over whether property was house in multiple occupation
    • Court of Appeal to hear appeal over police use of automated facial recognition
    • Reports from social landlords of anti-social behaviour surge during COVID-19
    • Doctors lose legal challenge against council, police and CCGs over Local Safeguarding Arrangements Plan
    • Council to remove all cumulative impact policies in August but may reinstate one for city centre
    • Council secures reinstatement of part of penalty for failure to licence HMO
    • Government issues guidance for councils on use of new powers to impose local shutdowns in response to COVID-19 outbreaks
    • Home Office issues guidance on ‘Community Trigger’ ASB case reviews
    • High Court judge outlines reasons for granting interim injunction over anti-social behaviour in park
    • Home Secretary launches review of Police and Crime Commissioners model
    • Housing Ombudsman sees rise in percentage of complaints relating to tenant behaviour
    • Lockdown powers for local authorities
    • LGA calls for temporary public health or COVID-19 objective in Licensing Act
    • Use of facial recognition technology was unlawful but did not contravene article 8 finds Court of Appeal
    • Teen free climber sentenced after breaching City Council injunction
    • Police and council secure closure order of residential property where 200 people had gathered
    • Birmingham bar sees licence revoked by council after COVID-19 breaches
    • Government upholds decision by council to issue direction cancelling international boat show
    • Council to pursue Crown Court appeal over ruling that ex-policeman convicted of child abduction should be granted taxi licence
    • Court finds retention of data obtained under Prevent Strategy when claimant was 11 year old unlawful
    • Council hits beauty salon with closure notice over failure to have adequate COVID-19 controls in place
    • Government issues guidance on COVID-19 secure marshals, stresses the role has no enforcement powers
    • Council says it was told by government official not to take action against shops that were failing to enforce mask-wearing
    • Individuals affected by Ealing abortion clinic PSPO look to take case to European Court of Human Rights
    • High Court upholds refusal by judge to admit witness statement from council officer in eviction proceedings brought by housing association
    • Civil Justice Council report identifies significant problems around anti-social behaviour injunctions
    • Council serves Community Protection Notice on major retailer for failing to enforce mask wearing in store
    • Police arrest gym owner on suspicion of breaching COVID lockdown regulations, council issues venue with prohibition notice
    • Court of Appeal rejects challenge to £31m decision by city council to retrofit sprinklers to tower blocks after Grenfell
    • Civil Procedure Rules to be amended so that district judges can hear breaches of Anti-Social Behaviour Injunctions
    • Court of Appeal says car cruising was "classic case for the grant of an injunction"
    • Government issues guidance on three new notices local authorities can issue against premises breaching COVID-secure rules
    • Court of Appeal dismisses appeal by company director over £99k penalties for breaches of HMO regulations, non-compliance with enforcement notices
    • Police force wins appeal over sharing of information about teenager with local crime reduction partnership
    • Organiser of wedding attended by 400 people to be considered for £10,000 COVID breach fine
    • Thirty-one Met Police officers face £200 fixed penalty after breaching Covid-19 regulations with haircut at station
    • Rogue landlord ordered to pay nearly £10k after continuing to rent out unlicensed converted bank vault
    • Two men given £10,000 fines over snowball fight in Leeds
    • Council publishes summary decision behind suspension of premises licence for restaurant that hosted Rita Ora birthday party during lockdown
    • West Midlands Police raid workshop turned nightclub with “Covid Arms” sign
    • Council defeats legal challenge to introduction of detailed emergency planning zone around nuclear weapons site
    • Judges overturn conviction for refusal to give name and address in case of suspected Covid regulations breach
    • Court fines for fly-tipping up a third in 2019/20: Defra
    • Landlords win appeals over "unfair" FTT proceedings where - in absence of hearing - criminal offences found to have been committed
    • Council takes legal action against housing associations over standard of homes
    • Housing Ombudsman starts publishing its investigation reports on individual cases
    • Councils and other public bodies to be put under legal duty to share data and intelligence in cases of serious violence
    • Council settles challenge over placing of women fleeing domestic abuse in accommodation shared with men
    • High Court judge finds councils have power during pandemic to accommodate rough sleepers with no recourse to public funds
    • Government to make combined authority mayors, Mayor of London and Police and Crime Commissioner elections ‘first past the post’, look to mandate transfer of fire and rescue functions to PCCs
    • Public Accounts Committee warns of “huge backlogs” in courts, justice system under “unprecedented pressure”
    • Councils to be under new legal duty to provide support to victims as Domestic Abuse Bill receives Royal Assent
    • High Court issues key ruling on "Traveller Injunctions" and "persons unknown", criticises suspected procedural breaches and abuse of court procedures in applications for interim orders
    • New 'Core Code of Ethics' launched for fire and rescue services
    • Council secures “first of its kind” High Court injunction against residents to stop them living in unsafe house in multiple occupation
    • London borough facing legal action over "failure to act" on harassment outside Marie Stopes Clinic
    • City council threatened with legal action over plans to extend HMO licensing scheme
    • Nine law firms appointed to £65m police consortium legal services panel
    • Investigation of organisations using live facial recognition technology in public spaces found none compliant with data protection law: ICO
    • Ministry consults on statutory guidance and regulations for new duty to provide support in safe accommodation for domestic abuse victims
    • Councils issue £1m in penalties against businesses for breach of Covid restrictions
    • Volume of laws makes it impossible for local authorities to enforce them, warn private landlords
    • High Court criticises Magistrates Court for failure to state a case in closure order dispute
    • Council did not have reasonable system in place to respond to police requests for accommodation for detained juveniles: Court of Appeal
    • High Court judge says housing authority has no power or discretion to accept request for late review of s.107D(3) notice
    • High Court orders expedited trial of procurement challenge over fire brigade protective equipment, refuses to lift automatic suspension
    • Councils call for much larger fly-tipping fines to act as deterrent, suspended sentences for repeat offenders
    • Edinburgh to consult on designating whole of city as short term let control area
    • Civil liberties groups demand ban of use of facial recognition technology by police
    • Councils express concern about practicalities of implementing new fire safety legislation
    • Government to ditch ‘Supplementary Vote’ system for mayoral and PCC elections in favour of ‘First Past the Post’
    • Council fails in bid for final injunction prohibiting defendants from anti-social behaviour in any public space in borough
    • Government to reform Human Rights Act before next election: Justice Secretary
    • Regulations and guidance issued on support councils must give domestic abuse victims
    • Government to introduce series of measures in bid to clamp down on disruption of infrastructure including motorways
    • High Court raps councils over failure to progress injunctions against travellers
    • Commissioner warns council not to rely on police for enforcement of proposed 20mph speed limits
    • Ombudsman criticises council over failure to tell woman about availability of Community Trigger
    • Ombudsman urges councils to heed new guidance and improve the way they work with victims of domestic abuse
    • Law enforcement processing and the meaning of “authorised by law”
    • Welsh council bolts cinema entrance shut after failure to follow closure order
    • Court of Appeal allows appeal by tenant over possession claim and correction of breach of public sector equality duty
    • Police force issues second dispersal order in bid to tackle hare coursing
    • Gove sets deadline for residential property developers to agree action plan for remediation of unsafe cladding
    • Councils must receive full funding for role in implementing new 'Protect Duty'
    • Councils win appeal over final injunctions against unauthorised encampment and prevention of newcomers occupying land
    • Welsh Government promises "one clear legal framework" with implementation of Renting Homes (Wales) Act in July
    • Judge criticises housing association over anti-social behaviour injunction bid, awards £27,500 damages for anti-discrimination counterclaim
    • Family Division judge backs proposals for future applications for third party disclosure from Prison Service and similar bodies
    • Government consults on regulations to disapply local connection tests for victims of domestic abuse applying for social housing
    • Councils should have more legal flexibility when considering applications for local gambling premises, say councils and Police and Crime Commissioners
    • Housing Ombudsman reports continuing rise in complaints
    • Upper Tribunal remits appeal over £70k financial penalties imposed by First-tier Tribunal for HMO offences after criticising absence of reasoning
    • Government amends legislation with view to ditching Vagrancy Act 1824 but repeal only to take place when replacement laws in place
    • Government to pursue giving all Police and Crime Commissioners wider functional power of competence
    • Leaseholders and social housing tenants must not foot bill for building safety works: MPs
    • Local authorities to be given powers to tackle rogue landlords in supported housing sector
    • Liberty calls on police to stop issuing “unreasonable” community protection notices
    • Court of Appeal rejects appeal over sufficiency of inquiries made by housing options manager
    • Charities urge changes to statutory guidance on exclusions and behaviour amid concerns over child criminal exploitation
    • Housing Ombudsman launches investigation into anti-social behaviour and noise complaints
    • Home Affairs Committee calls on licensing authorities to demand improvement measures at venues with poor record for spiking
    • Supreme Court grants permission to appeal over gang injunction secured by council
    • Government to introduce law to control 'Wild West' of pedicabs in next session of Parliament: Secretary of State
    • Councils call for clear and enforceable powers, full funding of new regime replacing Vagrancy Act
    • Council was required to consider public sector equality duty when applying for injunction banning individuals from London square, court rules
    • Police rescind Community Protection Notice against homeless man after Liberty threatens legal action
    • Government issues statutory guidance on councils sharing safeguarding and road safety concerns with other licensing authorities
    • Council did not do enough to help social housing tenant enduring homophobic abuse, Ombudsman says
    • Rate of rent arrears for some local authority landlords as high as 10%, new data shows
    • High Court rules on judicial review of decisions by housing associations on management transfers
    • Residents threaten judicial review over Home Office decision to abandon recommended emergency evacuation plans for disabled people
    • Divisional Court rejects bid by major retailer to have knife sale case thrown out as abuse of process
    • White paper confirms plans to implement ban on section 21 'no fault' evictions but councils urge government to go further
    • Local authority enforcement in private rented sector “more reactive than proactive” amid concerns over barriers faced and lack of capacity
    • Court dismisses application by council for injunction in London square over PSED breach
    • MP calls for creation of short-term accommodation license in order to regulate Airbnbs
    • Police to have extra powers to tackle unauthorised encampments as new offence becomes law
    • Government to consider revisions to s.182 Licensing Act 2003 guidance as it issues formal response to select committee report on spiking
    • Cross-party group of MPs and peers call for ban of two Chinese surveillance technology companies used by majority of councils
    • Housing Ombudsman should be able to award £25k in compensation to tackle poor complaints handling, MPs say
    • High Court allows appeal of complainants over noise nuisance from multi use games area
    • LGA issues briefing on council duties under new taxi and private hire vehicle legislation
    • Private landlords group says replacement grounds for section 21 for possession "must be robust, comprehensive and workable"
    • Tribunal upholds fixed penalties imposed on HMO landlord for property management failures but reduces amount payable
    • Half of all court cases over breach of anti-social behaviour injunction end with defendant imprisoned, new data shows
    • Watchdog to monitor how public bodies use AI, issues guidance on avoiding breaches of equality law
    • City council to revoke late night levy at end of October
    • Reforms set out in Fairer Renting White Paper "risk becoming a charter for anti-social behaviour", says private landlords group
    • High Court gives go-ahead for judicial review of Home Office decision not to implement recommendation on emergency evacuation plans for disabled residents
    • Birmingham to introduce largest selective licensing scheme for private rented properties in UK
    • City council calls for power to regulate short lets in response to Government consultation
    • Councillors, police and community leaders agree independent review into Leicester unrest
    • Public Interest Law Centre criticises “systemic gatekeeping” by local authorities of housing support for domestic abuse survivors
    • Another city council consults on whether to keep or vary Late Night Levy
    • ICO reprimands Home Office after sensitive documents left at London venue
    • Council makes its first Interim Management Order to take over running of HMO following failings of landlord
    • Councils “letting down tenants” who complain of category one hazards in privately rented homes: BBC report
    • Housing Ombudsman focuses on noise complaints cases amid concerns landlords conflate household noise and anti-social behaviour
    • MPs say Defra “not doing enough” to help local authorities tackle fly-tipping
    • Mediation sees landfill operator withdraw appeal against statutory nuisance abatement notice
    • Ombudsman report on noise complaints alleges ‘fundamental unfairness’ in landlords complaint handling
    • Levelling Up Committee issues plea for urgent reform of exempt housing sector
    • High Court judge hands down ruling on remedies over noise nuisance from multi-use games area
    • Coroner to issue report to Government after two-year-old boy dies following mould exposure, as housing provider admits to allowing legal disrepair process “to get in the way”
    • Met Police agrees to overhaul controversial Gangs Violence Matrix following legal challenge
    • Gove tells councils and housing providers “not to hide behind legal process” when tackling damp and mould cases
    • Pro-life campaigner launches legal challenge of Public Spaces Protection Order creating buffer zone around abortion clinic
    • Councils call for funding, guidance and notice ahead of introduction of Martyn’s Law
    • First London fine for catcalling dished out after undercover operation
    • Judge quashes decision letter over discriminatory impact of housing allocations policy on domestic abuse survivor
    • Ombudsman finds ‘cumulative failures’ by London housing association to address fire safety issues in flat
    • Council to pay more than £10k after failings put child at risk of gang violence
    • Government to review damp and mould guidance following death of Awaab Ishak
    • Supreme Court to hear appeal next week over gang injunctions and right to fair trial
    • Most social landlords “understand extent of damp and mould in tenants’ homes”, but some rely on ‘reactive’ rather than ‘proactive’ approaches, regulator finds
    • Court allows damages claim from protected party to go ahead over judicial acts in relation to anti-social behaviour injunction
    • Court to hear application by Black Country councils for extension of street cruising injunction
    • Ombudsman finds council did not do enough to support woman fleeing violence
    • Home Office to implement in full recommendations from Independent Review on Prevent
    • Council removes parish and town councillor contact details following abuse reports, as Nicola Bulley case continues
    • High Court extends street racing injunction banning motor racing, stunts and dangerous driving in Black Country
    • Two defendants acquitted of abortion clinic Public Spaces Protection Order breach
    • Council to keep late night levy despite consultation responses calling for scheme to be ditched
    • Regulator of Social Housing finds London borough in breach of consumer standards
    • London Assembly members call on London Mayor to “act urgently” to tackle problems with exempt accommodation
    • Baroness Casey report into Met Police recommends “borough based approach” in London policing
    • Government Anti-Social Behaviour Action Plan to see offenders deprioritised for social housing, explore “3 strikes and you’re out” eviction expectation
    • Information Commissioner reprimands two police forces for recording 200,000 phone conversations without consent
    • Government must adequately resource officers to enforce anti-social behaviour restrictions, say councils
    • Home Office publishes draft ‘Martyn’s Law’ for venue safety
    • Fire and rescue authorities to be allowed to carry out more stringent DBS checks on staff
    • Ombudsman issues reminder to councils reminded to investigate housing concerns of private renters
    • Van dwellers look to challenge injunction obtained by local authority aimed at dispersing community
    • Surveillance watchdog alarmed at lack of awareness among councils over CCTV equipment and human rights concerns
    • Regulator finds 23,000 Birmingham City Council social homes do not meet Decent Homes Standard
    • High Court extends injunctions against street racing in West Midlands ahead of final hearing
    • Gove orders independent review into Leicester unrest
    • Ombudsman criticises council for “significant failings” under Equality Act that exacerbated poor mental health of resident
    • Bristol landlord loses appeal over ban from letting properties
    • AMHP Leads Network concern at Met Police rollout of “Right Care Right Person” model amid reports of misinterpretation of policy
    • Court of Session in Scotland finds council short term let licensing policy unlawful
    • Liberty launches judicial review challenge arguing protest law is “unjustified interference” with Parliamentary sovereignty
    • Severe maladministration found for Peabody following “years of ASB failings”
    • Maximum penalty for fly-tipping to double but councils say changes do not go far enough
    • Supreme Court to issue ruling next week on gang injunctions and standard of proof
    • Government updates guidance to reflect changes intended to make late night levy more flexible, better targeted
    • Council defeats Supreme Court appeal over gang-related injunctions and standard of proof
    • Tenant obtains injunction to secure access to property
    • High Court upholds order for possession leaving disabled 62-year-old woman homeless
    • First joint Ombudsman investigation finds vulnerable tenant not supported properly when faced with anti-social behaviour
    • Councils lack powers they need to manage local gambling premises effectively: LGA
    • Councils not doing enough to help victims of antisocial behaviour: Ombudsman
    • Social landlord to apologise to resident after staff ignored and made ‘inappropriate remarks’ on noise complaint
    • ICO consults on draft biometric data guidance
    • Home Secretary seeks “urgent advice" on banning American bully XL dogs after attack on 11-year-old
    • Government issues updated guidance on Prevent Duty
    • Panel named for independent review into Leicester civil unrest
    • Behavioural Control Orders are being inappropriately used, report warns
    • Police forces and PCCs in Surrey and Sussex to procure £22m legal services framework
    • Empowering staff key to improving housing service delivery, finds Ombudsman in special report on London borough
    • Government to delay abolition of no-fault evictions until reforms to court system in place
    • Ombudsman finds severe maladministration for Clarion in “tragic” noise case following death of resident who took his own life
    • West Midlands Mayor calls for transfer of police and crime commissioner powers
    • Regulator urges councillors and boards in social housing sector to understand legal obligations around building safety
    • High Court upholds introduction of Public Spaces Protection Order in “safe zone” around abortion clinic
    • Government consults on legal requirements for social landlords to address hazards including damp and mould quickly – and in some cases within 24 hours
    • Housing Ombudsman criticises council over four cases of severe maladministration, covering “wide range of responsibilities”
    • Law reform charity brings tribunal challenge over police forces withholding Prevent data
    • Government to consult on social housing ban for up to five years for those sanctioned for ASB, plus new UK and local connection tests
    • Housing Ombudsman tells London borough to pay £18,800 in compensation after failings in three different cases
    • Welsh Government sends commissioners in to oversee fire and rescue authority
    • Tenants win High Court appeal against housing association over possession order
    • Government to transfer Police and Crime Commissioner functions to West Midlands and South Yorkshire mayors
    • Government to give police forces £66m for nationwide rollout of “hotspot” patrols tackling anti-social behaviour
    • Police and Crime Commissioner applies for judicial review over “hostile takeover” transfer of powers to Mayor
    • West Midlands authorities secure final injunctions against car cruising
    • Court of Appeal rejects distinction between ‘aggressive’ and ‘passive’ begging when it comes to obtaining anti-social behaviour injunctions
    • Inciting violence towards councillors could constitute extremism, new Government guidance says
    • ICO reprimands harbour board and police force over use of messaging apps on personal devices to share information
    • Decision by Home Secretary to abolish Police and Crime Commissioner role in West Midlands unlawful, High Court rules
    • Councils should do more to handle threat of poor social cohesion, independent review says
    • Home Office loses appeal over quashing of transfer of Police and Crime Commissioner powers to West Midlands mayor
    • LGA expresses concerns that proposed amendments will weaken Renters Reform Bill and delay ‘no fault’ evictions ban
    • Courts to be able to hand down 'Serious Disruption Prevention Orders' from today
    • Three in five social landlords make changes following Ombudsman report on noise complaints
    • Call for evidence launched as part of review of civil unrest in Leicester in September 2022
    • Ministers to amend Criminal Justice Bill in bid to address concerns over ‘nuisance rough sleeping’ provisions
    • Friends of the Earth to challenge “fundamentally unfair” anti-protest injunctions
    • Family Division judge calls for more active collaboration between public bodies after considering urgent deprivation of liberty application made by police
    • Anti-protest injunctions cover more than 1,200 locations, report shows
    • PM vows to crack down on anti-social behaviour in “first steps for change”
    • Home Office response imminent to judicial review launched by Police and Crime Commissioner
    • Council warned of potential legal challenge over foul language ban in public space protection order
    • Council to redraft public spaces protection order after judicial review threat over foul language prohibition
    • West Midlands Councils gain fresh car cruising injunctions against "persons unknown"
    • Council asks police to withdraw co-operation from TV series which 'damages town's reputation'
    • Two-thirds of victims of anti-social behaviour still face unresolved issues despite reporting case to authorities: Victims’ Commissioner
    • Ombudsman says council processed Prevent referral correctly but was at fault over communication with parent
    • Local authorities to be able to apply for new orders as part of domestic abuse protection order pilot
    • Government sets date for “safe access zones” around abortion clinics
    • Public Space Protection Orders imposed by some local authorities “criminalising poverty”, says civil rights group
    • Minister hails future role of proposed 'respect orders' in tackling anti-social behaviour
    • Council secures partial closure orders covering three high-rise blocks
    • Incidents of anti-social behaviour taking longer to tackle due to “inconsistent and insufficient” information sharing between agencies, survey finds
    • Home Office to pilot ‘Respect Orders’ tackling anti-social behaviour ahead of national rollout
    • Greater Manchester establishes Housing Reciprocal across all 10 boroughs for victims of domestic violence
    • Council decides not to pursue cases against group of drivers who failed to comply with Public Space Protection Order
    • High Court grants London borough interim injunction banning 'car meets'
    • Government to review statutory guidance on ASB case reviews
    • Council makes use of new power to introduce borough-wide selective licensing scheme without need for government approval
    • High Court finds minister was entitled to direct local authority to establish domestic homicide review
    • Government to pilot locally-led approach to conducting investigations into child grooming gangs
    • Council prosecution sees abortion clinic protestor hit with £7,500 costs order
    • TfL consults on plans for regulation of pedicabs in London
    • Charities and grassroots campaign group issue guide on how to appeal community protection notices
    • Judge grants city council possession order over square with homeless camp
    • Street racing injunction to be reviewed by High Court
    • Crime and Policing Bill to include offences of child criminal exploitation and cuckooing
    • Landlords in Scunthorpe pursue legal challenge over proposed selective licensing scheme
    • Borough to have first static facial recognition cameras in London
    • Responsibility for fire functions transfers to Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
    • Street preaching injunction application paused in face of challenge
    • Councils secure unauthorised encampment injunction but judge issues warning on site provision
    • Martyn’s Law gains Royal Assent
    • Woman found guilty of breaching Public Spaces Protection Order outside abortion clinic
    • Met Police asks for £300k in s106 contributions to mitigate policing impact of 1,600-home development
    • Police and Crime Commissioner puts judicial review over "unfair" Home Office funding formula on hold
• Education Law
  • Education Features
    • The duty to consult with parents
    • Schools that illegally exclude children should face heavy fines: Commissioner
    • Parental choice of mainstream education
    • Call to reform age assessment systems as councils incur massive legal costs
    • Home from home?
    • Council warns of legal challenge to merger between primary and private schools
    • Enhanced criminal records certificates – teachers on trial
    • The conduct of Tribunal hearings following academy conversion
    • Supreme Court to hear case on non-delegable duty of local authority
    • Judge gives permission to bring case over cuts to community nurseries
    • England and Wales diverge on standardised school term dates
    • EHRC publishes Equality Act guidance for schools
    • MPs urge greater scrutiny of school governors
    • Education and children cases stay as number 1 source of complaints to LGO
    • Charitable trust claimed to be largest public sector mutual in local government
    • Council rows back from JR of academy formed by primary and private schools
    • Doncaster slams legal flaws in DfE plan to outsource children's services
    • The duty to give former looked after children assistance with education
    • New term, new approach
    • The school company model and spin-outs - what you need to know
    • Former relevant children: recent caselaw
    • Fountain of common sense
    • No educational funding for care leaver
    • Woodland v Essex CC: the reaction
    • Are you ready for the Children and Families Act?
    • Food, glorious food
    • "Drawn into terrorism"
    • Asset finance in the education sector
    • Learning difficulties assessments
    • Tendency to physical abuse
    • School transport judgment arrives
    • The General Election and schools
    • Claims by trespassers
    • Academy terminating prior arrangement
    • Part 4 of SEN statements
    • The Education and Adoption Bill
    • Solar rooftops at schools
    • School transport and indirect discrimination
    • Expert evidence about SEN
    • Schools and finance leasing
    • Trojan Horse and banning powers
    • Grammar school expansion
    • Tackling failing or 'coasting' schools
    • But you promised!
    • Religious education and state impartiality
    • SEN funding comparison costs
    • Wearing the veil in schools
    • Academy sponsorship details and FOI
    • School closure consultation
    • Educational Excellence Everywhere?
    • Public law pitfalls for academies
    • School standards and religious rights
    • Stand by me?
    • Term time holidays
    • Sanctioning ex-teachers
    • Sport and the duty of care
    • Disclosing safeguarding risks
    • Tackling illegal schools
    • Scrapping the Education Bill
    • Council functions and the PSED
    • SEN statements and choice of school
    • Faith schools and segregation
    • Grammar schools: back to the future?
    • Risk assessment of schools and FOI
    • Academy conversions from within PFIs
    • Education, Health and Care plans
    • Lessons from Edinburgh Schools PFI
    • Getting schooled by the Supreme Court
    • The status of city technology colleges
    • Have you considered alternatives to suspension?
    • Governance in academies
    • Cheating and exam malpractice
    • Challenging Ofsted
    • Separate but (not?) equal
    • Reverter of school site
    • Teachers and disclosure of relationships
    • Home tutors and SEN allowances
    • Dealing with student sit-ins
    • When court and classroom meet
    • Home schooling in England and Wales
    • Ofsted and its complaints procedure
    • SEN update
    • Beauty or utility?
    • Statutory decision-making processes and apparent bias
    • No longer in suspense
    • Funding reductions and legal challenges
    • Discrimination: Disciplinary proceedings and unconscious bias
    • Calculating education contributions
    • Children with EHC plans who move areas
    • EOTAS: an update
    • Handling school admissions appeals
    • Education tribunals and costs
    • Closure of children's centres, consultation and the sufficiency duty
    • Disciplinary panels and investigation reports
    • Supplier administrations: how to respond
    • Marshalling evidence in special educational needs cases
    • Tackling unregistered schools
    • Remedies in First-tier Tribunal discrimination claims
    • Places of learning
    • Schools please note - annual reviews
    • Banning parents’ access to school premises
    • COVID19 and delivering the provision in EHC plans
    • School admission appeals – the new virtual reality?
    • School admissions appeals during COVID-19
    • Ultra vires contracts and maintained schools in the Commercial Court
    • SEN and COVID-19
    • Time for SEND reform
    • Injuncting Ofsted reports
    • School Admissions Appeals: new coronavirus Regulations
    • COVID-19 changes to SEN duties
    • Asking employees to re-apply for their old jobs
    • Navigating school admission appeals during coronavirus
    • The lawfulness of the registration process in disability discrimination claims
    • Bilingual devolved legislation, the Welsh language and public law
    • Cyfraith ddwy-ieithog a’r iaith Gymraeg yn y Llys Gweinyddol
    • Capacity and EHC Plans
    • NAHT calls for school closures: the right to education during the second wave of Covid-19
    • School uniform policies and Indirect Discrimination under the Equality Act 2010
    • Responsibility for pupil attacks on teachers and assistants
    • After school clubs and duty of care
    • Applications for review in Special Educational Needs Cases
    • An education in selling school land
    • A bluffer’s guide to A2P1: what does the right to education protect?
    • Duty to provide relevant evidence in Special Educational Needs cases
    • Forced academisation
    • Education authorities can resist requests for statement in appropriate circumstances
    • Civil claims in schools
    • Vaccinating 12 to 15 year olds
    • Mandatory off site schooling other than by statutory exclusion
    • Mandatory off-site schooling
    • Parental responsibility: a short guide for local authority SEND teams
    • Please, sir, I want some more
    • SEND Tribunal case law review
    • Looked after children and Covid-19 vaccination
    • Data protection for schools and higher education institutions
    • Law enforcement processing and the meaning of “authorised by law”
    • Responding to the impact of TikTok on your school community
    • Over-reliance on ‘waking day curriculum’
    • EOTAS and suitability
    • Key changes in the School Admissions Code 2021
    • EHCP annual reviews – timing of local authority action
    • Schools White Paper briefing
    • Securing educational provision and accommodation for children with complex needs
    • SEND Review – right support, right place, right time
    • EHCs and education in accordance with parents’ wishes
    • Defending legal challenges to school exclusions
    • To plead the EQA 2010, or not to plead the EQA 2010 - that was the question.
    • A timely reminder...
    • Appealing review decisions of the SEN Tribunal for Wales
    • Upper Tribunal requires council to secure EHCP for student who is hypersensitive to Wi-Fi signals
    • Permanent exclusion decisions and disability discrimination claims
    • Pre-funded places attracting element 1 and 2 funding from ESFA
    • Liability of schools for abuse by work experience student
    • Everyone's Business: Safeguarding the player, safeguarding the game
    • Specificity in the context of "education otherwise than at school"
    • How can schools mitigate the risk of school staff being assaulted?
    • SEND reform: the Commissioner’s view
    • Rights of excusal from relationships and sexuality education
    • The SEND and AP Improvement Plan: does it go far enough?
    • The Ombudsman and SEND Tribunal complaints
    • The discretion to provide support services to young adults: legal principles
    • A2P1: the right to education
    • AI and the Education Sector - changing times
    • Detailing safeguarding information in references
    • Ofsted and safeguarding judgements
    • The Protect Duty - considerations for schools
    • A school admissions round up
    • New statutory guidance on suspensions and permanent exclusions
    • Supporting pupils with ADHD in school
    • Covid and cancelled school trips
    • Religion or belief discrimination: Facebook posts claim remitted back to tribunal
    • Securing ‘sufficient and adequate’ reasons in disciplinary proceedings
    • Keeping schools compliant with data protection law
    • Special Educational Needs and Disabilities and Alternative Provision Improvement Plan: an overview
    • Schools and concrete safety
    • Unpacking community contributions
    • Religious belief and secular education
    • Property contracts and public law principles
    • Lessons learnt: Handling a vexatious complaint
    • Teachers and one-off comments
    • The Welsh Language – not only the language of the school playground, but the language of the community
    • School exclusions: an update on managed moves
    • School collaboration – are mega MATs the future?
    • Navigating staff based conflict in schools and strategies for effective resolution
    • Inspections – safeguarding and elective home education
    • Education sector contracts
    • Public sector consultations
    • Strikes: what will minimum service levels look like in the education sector?
    • Permanent exclusion checklist for schools in Wales
    • Conflict between schools and local authorities: the naming of schools in Section I of the EHC Plan
    • Employment law changes 2024: guide for schools and colleges
    • School redevelopment and noise concerns
    • Securing SEND provision in the context of stretched local authority budgets
    • Ofsted reform: Where are we now and where do we go from here?
    • EHCPs and home education
    • What does the new gender questioning guidance mean for schools?
    • ‘Suitable’ vs ‘Appropriate’
    • School pupils and reasonable adjustments
    • A zero sum game?
    • Disability discrimination in schools
    • Education otherwise than at school: what local authorities can do
    • Flexible working and teachers
    • Not quite a blanket ban on mobile phones in schools: DfE guidance insights
    • Extended appeals in SEN cases
    • Schools and FOI
    • Gender-critical beliefs and dismissal
    • Moving between boroughs for those with EHC Plans
    • Developing school land
    • Anti-Zionist beliefs and the Equality Act 2010
    • Pupil registration and attendance
    • Public Sector Insights – Disability discrimination in education
    • Revisions to Ofsted’s complaints procedure
    • Bans on prayer in school
    • Changing school transport policies
    • Private school fees, VAT and SEN
    • Armed forces families and SEND children
    • The test for ceasing to maintain an EHCP
    • Special education needs and disability: extended appeals
    • Health and social needs and EHCPs
    • Education settings and learners with SEN
    • Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSiE) 2024
    • End of term? University protest encampments and possession proceedings
    • Facial recognition in schools
    • The interpretation of teaching regulation legislation
    • The SENDIST extended appeals jurisdiction
    • SEN provision and the child’s wishes and feelings
    • The duty to secure special educational provision
    • Protected beliefs and pronouns policies
    • Academy conversions and school rolls
    • Updated school attendance guidance: the key points
    • Disposal of school land and Secretary of State consent
    • The inquisitorial jurisdiction of the First-Tier Tribunal (HESC)
    • Adding pupils to the admissions register
    • The price of discrimination: school ordered to pay £850,000 to an autistic teacher who it viewed as a 'persistent complainer'
    • School exclusions guidance: managed moves
    • The scale of the SEND challenge for local authorities
    • Schools and gender questioning
    • New guidance for intervention in schools
    • Child criminal exploitation and permanent exclusion from school
    • Securing special educational provision
    • The Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill: an overview
    • How should a school or trust approach a Data Subject Access Request?
    • Disability discrimination or fair dismissal?
    • Changes to admissions
    • Errors with school exclusion processes
    • Use of AI within schools in Wales
    • From classroom to spa
    • Employees and social media posts: the Court of Appeal in Higgs v Farmor’s School
    • Teacher dismissed for 'safeguarding' concerns: lessons to learn from school who made mistakes at every stage
    • Understanding Section 19 of the Education Act 1996
    • SEND - Reasonable adjustment: What constitutes reasonableness?
    • The cost of free childcare
    • Staff misconduct and employment policies
    • Handling novel, contentious and repercussive transactions
    • How schools should manage PFI contract expiry
    • Pupil behaviour and disability discrimination
    • What next for SEND law ?
    • Extra curricular programmes of education and residential placements
    • Schools and claims by pupils for victimisation
    • Honouring the Armed Forces Covenant
    • What the Supreme Court’s ruling on ‘sex’ means for schools and colleges
  • Education News
    • LGO censures council over bid to force vulnerable girl to move schools
    • Council defeats legal action over scrapping of subsidies for 20 nurseries
    • Supreme Court set to rule on non-delegable duties and national curriculum
    • Council loses landmark Supreme Court case over scope of duty to pupils
    • LGO attacks council over education of teenager with severe disabilities
    • Law firm claims tribunal wins against council over type 1 diabetes and SEN
    • Council and special school threatened with legal action over use of 'calm room'
    • Government expands Troubled Families programe to cover children under five
    • Complaints to LGO about school admissions appeals fall by half over four years
    • Council ends legal action against parents over unauthorised absence of child
    • Councils must remind schools of proper process on waiting lists, says Ombudsman
    • London borough prosecutes parent for forging document in school place bid
    • Academy loses High Court passing off action brought against private college
    • Two universities in Midlands to set up £3m legal advice panel
    • LGA calls for end to ban on term-time holidays for pupils
    • District and parish in court challenge to grant of planning permission to free school
    • NAO raps Department for Education for confusion on oversight of academies
    • DfE issues advice on data security for schools considering using cloud services
    • DfE publishes advice for teachers on protecting themselves from cyberbullying
    • Councillor rejects claims by Cornwall he presents risk to children
    • New duty on schools, councils "to help prevent people being drawn into terrorism"
    • Councils angry at paying for legal and other costs of academy conversions
    • High Court "rejects challenge over timing of transport to and from school"
    • High Court judge quashes decision by council to shut village school
    • Ombudsman warns councils on impact of changes to school transport policy
    • Schools Adjudicator hits out at "unnecessarily complex" admissions arrangements
    • Watchdog urges public bodies to recognise risk of conflicts of interest
    • Department for Education withdraws revised guidance on school exclusions
    • Ombudsman takes school to task over errors in admissions appeals process
    • EAT rejects appearance of bias claim over judge who was school governor
    • DfE updates advice for schools and councils on School Premises Regulations 2012
    • Council secures injunction preventing disclosure of contents of 11+ exam
    • Council defeats claim brought by trespasser who fell through school skylight
    • Faith school wins judicial review over adjudicator findings on admissions
    • Council defeats second judicial review challenge to nursery charging decision
    • High Court rules faith school transport scheme unlawful
    • City mayor threatens legal action over prospective academy conversion
    • School loses appeal over order to disclose parent, pupil and staff survey results
    • Councils and governing bodies to be forced to progress academy conversion under new Bill
    • Councils lack powers and funds to meet legal duties to young NEETs: research
    • School takes legal advice over covert filming for TV programme on bullying
    • Spending watchdog hits out at public services complaints and redress system
    • Complaints to LGO level despite transfer of responsibility for social housing reviews as social care and education complaints rise
    • Council refuses DfE request to release land for Free School
    • London council proposes taking over further education in borough
    • Structural change on small scale "might not be enough": Sixth-Form Commissioner
    • Legal action forces council to re-start consultation on school closures
    • Council defeats High Court challenge to school closure plans
    • Academy school takes legal action to evict travellers from grounds
    • Burger van owners take council to court over school exclusion zone
    • Councillors must build links with schools as academy numbers rise: report
    • Family taps crowd funding to bring judicial review over school allocation
    • Magistrates throw out local authority prosecution over term-time holidays
    • Ministers plan new community trigger as part of counter-extremism strategy
    • Home Office publishes procedural information for professionals on new FGM reporting duty
    • LGA calls on Department for Education to change rules on term-time holidays
    • DfE launches consultation on proposals to tackle 'coasting' schools
    • Council appeals term-time holidays decision to High Court
    • Councils responsible for post-16 education planning for privately-educated SEN pupils: LGO
    • Council takes legal steps to secure information on children at risk of radicalisation
    • Ombudsman warns councils on duties towards home-schooled children
    • Snack van owners win appeal over ban on them being near schools
    • Parents face "costly legal advice" as schools fail to implement complaints procedures
    • MPs criticise "unclear" role of Regional Schools Commissioners
    • Pupil wins High Court battle over transfer to off-site educational provision
    • LGO raps county council over lack of clarity on new school transport policy
    • Councils warn of potential breach of legal duty on access to school places
    • Council to check if children missed out on school places after allocation change
    • Education Committee launches inquiry into multi-academy trusts
    • Council fails in prosecution over school attendance and term-time holidays
    • Councils who missed SEN plan deadline "could all face judicial review"
    • High Court hears battle over fine for taking child on holiday during term time
    • Council fears "massive uncertainty" after judges back parent in holiday row
    • Ofsted inspectors uncover more than 100 suspected unregistered schools
    • County vows to defend legal challenge to school transport policy
    • Council wins appeal over transport and Education, Health and Care Plans
    • County council fails in challenge to village green registration near school
    • Academy faces legal action over proposed transfer of disabled pupils
    • Father who won High Court school holidays case eyes group litigation
    • Council appeals school absence ruling after DfE request and funding
    • Councils review ties with law firm that boasted of 'win' in SEN case
    • Local authority faces judicial review over siting of new school
    • LGO refers admission arrangements at primary to watchdog over legality
    • Charity urges SRA to investigate education law firm in storm over tweets
    • Stone King opens Leeds office with education law team hire
    • Ombudsman raps council over lack of clarity on school admission appeal
    • Council and parents head to tribunal over alleged failure to name school
    • Council in term-time holiday battle pursues appeal to Supreme Court
    • High Court hears challenge to closure of Welsh language primary school
    • Councils drop term time holiday prosecutions after court decision research
    • Ofsted ordered to disclose evidence behind school's 'inadequate' inspection report
    • YPO to set up £40-50m single provider framework for schools legal advice
    • Practitioners could face criminal sanction for failure to report child abuse
    • County council to appoint provider to £480k SEN legal advice contract
    • Welsh council defeats judicial review challenge over school closures
    • Academy founder guilty of fraud alongside two other staff members
    • Council brings legal challenge over listing of former school building
    • Fraudulent applications for school places on the increase: report
    • Councils "need more powers over home education, to tackle illegal schools"
    • Judicial review challenge launched over decision to fund new sixth form
    • School heads to High Court in bid to block Ofsted report
    • Prevent strategy "creates serious risk of human rights violations": report
    • Civil service and RSCs "lack capacity" to deal with academies drive: LGA
    • Council wins appeal over commercial interests exemption and schools services
    • Judge issues guidance for where parents cannot agree on school in SEN statement
    • Legal challenge over new sixth form settled after DfE withdraws approval of plans
    • Baker Small director agrees rebuke from SRA after investigation into tweets
    • High Court judge backs school over Ofsted findings on segregation
    • Cambridgeshire appoints LGSS Law to SEN legal advice contract
    • Council stymied over listing of school building days after High Court win
    • Casey report on integration calls for new oath for holders of public office
    • Applications for term-time absences rise after High Court ruling: research
    • Supreme Court grants appeal on school term time absence dispute case
    • Supreme Court to hear term-time holiday and unauthorised absence case next week
    • Court overturns indefinite professional misconduct teaching ban imposed on headmaster
    • Kent eyes becoming first council to set up local government academy schools
    • Council rejects claims of 'Trojan Horse' conspiracy at primary school
    • School governor banned after 'Trojan Horse' affair crowd funds appeal
    • Let high-performing councils set up multi-academy trusts: MPs
    • Judge quashes planning permission for relocation of secondary school
    • Ombudsman complaints on school transport rise 63 per cent
    • Supreme Court to rule next week on school absence case
    • Mediation effective at reducing FTT appeals over SEND disagreements: report
    • Council wins Supreme Court appeal over unauthorised school absence
    • National Union of Teachers eyes legal action over expansion of selective education
    • Firm warns of legal action over changes to school non-attendance policies
    • Case against teachers in 'Trojan Horse' affair halted over abuse of process
    • UN human rights chief calls for changes to Prevent strategy
    • Head threatens legal action over misinformaton about school on social media
    • Court of Appeal rejects appeal against injunction over contents of 11-plus tests
    • School at centre of gender segregation court case forced to become academy
    • Proceedings against alleged 'Trojan Horse' teachers ended
    • Ofsted report recommending special measures quashed over complaint procedures
    • School governor banned over involvement in 'Trojan Horse' affair
    • Council joins JR of school over sixth form exclusions
    • Cornwall compensates autistic former pupil for "educational neglect"
    • School threatened with judicial review climbs down over Year 13 entry
    • Review of school transport guidance ordered amid "unlawful" policies claim
    • Council wins injunction against duo to prevent disclosure of school information
    • Christian parents in legal threat over boy wearing dress at primary school
    • Equalities watchdog sets up £500k fund for discrimination in education cases
    • Ombudsman upholds third complaint against council over support for boy with SEN
    • Ofsted wins Court of Appeal case over segregation at Birmingham school
    • Council withdraws decision to refuse humanist place on religious education body
    • LGO urges councils to address problems with education, health and care plans
    • Campaigners to crowd fund legal challenge over primary school closure
    • School faces legal action after sending boy home for having dreadlocks
    • Campaigners to challenge DfE policy on collecting birth and nationality info
    • Union hits out at council after withdrawing strike action plans
    • Council criticised for failure to provide suitable education to boy with SEN
    • Upper Tribunal judge refuses to set aside flawed SEN school ruling
    • Give councils tougher powers to deal with unregistered faith schools: report
    • Council takes legal advice after planning appeal on new school dismissed
    • Council to be prosecuted following death of school pupil
    • County council agrees exit deal with £10m+ payment after Carillion collapse
    • Council defends decision that education, health and care plan not necessary
    • Legislative gaps hinder "ensuring suitable education at home, unregistered settings”
    • Legal Aid Agency cancels procurement of education and discrimination services
    • Campaigners to crowd fund legal action over conversion of school to academy
    • DfE faces legal action over collection of data of children in ‘alternative provision’
    • Ex-council worker fined for illegally sharing personal information
    • Watchdog doubts ability of DfE to pursue large numbers of academy conversions
    • Parents criticised for approach to Equality Act in case over education of daughter
    • Supreme Court to rule next week on disclosure obligations of head teachers
    • Ombudsman upholds 80% of complaints about Education and Health Care Plans
    • Tribunal rejects appeal for disclosure of details of council review of education law firm
    • Court rejects claim against council brought by heirs of donor of school land
    • Head teacher fails in Supreme Court challenge to dismissal over failure to disclose
    • County faces legal action over £20m cut to services for disabled children
    • Failure to weigh benefits of new school sees decision by inspector quashed
    • Parents and carers eye judicial review of changes to SEN funding by Hackney
    • Campaigners claim DfE to end collection of children’s nationality data
    • School transport providers fined after council carries out licensing checks
    • Browne Jacobson advises city council on funding for £58m skills hub
    • Asylum-seeking A-level student wins first round in battle over right to study
    • Ombudsman warns councils on timescales for Education, Health and Care plans
    • Welsh council wins appeal over whether SEN allowance was payable to teachers
    • Council lawyers to seek return of £230k paid to academy chain
    • Campaigners in legal action over planning permission for secondary free school
    • Group crowd funds for legal challenge over building of school on playing fields
    • Ombudsman criticises faith school for poor admissions appeal
    • Judge criticises SEN Tribunal for Wales for refusal to accept case
    • Families apply for judicial review challenge to SEN policy of council
    • City council faces judicial review over £5m SEND funding reduction
    • Parents raise funds for legal challenge over academisation and Ofsted report
    • Appeal heard on claim exclusion regulations discriminate against autistic children
    • Council told to reconsider school admission appeal after LGO investigation
    • Judge to hear challenge this week to £5m cuts by city council to SEND budget
    • Government faces threat of legal action over introduction of T-Levels
    • MPs call for ‘Bill of Rights’ for pupils and parents over exclusions
    • County council granted fresh injunction over 11+ exam information
    • High Court judge quashes decision by council to cut SEND budget by £5m
    • Upper Tribunal finds Equality Act exclusion discriminates against autistic children
    • County to pay two families £500 annually over “unfair” admissions changes
    • Physical abuse and school exclusions
    • Campaigners eye legal action over lack of funding for councils for disabled pupils
    • LGO slams “continual failure” of council to support boy with learning difficulties
    • Academy trust selects law firm for £400k HR legal advice contract
    • Council loses Supreme Court battle over HMO licence conditions
    • County council proposes £5k ‘fine’ per excluded pupil for schools
    • First convictions secured for running unregistered school
    • Welsh policy on FE provision for young people with learning difficulties "lawful"
    • High Court hears judicial review challenge over cuts by Hackney to SEN funding
    • City council faces judicial review challenge over day centre closure
    • County rapped for failing to meet promises to boy with special educational needs
    • Council agrees settlement for girl assaulted at primary school
    • Ombudsman reminds councils of duty to provide alternative education
    • Parent fails in High Court bid to stop closure of primary school
    • Families officially launch legal challenge over SEN funding policy
    • Ofsted wins appeal over fairness of complaints procedures in special measures cases
    • Council faces legal action over pulling out of service for children with disabilities
    • Ombudsman upholds 11 complaints against council over SEN provision in two years
    • Governors of Steiner school launch legal action over Ofsted report
    • Children's Commissioner calls for compulsory home education register
    • Academy wins action against council over education, health and care plan
    • Campaigners raise £10k+ for legal action over closure of special needs schools
    • Council settles case over treatment of five children at specialist school
    • Church court orders demolition of nursery whose construction was funded by council
    • Judge gives reasons for rejecting application for judicial review of consultation on SEND provision
    • Heirs of donor of land win Court of Appeal battle over proceeds from site sale
    • Ex-headteacher fails in appeal over order to repay council £1m+ in unlawful bonuses
    • Crowdfunding appeal launched for judicial review on use of restraint in schools
    • Court finds council breached legitimate expectation for transition planning after withdrawal of portage services
    • High Court sets June date for judicial review hearing over SEND funding policy
    • Court of Appeal finds for local authority over teacher suspension
    • Council to amend guidance on EHCP eligibility after Ombudsman investigation into missed education for boy
    • Claimants eye appeal after High Court rejects challenge over SEND cuts proposed by council
    • Campaigners win permission for judicial review over closure of special schools
    • Court refuses permission for challenge to decision by Welsh council to close school
    • Campaigners seek legal advice on use of DfE funding for ‘satellite’ selective school
    • Council withdraws decision to close special schools after legal challenge
    • Ombudsman criticises county council for 15-month delay to EHC plan
    • Department for Education consults on register of children not in school
    • County faces judicial review challenge over school transport policy changes and vulnerable pupils
    • Ombudsman criticises council over failure to support vulnerable mother properly
    • Families threaten Department for Education with legal challenge over guidance on isolation booths
    • Mother crowd funds legal action after autistic son “forced to wear fluorescent yellow bib” at school
    • County defeats High Court challenge by parish over siting of new primary school near air force base
    • Parents crowd fund legal challenge over change in admissions at selective schools
    • Hackney defeats High Court challenge to approach on SEN funding and Education and Health Care Plans
    • University selects six law firms for £1m legal services framework
    • Appellant ordered to pay £5k costs after acting unreasonably in SEN appeal
    • University names five law firms to £2.4m legal services panel
    • Ombudsman tells council to amend school transport policy after failure to act on earlier complaint
    • Parents crowd fund legal challenge over impact of school attendance laws on vulnerable children
    • London borough criticised for significant delays in completing Education Health and Care plans
    • Council leader eyes use of PSPO to stop disturbances outside primary school
    • College in Kent is first to fall into educational administration
    • Birmingham obtains interim injunction to protect area around protest-hit school
    • West Sussex councillors considered wrong Ombudsman report
    • Date set for Birmingham school protests injunction hearing
    • Pupil with visual impairment fails in challenge to arrangements for provision of teaching assistants
    • High Court challenge to begin tomorrow over level of SEN funding for local authorities
    • University conducted flawed disciplinary proceedings in removing MA student from social work over disapproval of homosexual acts: Court of Appeal
    • University to seek tenders for multi-lot legal services framework
    • Leeds Beckett University to set up £600k legal services panel
    • County council defeats judicial review challenge over closure of 19 out of 35 children’s centres
    • Ombudsman investigation sees council pay £22k to mother of autistic man who missed most of his secondary education
    • Further education group to procure fixed price, outsourced legal services
    • High Court to hear application for permission for challenge to tests of 4-5 year olds in first six weeks of school
    • Council defeats judicial review challenge over changes to school transport and SEN transport policies
    • Ombudsman warns of gaps in redress in Special Educational Needs system if parents take cases to Tribunal
    • Council to apologise, pay £2.4k after teenager with anxiety missed 14 months of schooling
    • High court grants permission to challenge school’s daily act of Christian worship
    • Parents appoint solicitors to oppose conversion of school to academy status
    • Upper Tribunal finds unlawful First Tier Tribunal rule on disability discrimination in schools cases and calculating time
    • Council criticised by Ombudsman after girl left without proper education for nine months
    • Court of Appeal rejects claim over failure to reassess educational needs of 22-year-old disabled man
    • Education regulator in Wales to appoint legal adviser to fitness to practice committees
    • County withdraws post-16 transport policy after threat of legal action
    • Further education college in Kent enters education administration
    • County council defeats legal challenge to conversion of school to academy
    • Respite service reprieved following threat of legal action, says claimant law firm
    • Welsh council puts school changes on hold amid procedural concerns: report
    • Campaigners refused permission to appeal ruling on closure of children’s centres
    • SEND reforms have “failed to make system less adversarial for parents”
    • New unitary accepts Ombudsman recommendations after predecessor council left boy with special needs without proper education
    • Upper Tribunal upholds order requiring prep school to reinstate unlawfully excluded pupil
    • Ombudsman criticises county over complaints policy in special educational needs investigation
    • Midlands universities to procure £3.5m legal services panel
    • Council pauses charging 16-19-year-olds for using school buses after legal threat
    • University to appoint provider to deliver legal services to facilities team
    • University to appoint external law firm for support to in-house legal team
    • FE colleges to seek legal professional advisers for proposed merger
    • Councils misled into paying thousands of pounds a week to unregistered school: Ofsted
    • Complaints about support for special educational needs “at exceptional and unprecedented level”: Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman
    • High Court dismisses legal challenge over resourcing given to local authorities for special educational needs
    • London borough criticised over approach to deciding school transport applications for children with disabilities
    • Educational business names law firm to legal advisory contract
    • Give parents direct line to appeal to Department for Education over failure by councils to comply with law on SEND, MPs say
    • MoJ data suggests 95% of SEN tribunal cases lost, withdrawn or conceded by local authorities, claims charity
    • JUSTICE Report calls for mandatory training on the law for school teachers involved in excluding students
    • Legal Aid Agency names 21 providers to panels for education and discrimination cases
    • Academy trust facing legal action over collective worship agrees to provide alternative materials and activities
    • High Court judge says injunctions against street protests over teaching of “LGBT issues” at Birmingham school must continue
    • Just for Kids Law launches online resource for challenges to school exclusions
    • School launches legal proceedings after receiving 'inadequate' rating from Ofsted
    • University to set up £1m four-year legal services framework
    • Council and governing body of school win appeal over carbon monoxide exposure
    • Judge orders council to fund five-day-a-week course for disabled young people
    • County council threatened with legal action in bid to have trans inclusion toolkit removed
    • Court of Appeal to hear challenge to changes to school transport policies
    • Campaigners threaten legal challenge over plan to move primary school to new site
    • Council to undertake full audit of education provision, pay out £17,500 after Ombudsman finds multiple failures in SEN support
    • Ombudsman issues further report after Medway council fails to implement Ombudsman's recommendations
    • Ombudsman reminds councils of their foster carer school transport duties
    • Ofsted investigating unregistered schools “with one hand tied behind our backs”, warns Chief Inspector
    • Midlands university to set up £4m legal services framework
    • University pays out more than £142,000 to affected students after data breach
    • Supreme Court to hear dispute over land gifted to school and whether £1m+ sale funds should go to estate of donor
    • Council to pay £8k+ after Ombudsman investigation into how autistic girl missed out on 18 months of education
    • Ombudsman raps council for carrying out fewer annual reviews of EHC Plans than law requires
    • Midlands university names five firms to £600k legal services agreement
    • University of Hertfordshire to set up £1.7m legal services contract
    • Education group to appoint providers to legal services contract
    • Equalities watchdog launches inquiry into use of restraint in schools
    • School agrees £8.5k settlement to pupil excluded over size of afro hair
    • Council to review decision on admission of summer-born child after criticism from LGO
    • Ombudsman and council at loggerheads over whether transport policy for adult learners with special educational needs is in line with the law
    • Judge orders re-hearing of EHC Plan case after First-tier Tribunal failed to consider all the evidence
    • Education and public law barrister Matthew Wyard joins 3PB
    • Council fails in Court of Appeal challenge over special educational needs provision
    • Information watchdog warns of dangers of school photos and wrongful disclosure of personal data
    • Mother launches judicial review challenge over decision not to close schools in Northern Ireland over coronavirus outbreak
    • Ofsted suspends all routine inspections
    • Office for Students successfully defends first judicial review action
    • Government sets out list of ‘key workers’ to be prioritised for education provision
    • Public law specialist Broach moves to 39 Essex Chambers
    • Met Police hit with legal challenge over governance of safer schools officers
    • Court of Appeal rejects appeal over changes made by county council to SEN transport policy affecting 16-18 year olds
    • Councils face legal action over access to education during lockdown
    • Winckworth Sherwood promotes education and infrastructure specialists to partner
    • Challenge to local authority school transport policy was third Welsh medium High Court matter to date
    • Court of Appeal dismisses appeal over decision by council to reduce part of SEND provision by 5%
    • DfE to make regulatory changes to school admissions appeals requirements during COVID-19
    • Met Police agrees to review role of police in schools following legal action
    • Claimants get green light for legal challenge to post-16 school transport policy of county council
    • Councils call on government to clarify “reasonable endeavours” for discharge of duty to secure special education provision
    • Campaigners given permission for legal challenge over guidance from council on transgender issues in schools
    • Judge orders fresh hearing of appeal over school places decision after successful challenge by renting residents
    • Department for Education relaxes statutory timescales in four sets of regulations relating to SEN system
    • LLG and ADSO issue guidance on new regulations covering school admissions appeals
    • School fails in Court of Appeal bid to have Ofsted report quashed
    • Mayor of London loses statutory challenge over permission for substantial development at top private school
    • DAC Beachcroft acts for council in successful defence of £8m sixth-form centre dispute
    • Employment Appeal Tribunal rejects appeal by council over unfair dismissal ruling following maintained school closure
    • County council withdraws post-16 transport policy after judicial review threat
    • Browne Jacobson appoints new Head of Higher Education
    • Council to review decision-making process and reimburse mother after boy left without suitable education for second time
    • Council wins judicial review challenge over decision by Regional Schools Commissioner to back academy conversion
    • Council faces judicial review over SEND cuts
    • London borough faces judicial review threat over outsourcing of SEND services
    • High Court to hear judicial review challenge this week over cuts by London borough to SEN provision
    • Upper Tribunal rejects appeal by county council over naming of school for child with special educational needs
    • High Court judge quashes decision of Welsh council to implement major school reorganisation
    • ‘Autism plus’ policies unlawfully restricting autistic children’s rights to care, report says
    • Universities purchasing consortium to procure £30m legal services framework
    • Council agrees to address its lack of suitable school transport for children with Special Needs
    • University appoints five providers to £1.4m legal services framework
    • Claimants vow to appeal after High Court dismisses challenge over “downgrading” during pandemic of rights of children with SEN
    • Takeover sees colleges leave educational administration
    • Ombudsman raps council for not providing fair hearing for child denied free school transport
    • Parents win fresh hearing in dispute over school named in EHC plan
    • University names Eversheds Sutherland to £1.2m legal services contract
    • Newly-merged education group to establish legal services panel
    • Local resident loses Court of Appeal challenge over planning permission for school near US air force base
    • University names six firms to legal services framework worth up to £4m
    • Department for Education facing judicial review challenge over PHSE guidance
    • Information watchdog strongly criticises Department for Education for failure to prioritise data protection
    • Academy trust facing legal challenge over award of £2m software contract
    • Council to pay almost £20,000 after child misses out on full-time secondary school education
    • University appoints law firm as sole provider in £2m contract
    • County council hits out at latest judicial review challenge to permission for new secondary school
    • University to procure five-supplier, £2m legal services panel
    • Council defends High Court challenge over decentralised model of specialist educational support
    • Ombudsman criticises council after cancellation of transport sees teenager with autism miss start of term
    • It was “none of your business”, High Court judge tells council which refused to take part in mediation over EHC Plan because mother wanted to bring her lawyer
    • Law firm advises county council on £43m learning and leisure campus
    • School reorganisation case sees Court of Appeal hear oral submissions in Welsh for first time
    • Council reverses school closures after Education Secretary threatens legal action
    • Court of Appeal allows appeal by council over lawfulness of schools reorganisation decision
    • Council wins appeal over finding of negligence over personal injuries suffered by teaching assistant
    • London borough defends Upper Tribunal challenge over school child with learning disabilities should attend
    • Judge finds claim over procurement of cloud-based management information system for 57 schools commenced in time
    • Government facing legal challenge over speed of provision of devices to disadvantaged children for education at home
    • Home-schooling parents crowd fund judicial review challenge against city council
    • Borough and county councils in row over restrictive covenant and proposed student housing scheme
    • London universities to procure £30m legal services framework
    • University names seven providers to £800k-£1.4m legal services panel
    • Supreme Court to hear appeal by council this week in £1m dispute over land gifted to school
    • University of Edinburgh appoints three firms to £2.6m legal services framework
    • Not enough local scrutiny of Cornwall’s outsourced education services to out-of-school children: Ombudsman
    • Council to pay more than £7,000 to Year 10 pupil left without a school for more than a year
    • Campaigners win legal challenge over temporary car park next to school but council vows to appeal
    • Boy with special educational needs missed out on 16 months of provision because of council errors, Ombudsman finds
    • School and family settle legal row over length of skirt
    • Court of Appeal says judge should have decided issue over statutory construction about timetable for producing amended EHC plans
    • Supreme Court refuses permission to appeal in dispute over cut by London borough to element of SEND provision
    • Upper Tribunal judge rules online hearing of EHC Plan case not unfair to visually impaired litigants
    • Legal threat prompts council to retake decision to block humanist from religious education committee
    • Upper Tribunal awards £22k costs against council in dispute over EHC plan
    • Council faces High Court legal challenge over school closure as part of county-wide restructuring plan
    • Council wins Supreme Court appeal over claim of £1.2m from heirs of school benefactor
    • Ombudsman recommends school should offer fresh appeal to child denied sixth form place after finding “significant faults” in the process
    • Ombudsman criticises council after boy forced to stay in primary school extra year due to delayed EHC Plan
    • Inspector requires archdiocese to demolish rebuilt primary school, rejects its costs application
    • County council agrees to review resourcing of SEN services following Ombudsman investigation
    • High Court judge criticises failure by council to deliver EHC plan
    • Council removed health care support for boy with medical needs, Ombudsman investigation finds
    • University names five law firms to £2m legal services panel
    • Cambridge college loses judicial review challenge over Government refusal to grant European Regional Development Fund support
    • Ombudsman criticises “incredibly disappointing” conduct of council in failing London man with severe learning disability multiple times
    • Higher education purchasing consortium appoints 17 firms to £30m legal services framework
    • City council to review school transport policy following Ombudsman investigation
    • Procurement body to set up £3.4m legal services framework for FE/HE sector in Scotland
    • Parent succeeds on all six grounds in judicial review challenge over grant of planning permission for site next to school for special educational needs
    • Ombudsman criticises council after poor practice led to disabled boy missing out on education and support
    • Information on selection of academy trust to run schools should be disclosed, tribunal judge finds
    • Maintained school wins High Court challenge over refusal by Education Secretary to revoke academy order
    • Ombudsman investigation sees council look again at summer-born children’s school start date requests
    • University fires gun on £3.8m legal services contract
    • Ombudsman criticises “poor council practice” nationwide after boy misses out on alternative education for more than a year
    • Council terminates contract with SEND transport provider over insufficient background checks
    • Council to review alternative education policy in light of Ombudsman report
    • High Court gives green light to legal challenge over decision by county to restructure of education system
    • School and council agree five-figure settlement over case where pupil was sexually assaulted by classmate: report
    • Upper Tribunal examines operation in SEN case of "Recommendations Regulations"
    • Local authority ordered to pay mother fleeing ex-partner £10k in compensation following data breach
    • Education Secretary and local authorities threatened with legal challenge over approach to vulnerable children and school attendance
    • Bevan Brittan strengthens higher education team with Soundy hire
    • Welsh council loses appeal over unfair dismissal claims brought by PE teachers affected by school reorganisation
    • Local authorities should seek urgent legal advice on school Covid-19 vaccinations, campaign group says
    • Ombudsman criticises decision-making at county council over school transport
    • Supreme Court refuses permission to appeal in challenge to amended SEN transport policy
    • First-Tier Tribunal SEN proceedings not unfair despite difficulties faced by hearing impaired mother, judge rules
    • Council to pay looked after child £10k for loss of suitable education, following Ombudsman investigation
    • Government faces legal challenge from pupil with SEN over “unfair” use of PCR testing in schools
    • Browne Jacobson appoints Antoniou as new London Head of Education
    • School carries out “substantial and rigorous changes” to improve student safety following the death of a pupil
    • Lawyer advising parents over council plan to close rural schools in Wales
    • Councils welcome extra funding for school places for children with special educational needs and disabilities but urge Government to complete review of system
    • Group eyes legal challenge over proposal by London borough to close two children’s centres
    • University to procure £1.4m contract for external legal services
    • Six law firms win place on place on £3.1m further and higher education legal services framework for Scotland
    • Council missed multiple deadlines for reviewing Education, Health and Care plan, Ombudsman finds
    • High Court dismisses judicial review over approach by council to deciding if suitable home education is taking place
    • Children’s services leaders call for mandatory register of home educated children as numbers rise
    • Court of Appeal rejects claim for negligence, breach of statutory brought by teacher over assault
    • Judge raps council over unfair dismissal of headteacher
    • Council facing judicial review for push to get children in vulnerable families back to school
    • Council dispute over responsibility for EHC plan delayed implementation, Ombudsman finds
    • Judge remits SEN case to fresh hearing after tribunal overlooked naming school subject to condition that parents arrange transport at own expense
    • Council facing potential legal challenge over planned transfer of former leisure centre site to university
    • Ombudsman recommends county council pay nearly £7k after boy left without education for two years
    • Universities pledge to end use of non-disclosure agreements when dealing with sexual harassment claims
    • Council facing legal claim over abuse suffered at school for vulnerable children
    • Claimant wins appeal over duration of EHC Plan
    • Council withdraws decision to lease former leisure centre site to university after legal challenge threat
    • Government to proceed with plans for register of children not at school
    • University names three law firms to £1.4m panel
    • Government eyes making pandemic changes permanent with consultation on revised School Admission Appeals Code
    • Council agrees to pay £3,600+ over failure to secure significant part of SEN support for autistic boy
    • Further education purchasing body to set up £49m legal services framework
    • School fined £30k for health and safety failings after mountain rescue team called to evacuate children
    • University names nine providers to £3.8m legal services panel
    • Council agrees £4,000 payout after Ombudsman investigation into how teenager with SEN missed out on education
    • Claimants secure key High Court ruling on timeframe for reviewing Education, Health and Care plans
    • Councils call for SEND review to tackle huge rise in tribunal hearings
    • Wirral teenager missed out on post-16 education because of council faults, Ombudsman finds
    • Largest further education provider in London to appoint law firm to £1m contract
    • Child Q to bring legal proceedings against Met Police and school
    • Council refers itself to Information Commissioner following data breach involving home-schooled children
    • University to procure £4m legal services framework for 2022-26
    • Teacher wins £140k settlement in case against council over assault by five year old
    • High Court judge finds council committed “serious and substantial” breaches of duties owed to teenager with complex needs
    • Council awarded £1.3m in damages over leaking school roof
    • Welsh education bodies launch tender process for £1m of legal services
    • Charities urge changes to statutory guidance on exclusions and behaviour amid concerns over child criminal exploitation
    • Teacher wins £850k settlement following classroom assault
    • Ombudsman criticises council after child left without suitable educational provision for 14 months
    • Council to pay £8,000 to family of vulnerable boy left without education for 14 months, as Ombudsman alleges lack of understanding of legal obligations
    • Campaigners eye legal challenge against Welsh Government over reforms to sex education
    • Council calls for “immediate intervention” from Department for Education at school over governance concerns
    • Just for Kids Law partners with law firms to offer free legal advice and representation over exclusions, opens London unit
    • Educational suppliers threaten legal challenge over DfE plans to establish Oak National Academy as national curriculum body
    • High Court judge rejects challenge over school exclusion
    • Government outlines how local authorities can establish multi-academy trusts
    • Large FE college names law firm to £1m legal services contract
    • Further education purchasing body appoints eight firms to £49m legal services framework
    • Popular Surrey comprehensive school to rehear admission appeal following Ombudsman investigation
    • North West university to appoint up to three firms to £2m legal services framework
    • Timing of Ofsted downgrade was abuse of power, parents claim in judicial review threat
    • High Court rejects judicial review application challenging Welsh council plan to close rural school
    • Ombudsman raps council after girl with special educational needs left without vital therapy
    • Ombudsman criticises councils over failure to provide alternative education for children who need it
    • Department for Education facing judicial review over content of SEND green paper consultation
    • Dorset to improve alternative education provision after boy misses out on education for nearly two years
    • Secretary of State for Education facing judicial review over content of SEND green paper consultation
    • City council to pay complainant £25k in compensation for missed education and delayed complaint response
    • High Court finds that Ombudsman did not give enough reasons for refusal to investigate complaint
    • High Court to hear judicial review claim regarding impact of school closure on Welsh language
    • County council to back pay £8k in personal budget payments for child after Ombudsman finds "numerous and serious failings"
    • LGA warns on funding of SEND reforms, backs mandatory mediation of disputes
    • City council to pay £8,550, amend its Direct Payments Policy after Ombudsman finds it failed disabled teenage siblings
    • Fresh judicial review claim filed in Holland Park School dispute
    • Ombudsman finds county council did not arrange appropriate transport in time for boy with special needs
    • Upper Tribunal requires council to secure EHCP for student who is hypersensitive to Wi-Fi signals
    • Council and LEP fall victim to sophisticated £1.1m cyber fraud
    • Department for Education selects four firms for £16m legal services panel
    • Police called to meeting of Welsh council amid row over sex education curriculum
    • Officers criticised for not considering whether to carry out data protection impact assessment before monitoring social media posts of SEN campaigners
    • Judge rules Tribunal erred by putting responsibility for part of EHCP on individual who was not lawful delegate or proxy for local authority
    • Claimant firm criticises practice of local authorities using panels to routinely sign off care packages
    • Ombudsman criticises lack of support from council after young boy with disabilities discriminated against by primary school
    • Ombudsman criticises council over “flawed” school transport policy
    • Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse calls for mandatory reporting, removal of time limit for making compensation claims
    • Pre-action protocol letter claims Department for Education continues to breach GDPR over pupil data two years on from ICO audit
    • High Court quashes decision by Welsh council to combine three primary schools into one
    • City council orders independent inquiry into monitoring of social media of SEN campaigners
    • Teacher to appeal High Court refusal of permission for judicial review challenge over school policy on transitioning pupil
    • University names six firms to £4m legal services panel
    • Ombudsman investigation into EHCP delay highlights nationwide problems for councils in recruiting educational psychologists
    • North West university names three firms to £2m legal services framework
    • Council withdraws decision to close early years centres after residents launch judicial review proceedings
    • Welsh sex education curriculum case to be heard at High Court
    • Council told to refund nursery charges following Ombudsman investigation into oversight of charging policy
    • Health and Safety Executive to prosecute city council over death of girl hit by falling tree at school
    • Ditch SEND reforms and introduce “robust set of consequences” for local authorities that break the law, lawyers for families tell Department for Education
    • Council told to pay £15k over failures in relation to provision of suitable alternative education
    • Council settles claim over school teacher who had asbestos cancer
    • Department for Education facing judicial review over plans for educational resources body
    • Education Secretary confirms Schools Bill to be ditched
    • Northern colleges fire gun on tender for four year legal services contract
    • Ombudsman criticise two councils over failures in providing respite for families
    • Legal challenge dismissed over transfer of London school to multi-academy trust
    • Council told to pay over £7k after failing to provide alternative education for autistic boy
    • Sex education legal challenge rejected in High Court
    • Teenage girl awarded £25k compensation after assault at school
    • Ministry of Justice to hold review of civil legal aid but Bar Council and Law Society call for immediate action to prevent “complete collapse” of system
    • Councils call for tougher powers after report reveals ‘major safeguarding concerns’ in out-of-school settings
    • City council fined £280k over death of school girl hit by falling tree
    • Home Office to implement in full recommendations from Independent Review on Prevent
    • Ministry of Justice widens scope of legal aid to cover looked-after children with SEN
    • Council to pay more than £7k after failing to provide "proper education" for boy with SEN
    • Government hails “transformational” reform for children and young people with SEND but councils fire warning on cost and demand
    • Judge orders council to pay £20k for breaching rights to education of two disabled children
    • Ombudsman demands council make improvements to provision of alternative education
    • Judge quashes decision of council to end support for former looked after asylum seeker in education whose appeal rights were exhausted
    • Independent Monitoring Authority issues reminder to local authorities on right to reside after Court of Appeal case settles
    • Council failed to provide education for numerous children with SEND, Ombudsman finds
    • School leaders union takes first step towards judicial review proceedings, demands suspension of Ofsted inspections
    • School abuse survivors take legal action against council
    • Government to issue call for evidence on new mandatory reporting duty
    • Parent-carer group raise funds for judicial review against Integrated Care Board over autism assessment criteria changes
    • Council to reimburse school transport costs following Ombudsman investigation
    • Parent crowd funds legal challenge over local authority refusal to provide free school meals during holidays to disabled children unable to attend school
    • School set to take Ofsted to court over inspection
    • Children not in school are “invisible” to councils, says LGA, as Government issues plan to tackle absence rates
    • Humanist wins High Court battle over appointments to Standing Advisory Council for Religious Education
    • High Court rejects claim over decision of adjudicator and fairness of school admissions arrangements
    • Advisory panel appointed to oversee RSHE review
    • Handbook on conditions of service for teachers updated for first time in more than two decades
    • Court of Appeal refuses claimant parents permission to appeal Welsh sex education ruling
    • Ofsted announce changes to school inspections in wake of death of headteacher
    • School not required to disclose sex education information to parents, tribunal rules
    • School persuades High Court to order fresh decision over naming in Education, Health and Care Plan
    • Council failed to complete investigation and communicate decision to school taxi driver, Ombudsman finds
    • Government consults on changes to Working Together to Safeguard Children
    • Minister requests snap Ofsted inspection of East Sussex school over gender row
    • School ordered to pay £60k+ after child severely burned at carol concert
    • Children’s Commissioner for England calls for “radical rehaul” of SEND system as demand for Education, Health and Care Plans reaches new highs
    • Ombudsman criticises backlog of 170 unanswered children’s services and education complaints at county council
    • Major further education provider to appoint single supplier to £2m legal services contract
    • Procurement body to set up £89.5m national framework for academy services including legal services
    • London Councils warn children risk missing out on education due to “complex” in-year admissions system
    • Guidance for schools on policies for transgender pupils delayed: report
    • School granted permission to challenge Ofsted in High Court on grounds inspection was “flawed”
    • Ombudsman sees significant rise in proportion of Education and Children’s Services complaints, with uphold rate reaching record level
    • Family wins appeal over permanent exclusion of disabled child from primary school
    • Welsh government faces legal challenge over scrapping of free school meals over summer holidays
    • Further education college wins High Court battle with council over sale of empty building
    • Administrative Justice Council makes recommendations on improving local authority SEND decisions
    • High Court rejects challenge over SEND, transgender needs and Public Sector Equality Duty
    • Council fails in Upper Tribunal appeal over mentoring support during non-term time periods
    • Threat of criminal proceedings could add to “already challenging” recruitment and retention picture in children’s services: ADCS on mandatory reporting duty
    • Department for Education announces plans for seven new special free schools
    • We have been warning of risk from RAAC in schools “since 2018”, say councils
    • Court of Appeal dismisses appeal over whether school should be liable for abuse by work experience individual
    • School trust fined for classroom ceiling collapse in 2021
    • County councils call for fast-tracking of devolution deals and devolved powers to support adult education
    • Primary school given ‘good’ Ofsted rating after legal proceedings instituted
    • Organisations will not be reprimanded for sharing information to protect children and young people at risk, promises ICO
    • Children's Commissioner calls for urgent transgender guidance for schools in England
    • Schools Adjudicator upholds council’s objection to trust’s year 7 intake cut
    • School attendance sanctions seen as “irrelevant and antagonistic” across all parent groups: research
    • Children’s Commissioner for England calls for rules on police strip searches and child safeguarding to be strengthened
    • MPs demand clarification amid reports of Government targets for reducing number of Education, Health and Care Plans
    • Watchdog updates technical guidance for schools regarding pupils with protected characteristics
    • Councils accused of “wasting” £60m in a year on tribunal battles over support for children with special educational needs
    • Rate of absence in schools has “significantly increased” since the pandemic, report finds
    • Parents threaten legal action over Hackney school closure plans
    • Local authority challenges Tribunal costs awards decision following specialist school legal battle
    • University to procure “one-stop shop” legal services framework
    • Department for Education dismisses claims of EHCP reduction target
    • London borough fails in Upper Tribunal appeal over Education, Health and Care Plan
    • Equalities watchdog to intervene in university reasonable adjustments case
    • Ex-teacher awarded £800k over discrimination by council during cancer treatment
    • Academy launches legal challenge after council registers land as village green
    • School absence rates “stuck at crisis levels”, warns Children’s Commissioner
    • High Court to hear judicial review of operating model for new curriculum body
    • Council issued with improvement notice over “significant” SEND concerns
    • Public Accounts Committee slams Department for Education for lack of basic information on reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC)
    • Councils do not fully understand personal budget process, Ombudsman warns
    • Some local authorities making "substantial improvements" in social care, but high demand for SEND services straining “limited resources”, finds Ofsted
    • Inquiry calls for immediate pause to routine Ofsted inspections to allow watchdog to “regain trust”
    • High Court grants permission for legal challenge over lack of legal aid for school exclusion appeals
    • ADCS sets out future vision for education system with “greater focus” on tackling exclusions and improving attendance
    • We want children to be kept with their families “wherever possible”: Minister for Children at NCASC
    • Select committee to scrutinise Government strategy for reform of children’s social care
    • Ofsted inspection “contributed” to headteacher’s death: Coroner
    • Government “remains committed” to introducing register for children not in school
    • Information watchdog issues reprimand to multi academy trust over alleged infringements of UK GDPR
    • State schools “plummeted” into financial deficit last year: report
    • Ombudsman sets out steps council must take regarding EHCP annual reviews amid "systemic problems"
    • Judge finds local authority in breach of statutory duty to complete finalised EHC plan within 20 weeks, but adjourns wider claim
    • Council did not properly consider whether it needed to provide alternative education for young boy, Ombudsman finds
    • Government issues draft guidance saying schools should engage parents “as matter of priority” if child wishes to change gender identity at school
    • Parents threaten legal challenge again over “short sighted” decision by council to close school
    • Chief Inspector pauses school inspections for short period to allow for inspector training in wake of Ruth Perry inquest findings
    • LGA calls for legislation to be brought forward “urgently” ahead of Commons debate on SEND provision and funding
    • Ombudsman issues reminder to two councils on recording of reasoning during school admission appeals
    • Ombudsman criticises council for taking “too long” to carry out recommendations issued following two education complaints
    • Further education group to procure £1.4m legal framework
    • Council warns of likely section 114 notice if Dedicated Schools Grant statutory override not extended
    • Supreme Court refuses permission to appeal rejection of vicarious liability claim against school over abuse by work placement individual
    • Judge dismisses challenge to planning permission for school redevelopment amid noise concerns
    • Carry out enhanced DBS checks for all councillors considered for appointment to committees with education or social services functions, minister tells unitary and upper tier councils
    • Ofsted confirms school and further education inspections to begin next week following “mental health awareness” training for lead inspectors
    • Ofsted addresses recommendations from coroner following inquest into death of headteacher
    • Ombudsman issues series of recommendations including £13,800 payment after council accommodated mother two hours from school for disabled child
    • London boroughs forecast drop in demand of nearly 8,000 school places across reception and Year 7 between 23/24 and 27/28
    • Children’s Commissioner “extremely concerned” by latest SEND statistics, with appeals up 24% from 2021-22
    • Ombudsman warns over impact of national shortage of educational psychologists on assessment for Education, Health and Care Plans
    • MPs raise alarm on council finances, warn of a “cliff-edge” of potential section 114 notices
    • Welsh local authorities urged to review schools with exclusion rates that overrepresent minority ethnic groups
    • Councillors issue apology over SEND comments as local authority launches investigation
    • Council told to pay £15k after failings led to child missing education for two years
    • Ministers to amend Criminal Justice Bill to introduce mandatory reporting of child sexual abuse
    • Council issued with statutory direction in relation to SEND service provision
    • Schools to share daily attendance registers in next phase of attendance drive
    • DfE appoints four firms to £11m contract for teacher misconduct cases
    • Judge rejects challenge to council declining to conduct EHC assessment
    • High Court finds Welsh Government decision to stop free school meals in holidays was made unlawfully
    • Implementing Education Select Committee recommendations would require additional funding from Government: Ofsted
    • Public law, education and employment specialist Amunwa joins 3PB
    • Guidance for schools on gender questioning children should “clearly explain” children cannot legally change their sex, but they can have protected characteristic of gender reassignment: EHRC
    • Council decision on needs of teenager quashed in High Court after failure to assess “all relevant considerations”
    • Claimant fails in judicial review over SEND Review consultation and information on available remedies for tribunal in disability discrimination cases
    • Ombudsman sets out “policy asks” including mandatory signposting for all adult social care providers, extended jurisdiction over schools
    • Ofsted to publish school inspection reports – including those giving ‘inadequate’ rating – during purdah
    • Council “passed the buck” to neighbouring area instead of arranging provision of alternative education for young girl, Ombudsman finds
    • Ofsted publishes updated policies for complaints about inspections and when it will pause inspections
    • Dame Christine Gilbert to lead independent review into Ofsted response to death of headteacher
    • Seven in eight teachers and support staff say SEND resources “insufficient”: NEU
    • Levelling Up Committee chair questions Gove over two-year-long wait for response to Ombudsman review
    • High Court upholds prohibition by school on prayer rituals
    • County council to pay more than £13k for EHC plan failures
    • Council hires barrister to conduct review of assessment process for Education, Health and Care plans
    • High Court to hear legal challenge brought by school over ‘inadequate’ rating that followed second Ofsted inspection
    • City college loses JR over Ofsted 'good' rather than 'outstanding' rating
    • Council to pay over £8k after failing to educate girl for 18 months
    • Council secures strike-preventing injunction over flawed ballot
    • Father had “no right” to expect council to place particular weight on religiously-motivated choice of school when providing accommodation, Court of Appeal rules
    • Stronger safeguards for child strip search proposed by Government
    • Council hit with improvement notice following SEND inspection
    • Headteachers call for union executive to “explore all routes” - including legal - to secure changes to Ofsted inspection system
    • Government launches consultation on lifting 50% cap on faith school places
    • Schools watchdog to display sub-judgements alongside overall grade on reports website
    • Department for Education hits North West council with improvement notice over SEND services
    • Competition watchdog to investigate leading education software provider
    • Upper Tribunal remits cease to maintain decision dispute to fresh tribunal following appeal by mother
    • Challenge to lack of legal aid for school exclusion appeals to be heard in High Court this week
    • Freshly elected councillor disqualified over council employment
    • ICO urges public bodies to consider proactive publication after research into common themes of information requested by sector
    • Parents win fresh hearing of claim of failure to make reasonable adjustments to delivery of curriculum
    • Campaigners issue judicial review challenge over closure of two “vital” children’s centres in Hackney
    • High Court dismisses challenge over confinement of free school meals in London to state-funded primary schools
    • Number of children and young people with SEND receiving support from councils reaches record high: LGA
    • Growing pressures in children’s social care and SEND services must be addressed immediately: ADCS on manifesto pledges
    • Investigation into comments by Warwickshire councillors on special educational needs finds no breach in code of conduct
    • Procurement group for academy trusts names seven firms to £22m legal services lot on professional services framework
    • Councils face deficit of almost £1bn in funds needed to support children with SEN: report
    • Claim issued against council decision to enter ‘safety valve agreement’ with Department for Education
    • Council failed to carry out needs assessment within statutory timeframes due to shortage of educational psychologists, Ombudsman finds
    • Tribunal “erred in law” by failing to recognise young person lacked capacity to litigate and failing to appoint his mother as alternative person
    • Judicial Review launched over Bristol SEND "safety valve" deal
    • ET awards £102,000 against academy trust for "disproportionate" reaction to safeguarding incident
    • Schools were both entitled to full refund of ski trip deposits under Package Travel and Linked Travel Arrangements Regulations, judge rules
    • Council fined £16k after school technician lost finger while operating machine
    • Independent review of Hertfordshire EHC needs assessments process makes 17 recommendations for improvement
    • Independent review makes recommendations for improvement at council following death of headteacher
    • Government to introduce legislation requiring all schools to cooperate with local authorities on school admissions
    • Local authority loses judicial review over refusal by minister to revoke academy order for school council considered should close
    • London borough ordered to review primary school admissions policy over age and race concerns
    • Academy school fails in High Court challenge over Ofsted rating
    • School reprimanded for using facial recognition technology without carrying out data protection impact assessment
    • School threatens legal action over council decision to reduce budgets, says £490k of self-generated income has been "taken"
    • SEND system creates “perverse incentives” to shift responsibility between public bodies, independent report finds
    • “Alarming” increase in permanent school exclusions must be urgently addressed: Coram Children’s Legal Centre
    • High Court makes mandatory order in SEN provision case, describing council conduct as “characterised by drift and delay”
    • Upper Tribunal allows appeal as it could not be inferred First Tier Tribunal had considered child’s view about appropriateness of local authority’s preferred school
    • SEND and Alternative Provision system “very likely” to become financially unsustainable: Department for Education
    • Tribunal member issued with formal warning for misconduct over unearthed tweets
    • Council fails in expedited appeal to Court of Appeal over ministerial refusal to revoke academy order
    • Unauthorised absence in secondary schools up 80% since pandemic
    • Mother threatens legal action against “unfair” council changes to school transport
    • Council highlights “urgent” need for action on financial sustainability of SEND system, warning it will be “forced into making cuts”
    • High Court to hear judicial review over closure of two “vital” children’s centres in Hackney
    • Department for Education issues new statutory guidance on school attendance
    • Leader of borough council questions legality of decision-making process amid concerns county council is to close Adult Education Centre
    • Competition watchdog closes investigation into education software provider following “development in the market”
    • Single headline Ofsted grades to be scrapped with “immediate effect”
    • Council apologises after asking mother to prove she could not afford private school fees
    • Council makes partial climbdown in school funding row following legal action threat
    • Two in five parents of children with SEND forced to leave jobs to fight for in-school support: report
    • Parents fail in High Court challenge to permanent exclusion of child from school
    • Guide issued on Additional Learning Needs law in Wales
    • County council agrees to pay more than £12,000 over missed education
    • School support staff accuse city council of delaying settlement of equal pay claims
    • “Shocking” lack of urgency to trace children missing from education, Children’s Commissioner warns
    • Claimants given permission to bring judicial review over Bristol SEND "safety valve" deal
    • Council failed to follow correct procedure when deciding whether school transport should be provided, Ombudsman finds
    • Special school trust to close after repaying near £4m bill to council over unpaid services
    • Ex-pupils fight for compensation from council over alleged sexual abuse by teacher
    • Union members of council SEND team commence three-week strike over workload and pay
    • Geldards bolsters education law team with senior associate hire
    • County councils call for “immediate clarity” on how Government plans to manage multi-billion-pound SEND deficits
    • Council to appeal Upper Tribunal decision in dispute over military service and Education, Health and Care Plans
    • SEND system “financially unsustainable” and “in urgent need of reform”, spending watchdog warns
    • Government to allocate £1.4bn for school rebuilding and £44m to support kinship and foster carers in Autumn Budget
    • Inclusive education in London schools “vital” for young people with SEND
    • Borough council takes "unusual" decision to build school
    • London borough concedes judicial review over proposed closure of “vital” children’s centres
    • Government unveils reforms intended to rebalance children’s social care system in favour of early intervention and crack down on profiteering
    • High Court rejects judicial review over permanent exclusion for persistent breaches of school behaviour policy
    • Council failed looked after child with special educational needs because of “bewildering” lack of basic knowledge, Ombudsman finds
    • Directors of Children's Services criticise proposals to change rules on handling of SEND tribunal refusal appeals
    • Sixth Form Colleges Association launches legal challenge over Government decision to fund pay award for staff in schools but not colleges
    • Local Government & Social Care Ombudsman calls for more powers to address “accountability gaps”
    • Cash-strapped council proposes trial where court takes account of local plans and safety valve agreements in SEND disputes
    • Court orders joining of judicial review claims challenging “safety valve” deals by two authorities, case to be heard early next year
    • Government says it will not enter any more safety valve agreements with councils in financial difficulty over SEND budget
    • Two-thirds of school leaders dissatisfied with existing guidance on supporting SEND pupils, survey finds
    • Ofsted warns of “fundamental mismatch” between scale of demand and level of resource in SEND system
    • Further education group to procure legal services worth £1.8m
    • Special school leaders consider legal challenge over council plans to change SEND provision at group of schools
    • Meaningful reform to SEND system will be “complex and costly”, warns top think tank
    • Competition watchdog launches investigation into possible bid-rigging over school improvement contracts
    • Local Government Association adds voice to criticism of proposals to change SEND tribunal procedures
    • Children not in school registers and unique identifier numbers to be introduced through Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
    • Universities procurement body to procure £25m legal services framework
    • Multi academy trust fined £300,000 following death of student
    • LGA expresses concern that Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill does not make education system a statutory safeguarding partner
    • MPs highlight “postcode lottery” in wait times for EHC plans and warn of “SEND emergency”
    • Key provisions of Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act to be brought into force, but “burdensome” provisions scrapped, Education Secretary vows
    • Commissioner calls for strengthened proposals on illegal children’s homes, home education and child protection in Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
    • Claim to consider whether private school VAT policy “unjustifiably discriminates” against SEN pupils expedited by High Court judge
    • Upper Tribunal rejects council application for permission to appeal Education Tribunal for Wales review decision
    • Councils and Directors of Children’s Services support aims of Law Commission on disabled children’s social care, but warn of “unintended consequences” of some proposals
    • Upper Tribunal finds error on point of law by First-Tier Tribunal in dispute over EHC plan, but refuses to set decision aside
    • Child with special needs missed months of education because of “council bureaucracy”, Ombudsman finds
    • Council took “too long” to put in place speech and language therapy for teenager with special educational needs, Ombudsman finds
    • Judicial review claims challenging “safety valve” deals entered into by two authorities to be heard in High Court this week
    • Mills & Reeve bolsters education team with partner hire
    • Ofsted sets out proposals for new approach to inspections including introduction of report cards
    • Court of Appeal to hold urgent hearing in case on permanent exclusion from school and relevance of vulnerability to child criminal exploitation
    • Headteacher loses appeal against ban for Amazon purchases using school account
    • Mother left £7k out of pocket after paying for therapy for her children while waiting for council to release funding
    • University to procure £1.5m legal services framework
    • School employee wins Court of Appeal battle over dismissal for Facebook posts on teaching of “gender fluidity”
    • High Court judge rejects legal challenge by council over Ombudsman report in nursery fees case
    • University to tender for retainers for legal services worth £1.75m
    • More than half of councils that support children with SEND warn of potential insolvency if “statutory override” runs out
    • Judges reject appeal over whether protective duty had arisen in school exclusion case where pupil was vulnerable to child criminal exploitation
    • CIPFA sets out five principles of reform for “broken” SEND system
    • Church diocese threatens council with legal challenge over school closures decision
    • Eligible children waited more than eight months for education support plan update from North West council, Ombudsman finds
    • Council failures led to loss of educational provision for autistic child, Ombudsman finds
    • Disclosure and Barring Service entitled to come to different conclusion than Teachers Regulation Agency, Court of Appeal rules
    • Four in five school leaders experienced abuse in past year, says union
    • Upper Tribunal judge allows appeal by mother in EHCP case over pagination issues, criticises First Tier Tribunal for “putting off” issues for later
    • Court of Appeal rejects appeal over permanent exclusion, warns undue focus on public sector equality duty may risk “over-legalising” decision-making process
    • Key to resolving SEND crisis is ensuring children receive provision the law says they should have, not in changing the law: IPSEA
    • Council had backlog of nearly 1,500 support plans to review for children with SEND, Ombudsman finds
    • Children’s charity hails proposed expansion of corporate parenting responsibilities beyond local authorities
    • Absence and suspensions in schools two-thirds higher than pre-pandemic: IPPR report
    • Sacked inspector wins unfair dismissal case against Ofsted
    • Welsh Government to bring parts of Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill into Wales
    • Court quashes council decision on home to school travel package
    • Upper Tribunal hands down ruling in first case on additional learning provision under 2018 legislation in Wales
    • Counties warn of “financial catastrophe” in 12 months’ time, with “unmanageable” SEND deficits risking bankruptcy for half of England’s largest councils
    • Less than a third of councils in England report having enough childcare for at least 75% of children with SEND in their area, charity finds
    • Teachers threaten legal action being “left in limbo” due to delays in receiving pensions valuations 
    • Barnet to face London's first local authority equal pay claim, union says
    • Appellant fails in Divisional Court challenge to convictions over failure to meet private hire vehicle licensing requirements
    • Settlement reached in judicial review proceedings over Isles of Scilly funding of transport for sixth formers
    • Police force undertaking “rapid and thorough review” after Hertfordshire couple arrested over complaints made about primary school
    • First-tier Tribunal is “suitable alternative remedy” to judicial review in EHC plan dispute, High Court rules
    • Cornwall Council “reviewing” decision to cease funding for residential provision at SEND school following launch of legal action by parent
    • Council to pay £6k “symbolic payment” to family of child who missed full year of education due to its failures
    • Council agrees to name residential school in Education, Health and Care Plan following issuing of legal proceedings
    • Largest FE provider in London appoints law firm to £1.8m contract
    • Council shelves proposals to redesignate special schools in county following threat of legal action
    • High Court rejects challenges to decisions by councils to enter “safety valve” agreements with Department for Education over SEND deficits
    • Any SEND reform programme must deliver inclusive education system, with education in mainstream provision as “the presumption”: ADCS President
    • Council puts brakes on proposed school closure following legal action
    • Council to pay £6k after failings see child miss out on education for 12 months
    • University to appoint single legal services provider to £2.52m contract
    • Stoke-on-Trent pledges to fund £3.5m backstop as controversial schools PFI contract nears end
    • Council told to pay £8k after failing to provide boy with education and SEN provision during 18-month period
    • Equality and Human Rights Commission issues interim note on Supreme Court decision on gender definitions in Equality Act 2010
    • Practice direction issued on bundles in SEND tribunals
    • DAC Beachcroft advises university on £10m fit out works contract for new London campus
    • Legal challenge over council failure to secure child’s special educational needs and EOTIS in interim succeeds
    • Council found at fault for failing to offer alternative educational provision when looked after child moved in with new family
    • Council failed to complete actions agreed in mediation in relation to child’s Education, Health and Care Plan, Ombudsman finds
    • School leaders' union threaten legal action against Ofsted over report card reforms
    • Parents threaten legal action over primary school closures
    • Council told to maintain “better oversight” of nurseries providing free places following investigation by Ombudsman
• Employment
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    • Leeds equal pay bin strike ends
    • Thinktank calls for one million public sector jobs to go
    • DCLG publishes details of new single equalities scheme
    • Local authority wins religious discrimination case
    • A progressive approach to equal pay?
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    • Court of Appeal backs Islington in religious belief case
    • DCLG presses ahead with disclosure of senior pay in local government
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    • Union-backed personal injury claims fall by 14%
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    • LGE issues guidance for councils on employee absence in adverse weather, fears potential disputes
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    • Court of Appeal says employees may sometimes have right to legal representation at internal disciplinary hearings
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    • Employee loses landmark religious discrimination claim
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    • Westminster City Council publishes details of senior pay, including head of legal
    • Government launches fourth round of financial support to help councils meet equal pay obligations
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    • Shared officers must become "default position", says Welsh local government minister
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    • Ministers change tack on public sector equality duty
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    • Government sets terms of reference for vetting and barring review
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    • DCLG allows 21 councils to use assets to meet equal pay commitments
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    • Compromise agreements under Equality Act may not be enforceable, warns Law Society
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    • Up to 140,000 local authority jobs to go, warns Local Government Association
    • Law Society warns solicitors to "exercise caution" over compromise agreements
    • Government launches call for evidence on public service reform
    • Limit executive remuneration to maximum pay multiple, says Fair Pay Review
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    • Government to allow employers to use positive action in recruitment
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    • Maude scraps two-tier code "with immediate effect"
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    • Up to 73,000 local government jobs could go in 2010/11, warns CIPFA
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    • Opening the floodgates for old equal pay claims
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    • Impose statutory duty on authorities to integrate, say barristers
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    • Government confirms end of default retirement age
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    • Government sticks by shared parental leave plan
    • Minister publishes regulations on public sector equality duty
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    • GLA to review necessity of chief executive role
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    • EHRC to focus more on prevention than courtroom battles, says Phillips
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    • Councillors to win vote on senior pay, says Pickles
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    • Guidance needed to avoid disproportionate cuts to voluntary sector, says Commission
    • New Leicester City mayor unveils plan to remove chief executive role
    • Back to the basics
    • Wandsworth persuades High Court to declare employment judge ruling "perverse"
    • Schools to be able to remove poor teachers more quickly, vows DfE
    • Government relaxes employment restrictions on teachers from abroad
    • Beginning of a new term
    • Sharon Shoesmith wins appeal over Baby P dismissal
    • Time with the family
    • Residents vote down plans to merge two district councils in Suffolk
    • Equality legislation in spotlight as government launches latest Red Tape Challenge
    • The taint of unfairness
    • Anti-social media
    • Civil servant suspended over comments on Twitter criticising ministers
    • Supreme Court refers key TUPE case to European Court of Justice
    • Government scraps plans for shadow mayors and mayoral chief executives
    • Barnet eyes strategic partner for £600-750m support and customer services contract
    • ICO orders Cabinet Office to disclose names of 24 workers earning £150k+
    • Do your duty
    • Government applies to Supreme Court for permission to appeal Shoesmith ruling
    • Watchdog criticises Department of Health over social enterprise contract failings
    • Lack of legal representation at disciplinary hearing did not breach teacher's rights: Supreme Court
    • Strike first
    • Crunch time
    • Suffolk chief exec cleared of bullying and responsibility for death of head of legal
    • Shropshire fires gun on "dismissal and re-engagement" process for all staff
    • Equalities watchdog to intervene in ECHR religious discrimination cases
    • Local authority faces legal action over imposition of pay cuts
    • Worth the wait?
    • Enquiring mind
    • Percentage of employment appeals involving public sector on the rise
    • Representation of the people
    • Accounting for senior pay
    • On your guard
    • Minister issues guidance for councils on using assets to meet equal pay costs
    • NHS Trust loses appeal over TUPE in case where care home residents rehoused
    • Less than half of Birmingham staff sign new contracts by deadline as dismissal and re-engagement process kicks in
    • Winning hearts and minds
    • Supreme Court refuses Education Secretary and Haringey permission to appeal in Shoesmith case
    • Making time
    • Harassment by third parties
    • Report criticises park authority over governance when paying off chief executive
    • Local authority withdraws recognition from union after T&Cs dispute
    • Looking beneath the surface
    • Union warns local authority of legal challenge as derecognition row hots up
    • Inquest into death of head of legal records suicide verdict
    • Court clerk becomes first person to be prosecuted under new bribery law
    • Controlled risks
    • Local authority pulls out of talks to join shared legal service
    • A break in the chain
    • Council takes legal advice after papers run story based on leaked opinion from QC
    • Plymouth resolves row with union over collective agreement and recognition
    • Broken relationships
    • Time for a rethink
    • Ministers "minded" to make transparency code legally binding
    • Supreme Court equal pay case off as Sheffield settles
    • Ministers deny rights of employees are being watered down as red tape targeted
    • NHS Trust puts transfer to social enterprise on hold after threats of legal action
    • Heading in the wrong direction
    • NHS Employers issues guidance on managing industrial disputes
    • Council wins appeal over £2.4m pension deficit on housing stock transfer
    • Stay another day
    • In the round
    • Behind the mask
    • Where now for the Community Right to Challenge?
    • Unions take row over inflation index and pensions to High Court
    • Leaked Number 10 report argues for radical overhaul to unfair dismissal regime
    • Academies and the public sector equality duty
    • Council makes latest bid to resolve wage cuts dispute with unions
    • Doncaster latest to set in train dismissal and re-engagement
    • The cost of adjustments
    • Two jobs, one sickness absence, one dismissal
    • Battle over transfer of NHS services to social enterprise heads for High Court
    • Council cannot use own irrationality to avoid paying staff enhanced notice, says Tribunal
    • Rectification: “A Potential Conundrum“
    • DCLG publishes guidance on Localism Act pay accountability provisions
    • Council publishes redacted advice from Cherie Booth QC after FOI request
    • Tribunals to be shaken up in "most radical reform of employment law for decades"
    • Equal pay cases to rise as appeal judges allow claims to be brought in High Court
    • The Autumn Statement: by practice area
    • Caught in a whirlwind
    • Former chief executive continues legal battle with council after axing of her post
    • High Court approves public sector pension reforms
    • Maude slams "iron cladding" of contracts as mutual support programme launched
    • Councils using range of measures to avoid redundancies, but further job losses loom
    • Belief systems
    • The new radicals
    • MoJ publishes consultation on fees for bringing employment tribunal claims
    • Council pays six-figure sum after asbestos-related death of ex-employee
    • Entering an exclusion zone
    • Government hails "encouraging" EC procurement reform, but warns on mutuals
    • Union turns down local government pensions deal
    • Former chief exec given green light to bring JR challenge over axing of role
    • County council faces £100k bill after three separate health and safety incidents
    • Local authority looks to take equal pay appeal to Supreme Court
    • Council to pursue 4% salary cut and other changes to T&Cs
    • Retirement ages: On the scrapheap?
    • Ex-healthcare worker convicted of unlawfully accessing in-laws' medical records
    • LGA issues guidance on transfer of public health staff to local government
    • County council enters guilty plea in firefighters death case
    • ICO criticises public bodies over mishandled subject access requests
    • Raising standards
    • Council agrees to settle nearly 1,000 equal pay claims after four-year battle
    • The ongoing battle over equal pay
    • MoJ reforms to double small claims limit, streamline county courts
    • NHS trust halts plans for transfer to social enterprise
    • Social enterprise run by ex-council staff launches JR over axing of grant after just six months
    • All change for TUPE?
    • London borough defends constructive dismissal claim over Sunday working
    • Senior judge hits out at automatic suspensions of staff accused of maltreating patients
    • Council in u-turn over axing of grant for social enterprise run by ex-staff
    • Town council failed to authorise wages and salary payments for many years, report finds
    • Falling short
    • In the line of fire
    • Law Society and employment lawyers round on tribunal fee proposals
    • The £4.5m question
    • Trust between political leaders key to shared chief exec success, says LGA report
    • Prospect of three authorities having joint chief exec and shared management moves closer
    • Health and safety watchdog delays implementation of cost recovery scheme
    • Trade unions lose Court of Appeal challenge over pensions inflation index switch
    • BUDGET 2012: By practice area
    • High Court rejects union bid to challenge outsourcing on procurement grounds
    • Relief for local authorities after Supreme Court rules on employers liability insurance contracts
    • Trigger happy
    • Ministers unveil measures for "significant shift" in power to neighbourhood level
    • The use and abuse of Interim Suspensions
    • A history of violence
    • Council employee fined after unlawfully supplying info to letting agent
    • Supreme Court agrees to hear key equal pay case
    • Government to amend Equality Act to meet concerns over compromise agreements
    • Nothing to Declare….?
    • TUPE plus – the latest position
    • Court of Appeal finds against Sunderland in equal pay dispute
    • Cost considerations
    • Transport authority seals first Local Government Pension Scheme buy-in
    • Two steps forward
    • Council loses bid to have equal pay claims dismissed for procedural failures
    • Queen's Speech heralds major changes in care cases, local audit and pensions
    • Changing of the Guard
    • Ministers to review public sector equality duty, repeal socio-economic duty
    • Suspended animation
    • The Community Right to Challenge edges closer
    • Redundancy – some recent lessons
    • Call for independent reviewing officers to be protected in disputes with councils
    • Minister calls on councils to follow stricter rules on paying people "off payroll"
    • Fear of impact on whistleblowing as Baby P social workers lose appeal
    • Local government groups net awards from £10m mutual support programme
    • Shropshire selects legal services in first wave of spin-outs to trading company
    • Disciplinary procedures and the right to a fair hearing
    • Local government pension fund sets up bank with Cambridge college
    • Cabinet Office sets deadlines for procurement targets, mutuals support
    • Cable sees greater role for settlement agreements in resolving work disputes
    • TUPE transfers and pensions
    • Adjusted vision
    • Taskforce calls for mutuals to be exempt from EU procurement regulations
    • Community Right to Challenge comes into force
    • More than 100 jobs to go at Equality and Human Rights Commission
    • Breaching the Agenda for Change
    • Public law and employment disputes
    • The Public Sector Equality Duty – Change for the Equality Act?
    • The role of mutuals in social housing
    • Stress testing: Hatton and Sutherland ten years on
    • Former chief exec loses JR over dismissal after elected mayor took office
    • Spotlight on stress
    • Suffolk councils pursue joint management including head of legal
    • Single minded
    • In sickness and in health
    • EU reforms to procurement could make matters worse: LGA
    • Health & Safety Executive consults on simplifying RIDDOR regime
    • Clear as day?
    • Employers and unions back changes to Local Government Pension Scheme
    • Cabinet Office issues guide and clauses for tackling off-payroll contractors
    • Teachers in legal action after being left in limbo when free school opened
    • Steel yourselves
    • Check mate
    • Medway set to become latest to withdraw from national pay bargaining
    • Slot machine
    • Tribunal backs refusal to disclose severance agreement for senior officer
    • Cable unveils plan to cut compensation payment limit for unfair dismissal
    • No compromise?
    • Roll on, roll off
    • HSE starts operating Fee for Intervention cost recovery scheme
    • DfT suspends three officials after West Coast franchise competition axed
    • Council-owned airport business fails in negligence claim against Eversheds
    • MPs express concern over 'off-payroll' deals in local government and NHS
    • Council pays ICO fine to get discount - but ploughs ahead with appeal
    • State of the union
    • Requests for personal data on employees
    • Pushed to the limits
    • Establishment figure
    • Communities Secretary axes “independent person” role in chief executive dismissals
    • Late to the party
    • Dismissal and Article 11 rights
    • Working with the elderly and infirm – a delicate balance of rights
    • MoJ sets out proposed levels of fixed recoverable costs for EL and PL claims
    • Lawyers demand clarity over employment reforms amid satellite litigation fears
    • MPs call for 'off-the-shelf' models and guidance to boost mutuals
    • Chief exec tells council to scrap role and boost commercial skills instead
    • Unsettling times
    • Only half of public authorities fully meeting equality info duty, says watchdog
    • TUPE or not TUPE?
    • Plan to cut collective redundancy consultation period sparks union anger
    • MoJ to reconsider timing for extending RTA portal to EL/PL claims
    • On call hours - the legal issues
    • Warning of confusion and litigation after ECHR ruling on religion at work
    • The Mid-Staffs public inquiry – staff recruitment, standards, and engagement
    • Council ordered to pay £35k after 29 park employees develop hand injuries
    • The Mid-Staffs public inquiry – whistleblowing and the impact on workforce culture
    • Council loses Court of Appeal bid in case of £420k+ award for discrimination
    • Fair deal or no fair deal?
    • Zero sum game
    • Lowering the bar
    • Religious discrimination: lessons for the future?
    • Watchdog accuses council of unlawful £20m transfer from pension fund
    • Council faces big payout after losing case on providing info on agency workers
    • Talking retirement
    • The criminal records regime and Article 8
    • Equalities watchdog issues guidance on religion at work after Eweida ruling
    • Key TUPE case looks set to go way of employees at European court
    • Pickles issues extra guidance on pay and accountability in local government
    • Playing catch-up
    • Telling tales out of school
    • Watchdog slams "unlawful" decision by council on pay of senior officers
    • The use of Teckal company structures in public service delivery: part 2 - mutualisation
    • Whistleblowing – new challenges for employers
    • Borough ordered to pay £35k to agency worker for disability discrimination
    • DfE issues advice to schools on industrial action and breaches of contract
    • Court of Appeal rejects unfair dismissal claim by Baby P social workers
    • Ministers back new strike out powers in employment tribunals
    • BUDGET 2013: BY PRACTICE AREA
    • How to avoid maternity discrimination claims
    • The Living Wage and EU procurement
    • Long-term sick leave, short term absence policies and dismissals
    • Repeal of TUPE amendments would increase litigation, warns Law Society
    • District pays out £550k+ to settle employment claim from care warden
    • First local government mutual sees lift-off
    • Anti-social behaviour officer wins payout from employer after dog attack
    • Major changes on the way to health and safety?
    • Minister points to major changes to Local Government Pension Scheme
    • Sticking tape
    • New statutory code for LA health and safety inspections comes into force
    • FOI requests reveal misuse of social media by staff at Welsh councils
    • Banding together
    • WLGA warns of legal action as senior officer pay controls loom
    • Vicarious liability and local authorities
    • Enhanced criminal records certificates – teachers on trial
    • Covert surveillance and dismissal
    • Welsh Assembly approves Bill with local government reforms
    • NAO slams "unacceptable" lack of transparency on compromise agreements
    • Supreme Court gives green light to school staff to bring equal pay claims
    • HSE fines two councils for "unsafe practices"
    • The statutory duty to collectively consult in redundancy situations
    • Supreme Court set for key equal pay disclosure dispute
    • Suspended Caerphilly chief executive and interim arrested
    • I Spy? Covert monitoring of employees
    • Successful appeals and the curious case of the vanishing dismissal
    • Zero hours - zero obligations?
    • When an expectation becomes legitimate
    • European Court backs 'static' approach to collective agreements under TUPE
    • Council to offer voluntary redundancy to all non-teaching staff
    • Council loses Supreme Court appeal over disclosure of equal pay data
    • The new policing system - transfer schemes
    • Council to back officers in bringing defamation claims against members
    • Uncontested employer or public liability claims up to £25k to use Claims Portal
    • Charitable trust claimed to be largest public sector mutual in local government
    • Commissioning of home care fuels use of zero hours contracts, says union
    • Joint standards committees and restraint on CEO pay loom in Wales
    • Council suspends chief exec pending disciplinary investigation
    • Misconceived employment claims and costs awards
    • Legal action launched over use of zero hours contracts
    • ICO issues new code of practice on subject access requests
    • The new policing system - employment issues
    • ICO wrong to impose £250k fine on council for data breach, tribunal rules
    • Dismissing employees – what standard must local authorities reach?
    • The battle of Alemo-Herron v Parkwood
    • Equal pay law firm Stefan Cross Solicitors to close: report
    • The ICO's subject access code of practice: the key points
    • Pressurising a witness - the extent of judicial proceedings immunity
    • Union wins High Court battle with Pickles over collecting union subscriptions
    • Post-termination conduct and compensatory awards
    • Number of civil legal aid cases has fallen dramatically, says Legal Action Group
    • TUPE – changes on the horizon
    • Public Sector Mutuals - the future for local government services?
    • Council wins appeal over job titles of attendees at law firm meeting
    • Let’s get together
    • NW council vows to employ casual staff on "more substantive" basis
    • Borough to ban companies found to have blacklisted construction workers
    • Council and watchdog in standoff over lawfulness of libel claim indemnity
    • LGPS board to tap QC over tobacco investment and public health conflicts
    • Striking answers
    • Equal pay and same employment
    • The EAT, serial complainants and the Martin case
    • Mutuals, procurement and carve-outs
    • Making sense of recent developments in employment law
    • Government publishes statutory guidance on role of director of public health
    • Safety law applies in the firezone
    • Determining the trigger for collective redundancy consultation
    • Fair Deal: Out with the old in with the new
    • Haringey and Sharon Shoesmith reach settlement over her dismissal
    • Whistleblowing: a disclosure culture in the workplace?
    • Ten councils to share £1m and develop new models of service delivery
    • Freedom of Information – Caselaw Roundup
    • Disciplinary hearings and injunctions: The Supreme Court's view
    • Youth services team at London council becomes first of kind to spin out
    • Council backs plan for housing provider to become mutual landlord
    • Lawyers welcome change of tack by Pickles on statutory officer dismissals
    • Reliance on an occupational health report and disability
    • Council ordered to pay £25k after park keeper severely injured
    • The suitability of a new role for a maternity returner
    • Council making progress after governance failures, says watchdog
    • MPs hit out at use of compromise agreements to gag employees
    • Employment status: Agency workers
    • Standards watchdog to review risks from new models of service delivery
    • Watchdog tells council to withdraw libel indemnity given to chief exec
    • Second local authority rapped over LGPS opt-out for senior officers
    • Expiry of FTCs and collective redundancy consultation
    • Police to investigate after watchdog issues public interest reports
    • Chief executive steps aside pending police investigation
    • Unions lodge dispute over failure by employers to make pay offer
    • Police reinstate Twitter account of inspector who blogs on mental health
    • Caerphilly head of legal reported for summons as top officers charged
    • Councils set up £11m legal services framework for pension schemes
    • Flex-time schemes, unused hours and termination
    • Parks police employee barred from making unfair dismissal claim
    • Religion or belief discrimination: key case law
    • FOIA disclosures: ‘motive blindness’ and risks to mental health
    • Smoke without fire - E-cigarettes and the workforce
    • Mass compulsory retirement - is it justifiable?
    • Tribunal statistics show dramatic fall in employment claims
    • Children and Families Act nets Royal Assent ahead of key changes in April
    • President of Employment Tribunals issues guidance on case management
    • A hard bargain
    • Public sector pensions, employer contributions and the cost cap
    • Staff net payout after council settles dispute over agency worker info
    • Avoiding increased risk on dismissal procedures
    • Whistleblowing - linking detrimental treatment and protected disclosures
    • QC to lead review of law on industrial disputes and "extreme tactics"
    • LGPS Advisory Board publishes QC opinion on tobacco investment
    • Judgment reserved in case over disqualification of councillor and free speech
    • Union to ballot 600,000 local government members on strike action
    • Male workers at Welsh university win equal pay claim
    • Second local government union to ballot members on strike action
    • Wishing, hoping and TUPEing
    • Government rules out LGPS fund mergers “at this time”
    • The escalation of whistleblowing into campaigns
    • Third union to conduct strike ballot of local government members
    • WAO clears chief over job evaluation affecting wife, council over lawyer departure
    • Police find no evidence of criminal offence in pensions deals for chief execs
    • Co-operating for mutual benefit
    • Radical joint working plan to see four councils no longer directly employ staff
    • Austerity, redundancy and other measures
    • Freeze frame
    • Late concessions of liability
    • Members of largest union in local government sector vote for strike action
    • Draft equal pay audit regulations published
    • Use social value to deliver innovation and savings: Social Enterprise UK
    • GMB becomes second union to vote in favour of strike action in July
    • Third union sees local government members vote for strike action
    • Local authority appoints lawyer amid claims of bullying by councillors
    • Governance and the LGPS
    • Council decides against challenge to report from watchdog on libel indemnity
    • Preventing and dealing with stress-related sickness absence – ten top tips for employers
    • Giving references - data protection and legitimate expectations
    • Severe obesity as a disability
    • Increasing disciplinary sanctions on appeal: can it be done?
    • Trade union detriment and costs
    • Failure to risk assess is not the full picture
    • Voluntary early retirement and age discrimination
    • Paternity leave and pay
    • All change?
    • Disabled employees: Employers need to be proactive
    • Recording and recovering in-house legal costs in the Employment Tribunal
    • Procurements and the 'living wage'
    • Time off for dependants - contacting the employer
    • Ensuring council pay structures can withstand public scrutiny
    • Recovery of public sector exit payments
    • Disciplinary proceedings: the duty of care
    • Shared parental leave and pay
    • Binding communications about pay
    • Holiday pay and overtime
    • Trading companies and success
    • Ill-health absences and disability
    • Employment law roundup
    • Hail the Chief (Finance Officer)
    • Twitter and unfair dismissal
    • Access to justice in the ET
    • Zero hours and the public sector
    • Caste or no caste?
    • 'On call' hours and working time
    • Staff surveillance: data protection
    • The Fit for Work Service
    • The EAT on past procedural failings
    • Changes to the LGPS and governance
    • Post TUPE appeals against dismissal
    • Composite reasons for dismissal
    • Overtime and annual leave
    • Open and honest reporting
    • Variation clauses and T&Cs
    • Sticking point
    • Age discrimination: new contracts
    • First strike
    • Out with the DIP, in with the IP
    • TUPE and service provision changes
    • General Election: employment law plans
    • Constructive knowledge of disability
    • Historic warnings and employee dismissals
    • Whistleblowing protection
    • What is an ‘establishment’?
    • Public sector pensions: key issues
    • Academy terminating prior arrangement
    • The rise of spinouts
    • TUPE and the Equality Act
    • Whistleblowing - protected disclosures
    • Employees who lose tribunal claims
    • The clampdown on severance payments
    • Who hears appeals is important
    • Voluntary overtime
    • Disclosing allegations of misconduct
    • Putting a stop to harassment
    • TUPE and sub-contracting
    • Protecting the statutory officers
    • Proof of indirect discrimination
    • The right to be accompanied
    • Ill health and TUPE transfers
    • SARs: motive and proportionality
    • Social networks and RIPA
    • Employers and the Fit for Work scheme
    • TUPE and cessations of work
    • Transparency and professional lives
    • Thinking caps on
    • Dismissal and consistency of sanctions
    • LGPS asset allocation
    • TUPE and identity of employer
    • More on 'living wages' in public contracts
    • The CoA on disability discrimination law
    • New Year, new employment law
    • Back to work
    • On message?
    • TUPE and tasks of short-term duration
    • Can you speak English please?
    • Injury to feelings payments and tax
    • Complaints and an extended act
    • Re-organisation in the public sector
    • Caring for your carers
    • The Supreme Court on vicarious liability
    • TUPE in procurement documents
    • Knowledge of an employee's condition
    • Government challenges to industrial action
    • Criminal records disclosure
    • Proselytising at work
    • Bad news for malingerers
    • Harassment by members of another union
    • Community engagement and social media
    • Whistleblowing takes centre stage
    • Malicious emails and privacy
    • The Trade Union Act: key measures
    • Wider still, and wider?
    • Contractual staff handbooks
    • Stand by me?
    • Officers and the EU Referendum
    • Employee reinstatement
    • What next for employment law?
    • Is the past 'prologue'?
    • Taking charge of employee investigations
    • Disclosing safeguarding risks
    • Flexible working and discrimination
    • Reporting child abuse
    • Requests for flexible working
    • Voluntary overtime and holiday pay
    • Mind the TUPE gap
    • Unfair dismissal: extension of time
    • Policing social media
    • Joint employment relationships
    • Disabled employees and pay
    • Reforms to IR35 and the public sector
    • Discrimination arising from disability
    • Procedural failings and gross misconduct
    • Disclosing information on transferred staff
    • An unprotected species?
    • Insourcing: what do you need to know?
    • Pay grades and contractual rights
    • Teacher misconduct
    • The duty to make reasonable adjustments
    • The motives behind subject access requests
    • Religious festivals and holiday requests
    • The apprenticeship levy and councils
    • New laws on industrial action
    • Religious dress bans
    • TUPE – service provision changes and the ‘principal purpose’
    • Notices of termination
    • Do you see an employee or a contractor?
    • Indirect discrimination and reasons
    • Robots for hire? AI and your workforce
    • Calculating strike pay deductions
    • ‘Sleep-ins’ and the National Minimum Wage
    • Subject access requests and ICO guidance
    • Employees and tied accommodation
    • A warning for all multiple claims
    • Local authority disinvestment decisions
    • Staff misconduct and pension forfeiture
    • Context is all
    • The Taylor Review into 'gig' working
    • Reference ruled discriminatory
    • Dismissing senior public servants
    • Testing beliefs
    • EU citizens working in the public sector
    • Goodbye Grayling’s Employment Tribunal fees
    • GDPR and employee surveillance
    • Local authorities and the Modern Slavery Act 2015
    • Have you considered alternatives to suspension?
    • Psychiatric harm arising from disciplinary proceedings
    • Monitoring employees’ communications: the final word
    • Giving clear notice
    • Holiday pay and employee monitoring
    • Thoroughness of disciplinary investigations
    • Parental bereavement
    • Discrimination and religious beliefs
    • Whistleblowing and employer's knowledge
    • Short term gain; long term pain?
    • Managing pregnant employees
    • Disability discrimination by perception
    • Covert surveillance of employees
    • Getting out of a fix
    • Disciplinary action against statutory officers
    • Discrimination claims and time limits
    • Employment law and workplace equality
    • TUPE and fragmented services
    • Teachers and disclosure of relationships
    • TUPE and gaps between contracts
    • Multiple allegations of misconduct
    • Payment for being on stand-by
    • The need to plead
    • Variation of contracts, acceptance and absence of protest
    • Time extension and ACAS EC
    • Is it time to review your workplace dress code?
    • The Modern Slavery Act 2015 and local authorities: an update
    • Protection for the disabled person in the workplace
    • Whistleblowing. In tune again
    • When can we dismiss for misconduct?
    • Equal pay, comparators and increases in pay
    • Employment tribunals and interim relief
    • The Court of Appeal in Mencap
    • Restoring the litigation balance
    • The scope of protected disclosures
    • References: Top 10 tips for responding to requests
    • Staff transfers
    • Has your employee resigned?
    • Employment tribunals and contractual terms in wages claims
    • Vicarious liability for data breaches
    • A mentally healthy workplace
    • The party's far from over
    • Serious misconduct: undertaking an effective conduct investigation
    • Good Work Plan - changing employment law
    • Good Work Plan – some legal changes confirmed
    • Pensions update - benefits statements vs employment status
    • Unconscious bias: a hidden risk?
    • No breach of duty in assault of employee
    • No longer in suspense
    • Positive action: First Employment Tribunal case highlights stumbling blocks
    • Discrimination: Disciplinary proceedings and unconscious bias
    • The government's crackdown on exit payments
    • Dealing with employees who refuse to follow instructions
    • Love is (not) in the air: handling employees who refuse to work together
    • Conversations about religion with patients
    • Housing association board members: payment, taxation and employment rights
    • No discrimination in shared parental leave appeals
    • Data protection and wider complaints or disputes
    • Service models: the hazards of TUPE law
    • Unfair dismissal and re-engagement
    • Regular voluntary overtime and holiday pay
    • Covert recordings by employees
    • Distinctly Average: statistics, rate of pay and shifting burden of proof in equal pay claims
    • Whistleblowing – expanding protection to anticipated protected disclosures
    • Facebook postings and vicarious liability of employers
    • Pensions and ill-health early retirement
    • Workplace shoulder massages and harassment
    • Transgenderism and chosen pronouns
    • Disciplinary panels and investigation reports
    • Whistleblowing: reasonable belief in public interest?
    • Managing employee health and well-being
    • Reasonable adjustments and s.15 claims
    • S.103A and concealed reasons
    • Strike out: When?
    • The CSPL Review of Ethical Governance and Bullying
    • Neurodiversity in the workplace: hidden disabilities
    • A tale of a whistleblower and two hats….
    • Climate emergency #7 - have you thought about Pensions & Investments?
    • Employees and child protection issues
    • Sexual harassment and harassment at work – EHRC’s technical guidance
    • Discrimination claims, PCPs and one-off acts
    • Credit where credit’s due
    • Coronavirus employment implications - FAQs
    • The importance of pension trustee responsibilities
    • Data breaches and vicarious liability: employers breathe a sigh of relief
    • The three p's of processing ill health retirement
    • COVID-19: redundancy & business planning
    • Holiday pay and annual leave on furlough
    • Pensions: the employer’s duty to inform its employees
    • Guide to the law on police pensions
    • Asking employees to re-apply for their old jobs
    • Disclosure of staff names in FOI requests
    • Public sector exit payments and local authority restructuring
    • TUPE and splitting contracts of employment
    • Money for nothing?
    • New equal pay guidance from the Court of Appeal
    • When practical jokes go badly wrong
    • Whistleblowing: Employment tribunal time limits and the application of the ACAS code of practice
    • Collective Consultation: Redundancies
    • Exit pay cap regulations
    • Can foster carers be employees?
    • Can you legally record video meetings?
    • The LLG Grapevine 16th February
    • The COVID-19 vaccine and employees
    • Proving or disproving disability
    • Uber: where next
    • Employment law: Terminated! Are you sure?
    • Hugh James' NPS Framework Fortnight: Lot 7 - Employment Law
    • Covid testing in schools and data protection
    • Update on public sector pensions, age discrimination and the fallout from McCloud v Lord Chancellor
    • Constraints on the right to express religious beliefs
    • TUPE: Splitting employees’ contracts after a service provision change
    • High Court rejects legal challenge by contractors over retrospective extinction of "exit credits"
    • Defining disability for neurodivergent individuals
    • New guidance on special severance payments
    • Gender-critical views are a protected "philosophical belief" under the Equality Act 2010
    • No more reward without risk
    • What next for Special Severance Payments?
    • Reporting restrictions in end of life cases
    • Why insisting on flexible hours could discriminate against women
    • Accusations in judgments of misconduct
    • Local government pension scheme exit credits
    • Some other substantial reason
    • Discrimination claims: the burden of proof
    • Long COVID: What is it and how should employers deal with it?
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    • Asserting a statutory right
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    • Capability and conduct dismissals
    • List of issues
    • Current challenges facing employers
    • The Government consultation on flexible working
    • Menopausal symptoms and disability
    • Pandemic related protected disclosures claims
    • Responding to the impact of TikTok on your school community
    • Allowing employees to respond to all allegations
    • A case management plea from the EAT
    • Grievances and serial complaints
    • I can see clearly now… restrictions are gone!
    • Using LGPS funds to "level up"
    • Trinity Chambers Employment Webinar - Holiday Pay & Interim Relief
    • Making special severance payments
    • COVID-19 and return-to-work refusers
    • Time to introduce menstrual leave?
    • Failure to make reasonable adjustments to dismissal procedures
    • Covid 19 & Health & Safety Dismissals
    • Further (Mc)Clouds on the horizon in public sector pensions
    • Holiday pay and pensions
    • Dismissal for a political affiliation
    • Harpur holiday pay – judgment published
    • Avoiding the pitfalls of WhatsApp
    • Unfavourable Treatment and section 15 Equality Act 2010
    • Severance payments, South Somerset and Best Value
    • Tribunal procedure: merits of a case and extensions of time
    • LGPS and climate change risk reporting
    • Fair dismissal for persistent lateness
    • Industrial action – key considerations for public service employers
    • Settlement agreements - what are the limitations?
    • How can schools mitigate the risk of school staff being assaulted?
    • Disabled employees and selection interviews
    • Suspensions at work
    • Industrial action and contingency planning in the health care sector
    • Without prejudice rule - discussions during grievance were inadmissible
    • Culture Review suggests this is Fire and Rescue's 'Me Too' moment…
    • Rogue employees and personal data
    • Less favourable treatment and protected characteristics
    • Don’t shoot me, I’m only the Monitoring Officer: Part Two
    • Changing the narrative on neurodiversity: smoothing out the bumps in the road
    • Detailing safeguarding information in references
    • Struck out employment claims and orders for costs
    • Securing ‘sufficient and adequate’ reasons in disciplinary proceedings
    • DMH Stallard Podcast: Protected characteristics - What does the future hold?
    • DMH Stallard Podcast: Third-party harassment in the workplace
    • Teachers and one-off comments
    • Holiday pay claims: a series of deductions
    • Gender-transition at work
    • Emailed dismissal letters and effective dates of termination
    • Navigating staff based conflict in schools and strategies for effective resolution
    • When is a resignation not a resignation?
    • Equal pay: recent challenges
    • Navigating disability discrimination - what are normal day-to-day activities?
    • Expressing lawful views at work
    • ICO guidance on monitoring workers: what do employers need to know?
    • The top five employment cases that will shape 2024
    • Employment law changes 2024: guide for schools and colleges
    • Outsourcing the problem: equal pay and local authority trading companies
    • Processing biometric data: key considerations for your organisation
    • Employment law round up and preview
    • Changes to the code of practice on fire and re-hire
    • Equal pay: the material factor defence
    • Restructure and redundancy
    • Gender-critical beliefs and dismissal
    • Anti-Zionist beliefs and the Equality Act 2010
    • Employees and mental health
    • The new law on sexual harassment in the workplace
    • "All cases are unique, and very similar to others" [1]
    • Workplace investigations demystified
    • Local authority employers - What's in a name?
    • Job fraud on the rise: the new recruitment challenge
    • Statutory officers and good governance: the new Code of Practice
    • The new law on sexual harassment in the workplace: what is it and why does it matter?
    • The strategic importance of maintaining a positive workplace culture
    • What next for employment law?
    • The interpretation of teaching regulation legislation
    • Positive action v positive discrimination: how to avoid crossing the (thin blue) line
    • Procedural steps not taken by employee irrelevant to constructive dismissal claim
    • Data protection prosecutions and employer liability
    • USDAW v Tesco: the end of fire and rehire?
    • The Employment Rights Bill 2024 – What’s in, What’s out, and What’s next
    • The price of discrimination: school ordered to pay £850,000 to an autistic teacher who it viewed as a 'persistent complainer'
    • Disability-related absences and dismissal
    • Wiping the slate clean - tips and tactics on how best to achieve settlement in the ET
    • Whistleblowing: Detriment and Dismissal Cases
    • Fire and re-hire: increased protective awards
    • LGPS fund management reforms
    • Raising new substantive arguments at appeal stage
    • Comments about accents
    • Disability discrimination or fair dismissal?
    • Engaging with all allegations
    • Member and officer indemnities
    • Work-related stress: a key issue for employers
    • Whistleblowing: Detriment and Dismissal Cases
    • From classroom to spa
    • A widening of worker status?
    • Protected beliefs and the Equality Act 2010
    • TUPE transfers: I object! Yes, but why?
    • Employees and social media posts: the Court of Appeal in Higgs v Farmor’s School
    • Understanding the key staffing issues in Local Government Reorganisation
    • Teacher dismissed for 'safeguarding' concerns: lessons to learn from school who made mistakes at every stage
    • Staff misconduct and employment policies
    • Job applicants and whistleblowing
    • Evaluating exit opportunities for housing associations in the Local Government Pension Scheme
    • LGPS contribution rate adjustments – what is the actuary’s role?
  • Employment News
    • Apply key section of Equality Act to improve judicial diversity, say peers
    • Birmingham loses Supreme Court bid to strike out equal pay claims
    • Birmingham estimates equal pay liability at £757m after Supreme Court ruling
    • Best practice guidelines issued on gaining employee support for mutuals
    • Birmingham CC and unions agree to settle post 2008 equal pay claims
    • Blogger fails in appeal over libel counterclaim brought by chief executive
    • Acas publishes guide to handling TUPE transfers
    • President of Employment Appeal Tribunal gives guidance on bundles
    • Tribunal tells council to disclose criteria used for grading positions of employees
    • QC scales down review of law on industrial disputes over "politicised environment"
    • Council ordered to pay £64k over cash incentives to leave collective bargaining
    • Chief executive of county council agrees to take temporary period of absence
    • Equalities watchdog in call for evidence on issues of religion or belief
    • Councillor banned from speaking to female officers, has phone taken away
    • Three councils unveil business case for 'tri-partnership' with single workforce
    • Councils to end joint chief exec arrangements but shared legal service to stay
    • Employment lawyers blast draft law on recovery of public sector exit payments
    • City council fined £15k after litter picking employee hit by car on busy road
    • TUPE: the latest cases before the EAT
    • Councillor refuses to apologise to chief executive and threatens JR over sanctions
    • Council offers entire workforce chance to apply for voluntary redundancy
    • Yorkshire council set to appoint City Solicitor as interim chief executive
    • Acas publishes guide ahead of introduction of shared parental leave
    • Trade unionist fails in High Court bid to stop council disciplinary action
    • Staffordshire names Director of Law as interim chief executive
    • Union agrees to short delay in battle with Grayling over new probation organisations
    • Watchdog blocks settlement agreement between council and chief executive
    • Watchdog lets chief exec settlement agreement go ahead after £52k cut in pay-off
    • President of LLG stands aside pending outcome of appeal in employment case
    • DfE publishes advice for teachers on protecting themselves from cyberbullying
    • Local government employers and trade unions agree 2.2% pay rise for council workers
    • Public sector pension funds agree £10bn asset and liability management partnership
    • Union withdraws judicial review challenge over new probation bodies
    • Care watchdog settles legal action brought by former deputy chief executive
    • Council eyes 'next generation' model and retained organisation with 150 staff
    • Pickles to require councils to set out how they appraise top-paid staff
    • Minister accuses council of breaching regulations on reporting of senior pay-offs
    • Unison to fight on after losing second case on employment tribunal fees
    • Public bodies name 11 law firms to pensions legal advice panels
    • Watchdog raps Welsh council over covert surveillance of employee
    • Tribunal fees deterring employees from bringing claims, says Citizens Advice
    • Council making "good progress" but yet to make lawful decision on allowances: WAO
    • Richmond and Wandsworth pursue single staffing structure in London first
    • Supreme Court to hear case over cohabitees and Local Government Pension Scheme
    • Chief Inspector of Probation resigns over "perception of conflict"
    • Unitary looks to transfer statutory and regulatory functions to trading company
    • Councillors at Northamptonshire back "biggest transformation in 125 years"
    • Care companies investigated in crackdown over failure to pay minimum wage
    • Leader rows back on plan to axe chief exec role after legal advice
    • Defining 'establishment'
    • Council and ex-head of property settle High Court damages claim
    • DCLG to publish secondary legislation on dismissal of senior staff by councils
    • DCLG in guidance on severance agreements, off payroll and performance appraisal
    • Union demands council implement tribunal ruling on overtime and holiday pay
    • City council fined £20k after park keeper thrown off tractor
    • Enterprise Bill to cap redundancy payouts for public sector workers at £95k
    • LGO orders compensation for 'gazumped' property buyer
    • Quango ends contract with ex-deputy after DfE warns of breach of rules
    • Local authority fined £20k over theatre employee fall
    • Unions attack public sector strike law reforms
    • Treasury consults on proposed £95k public sector exit payment cap
    • Government to end practice of ‘check off’ for paying union subs
    • Ex-employee sues homecare provider over non-payment for travel time
    • Unison plans Supreme Court appeal after latest setback on employment tribunal fees
    • Law Society urges reform of employment tribunals into single jurisdiction
    • European court hands down key ruling on mobile workers and travel time
    • Council cleared over purchase of house by chief executive from development partner
    • Charges against head of legal and other senior officers at Welsh council dropped
    • Government to extend gender pay gap reporting to public sector
    • Legal services in line as councils look to extend shared working
    • Top judge orders fresh hearing in dispute between council and ex-lawyer
    • Veale Wasbrough Vizards promotes Cook and Hickman to partner
    • Guidance issued for employers on recruiting and retaining transgender staff
    • Business pays out to whistleblower who raised concerns over public sector project
    • Number of council staff suspended for breaching social media rules on the rise
    • London borough passes motion backing UK exit from European Union
    • PCCs to net ability to create single employer for police and fire personnel
    • Regulations on clawing back exit payments "over-complicated and unclear"
    • Minister refuses to reimburse council £1m costs of paying suspended officers
    • Court upholds 5-year ASBO preventing harassment of local authority employees
    • Home Office to fund employee whistleblowing helpline over child protection failures
    • Shropshire Council to shut trading company next month over lack of profits
    • Homecare services provider settles travel time claim brought by ex-employee
    • Councils reached 17,000+ settlement agreements in five years: report
    • SOLACE produces guidance for chief officers on EU referendum
    • Official Solicitor and partner fail in claim against councils for misfeasance
    • Home Office targets public officials with plans for 'illicit enrichment' offence
    • Police rule out prosecution over sale of land by borough council
    • Lawyers in Local Government sets up Monitoring Officer Defence Scheme
    • Trade Union Bill receives Royal Assent
    • Crowd funding platform to back projects as well as legal challenges
    • Barnet chief exec exits and investigation launched after polling problems
    • Judge rejects misfeasance in public office claim against council and employee
    • Ex-council employee jailed for five years for role in major housing fraud
    • Treasury consults on reforms to rules on off-payroll working public sector
    • Public interest report calls for all legal advice to be commissioned by legal team
    • Former housing officer at city council jailed for fraud
    • London borough fined £500,000 after worker injured cutting trees
    • Lack of senior experience undermining commercialisation agenda: report
    • Practitioners could face criminal sanction for failure to report child abuse
    • Borough to boost security following abuse of councillors and staff
    • City council loses battle with HMRC over bus pass for employee
    • Officer jailed for section 106 planning gain fraud
    • Lawyers to Hillsborough relatives draft Public Authorities Accountability Bill
    • Care workers to take council and provider to court over pay
    • Standards watchdog urges regulators to manage 'revolving door' properly
    • Foster carers in bid to organise as trade union members
    • Monitoring officer issues section 5 report over re-designation of role
    • Treasury to pursue reform to public sector exit payments despite opposition
    • High Court challenge over award of helpline contract to G4S fails
    • Council fined £40 after employee injured falling from ladder
    • Law Society warns on mandatory child abuse reporting duty
    • Social worker fails in High Court bid to lift nine-month suspension
    • Whistleblowers in children's care to get protection when applying for jobs
    • Council fined £250k after workers suffered following vibration exposure
    • Code of practice issued on fluency duty for public sector workers
    • Law on religion working well but misunderstandings create confusion: watchdog
    • Birmingham set to pursue community interest company for children's services
    • Council threatens injunction over planned strike in children's services
    • Court overturns indefinite professional misconduct teaching ban imposed on headmaster
    • Tribunal fees have had a "chilllng effect" on employment disputes says Law Society
    • Ministers take aim at 'boomerang bosses' in fire services
    • Law Society attacks 'piecemeal' reforms to employment tribunals
    • Social worker loses appeal over ruling by judge she improperly altered records
    • Three senior officers suspended over handling of safeguarding case
    • Museum workers win employment tribunal case against council
    • City first to transfer voluntarily running of children services to outside company
    • Taxi driver convicted of assaulting council parking attendant and colleague
    • Defendant told to pay £100k legal costs to council over harassment campaign
    • Welsh Government to protect position on industrial action and agency workers
    • Government discriminated against job applicant with Asperger's
    • Chief exec steps aside temporarily after arrests in joint venture investigation
    • Social worker struck off after falsely claiming to have made case visits
    • High Court judge throws out application to commit council housing officers
    • Council ordered to pay £45k in fines and costs after apprentice injured
    • Case against teachers in 'Trojan Horse' affair halted over abuse of process
    • Union urges Scottish council to settle after equal pay victory
    • Chief exec quits amid criticisms of response to Grenfell Tower fire
    • Allegations against monitoring officer at Bury over safeguarding case resolved
    • Minister acted unlawfully in issuing boycotts ban for LGPS investment, judge rules
    • Home Office fined for breaching pay cap rules
    • Court upholds parking charges on hospital staff
    • NW council suspends director of legal services as neutral act
    • Employment tribunal upholds part of claim by monitoring officer against council
    • Union wins Supreme Court battle over imposition of fees in employment tribunals
    • Government suspends enforcement activity over sleep-in shifts and minimum wage
    • Council loses appeal over voluntarily-worked overtime and holiday pay
    • Proceedings against alleged 'Trojan Horse' teachers ended
    • Staff win equal pay battle with Glasgow City Council
    • Environment Agency trials use of body-worn cameras by enforcement officers
    • Bin strike in Birmingham could be back on as council protects legal position
    • Fire authority spent £400k on legal costs over dismissal of chief officer
    • Council ordered to withdraw redundancy notices in bins row ahead of full hearing
    • Council fined £150k over failures on hand arm vibration syndrome
    • Union takes council to court over employment status of foster carer
    • North West council pays out £3.5m to settle equal pay claims: report
    • Tribunal refuses to force council to disclose legal advice over costs of employment case involving mayor
    • Council mulls settlements with head of legal and senior officer on leave for years
    • Council backs £100k+ payoffs for head of legal and deputy chief exec
    • Employee wins partial victory on harassment in pot plant case
    • Union hits out at council after withdrawing strike action plans
    • Court rejects call by council for pensions set-off from officer convicted of fraud
    • Birmingham bin workers dispute ended as council “reaches legally-sound position”
    • Chief executive and monitoring officer suspended over running of election
    • Ex-Lord Chief Justice clears officers and members at council over CPO powers
    • North West council suspends third senior officer
    • London borough fined £100,000 after social workers assaulted
    • Social worker wins right to use documents for ECHR claim over judicial criticism
    • Director of legal services and monitoring officer at NW council resigns
    • Home Office consults on rules to prevent ‘boomerang bosses’ in fire services
    • City council refused permission to appeal in equal pay litigation
    • Former chair of Welsh council disqualified from office for 18 months
    • High Court declares LGPS rule on cohabitees unlawful
    • Council fined £100k after vulnerable employee hit by reversing dust cart
    • Flexible and vulnerable workers to benefit from enhanced employment rights: PM
    • Union takes legal action over outstanding payments from equal pay settlement
    • Court to hear judicial review brought by town councillor over complaints handling
    • Ex-council worker fined for illegally sharing personal information
    • Ministers rule out imposing mandatory reporting of child abuse
    • Council admits chief inspector of weights and measures was not properly qualified
    • Supreme Court to rule next week on disclosure obligations of head teachers
    • Head teacher fails in Supreme Court challenge to dismissal over failure to disclose
    • County council to take action after governance failures at development subsidiary
    • Judge hears case over councillor behaviour, employee grievances and codes of conduct
    • Employees win Court of Appeal dispute with council over pay increases
    • Welsh council wins appeal over whether SEN allowance was payable to teachers
    • Disabled teacher who showed horror film to class wins £646k payout
    • Bailed chief executive at Liverpool City Council resigns
    • Councillor succeeds in High Court challenge to imposition of sanctions
    • Government wins appeal over LGPS and guidance on boycotts and divestment
    • Care provider wins Court of Appeal battle over sleep-in shifts and minimum wage
    • Council defends employment tribunal claim brought by whistleblower
    • Union applies to Supreme Court in bid to appeal sleep-in shifts ruling
    • Chief exec suspended over election failures leaves council by mutual consent
    • EAT criticises tribunal's approach to transferred public health staff
    • Acas launches new guidance on job references
    • Welsh councils' fracking investments potentially unlawful, says FoE.
    • Law Commission consults on employment law hearings to tackle jurisdiction issues
    • Judge rejects challenge to police decision on council conduct and criminal proceedings
    • Eight thousand woman to strike over failure by council to settle equal pay dispute
    • Council ordered to pay £230k after working injured when re-laying ice rink
    • Council agrees £4m settlement of dispute over calculation of annual leave
    • Council wins appeal over disclosure order that would have meant it breached law
    • IT manager at NHS trust wins £1m payout for racial discrimination, unfair dismissal
    • Former council leader renews bid for judicial review of finding on sexual harassment
    • NHS Trust fined £300k after two employees stabbed by service user
    • Chancery Lane issues practice note on non-disclosure agreements
    • Supreme Court to hear challenge to government ban on ethical divestment by LGPS
    • London borough acted unlawfully in dismissing three housing officers, tribunal rules
    • City council reaches agreement in long-running equal pay dispute
    • Council updates member and officer relations protocol amid social media concerns
    • Union to seek injunction against city council in latest twist in bins row
    • Supreme Court to hear case on residential care workers and sleep-ins
    • Judge refuses to grant union interim injunction but full trial looms in bins dispute
    • Twelve law firms appointed to £11.75m LGPS legal services panel
    • Tribunal finds police force discriminated against white heterosexual recruit
    • Former council officer fined for emailing CVs of rival job applicants to his partner
    • Court of Appeal finds for local authority over teacher suspension
    • NHS employee fined for unlawfully accessing personal records
    • LGPS funds warn Ministry of need for change in law amid concerns over draft asset pooling guidance
    • MPs demand urgent action from Government to help local authorities prepare for Brexit
    • Ex-GP practice manager fined for emailing personal data to own account without authorisation
    • Chief executive hits out at anonymous letter that led to police investigation
    • Chief execs union criticises draft regulations for £95k exit payments cap
    • Councillors criticised over attitude towards investigation into email leak
    • Employment lawyers acknowledge place for further regulation of confidentiality agreements but express concern over lack of regulatory clarity
    • Employment Appeal Tribunal hears appeal from Christian ex-magistrate dismissed over adoption comments
    • Social worker struck off for falsifying time sheets
    • Recruit to join police as claim of discrimination for being white, heterosexual male settles
    • High Court ruling will allow care home workers to press on with equal pay claims, law firm says
    • Landlord fined £1,600 for pushing housing officer down stairs, preventing inspection of property
    • Equalities watchdog calls for changes to legal aid to ensure discrimination in workplace is challenged
    • Council fails in bid to have man jailed for breach of order over abuse of social worker
    • Supreme Court refuses government permission to appeal in pensions dispute with firefighters
    • Chief constable to pursue judicial review of scheme requiring all new police officers to obtain degree
    • Government to remedy unlawful difference in treatment across range of public sector pension schemes
    • Wait times for Employment Tribunal claims have risen for the fourth year in a row to an average of 237 days
    • Junior doctors win "significant victory" in rest breaks appeal
    • Council to appoint investigator to examine award of £15k additional duties payment to chief executive
    • Government faces legal challenge over impact of pension changes on teachers and doctors
    • Investigator clears council and officers of maladministration in planning enforcement row, takes different view on inducement to Crown Court and Court of Appeal judges
    • Council hit with £100k fine after exposing workers to Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome
    • Council to pay union £647k over alleged failure to inform and consult before transfer of learning disability services
    • Employment Appeal Tribunal in Scotland to hear appeal next month on employment rights of foster carers
    • Welsh Government kick starts review of arrangements for dealing with alleged misconduct of senior officers in local government
    • Child care workers removed from register over derogatory comments made about residents on WhatsApp group
    • Equalities watchdog “calls time” on use of non-disclosure agreements in discrimination cases
    • Supreme Court to hear dispute over Local Government Pension Scheme and ethical disinvestment
    • Independent report finds it would be unfair to say council had "sexist culture"
    • Matrix Chambers QC appointed High Court judge
    • Former planning officer loses Court of Appeal battle over 'protected disclosures'
    • Council and governing body of school win appeal over carbon monoxide exposure
    • Council officer ordered to pay £900+ after accessing social care records without authorisation
    • Ex-social worker fined for unlawfully disclosing personal data
    • Acas guidance warns against routine use of non-disclosure agreements
    • Acas publishes new advice on handling coronavirus at work
    • Council-owned company defends unfair dismissal claim from ADHD sufferer
    • Social worker suspended for 12 months for copying and pasting Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards forms
    • Supreme Court gives NHS trust permission to appeal voluntary overtime and holiday pay ruling
    • Employment Tribunal awards whistleblowing doctor £857,000
    • Government sets out list of ‘key workers’ to be prioritised for education provision
    • ACAS issues guidance on home-working for employers and employees
    • Ministry of Justice clarifies those key workers seen as “essential to the running of the justice system”
    • Head of legal nets fresh employment hearing after tribunal member found to be asleep
    • Supreme Court rules on vicarious liability for data breach
    • Independent investigation finds additional payments to chief executive “not lawfully made”
    • TfL to furlough 7,000 staff and save £15.8m through Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
    • Supreme Court to rule tomorrow on government guidance on LGPS and disinvestment
    • Law Commission calls for reforms to close “unsatisfactory gaps” in powers of employment tribunals
    • Supreme Court rules against government on LGPS and ethical disinvestment
    • Council looks to furlough some staff and use Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
    • Employment Appeal Tribunal rejects appeal by council over unfair dismissal ruling following maintained school closure
    • Sharpe Pritchard recruits employment law partner
    • Chancery Lane demands action to clear employment tribunals backlog
    • Employment Tribunal wrongly failed to allow that finding of unfair dismissal - in absence of monetary remedy - could be of value: EAT
    • Government to apply £95k exit payment cap to whole public sector at same time
    • Local government pension pool to appoint single law firm to advise on alternatives platform
    • Employment and public law specialist joins 39 Essex Chambers
    • LLG calls for introduction of effective sanctions in consultation response on LGA draft Model Code of Conduct
    • Quarantined legal professionals should not be permitted to attend court, says Law Society
    • Employment Appeal Tribunal upholds ruling specialist foster carers were employees of Scottish council
    • Ministry consults on impact of exit payment reforms on local government workforce
    • Union calls on care workers who make multiple visits to claim payments for travelling time
    • LLG President warns on Law Society representation for sector, impact of exit payment cap on those earning £40k+
    • Regulator of social workers suspends voluntary removal process, instructs external counsel to advise
    • ICO moves to provide clarity in subject access requests on ‘stopping the clock’, manifestly excessive requests, and charges
    • LLG and chief executive groups send Treasury pre-action letter over making of regulations for exit payment cap
    • LLG warns on erosion of rule of law, attacks inclusion of ‘pension strain’ in calculation of exit payment cap
    • The ICO’s new subject access guidance
    • Good Law Project and Runnymede Trust send pre-action letter over appointment of head of National Institute for Health Protection
    • Outgoing Commissioner for Public Appointments fires warning shot over growing political bias in appointments
    • Financially-troubled Croydon to ask LGA to investigate senior management actions
    • LLG and ALACE issue judicial review proceedings over Exit Payment Cap Regulations
    • Administrative Court dismisses suggestion LGPS ‘exit credits’ claim was brought out of time
    • Welsh Government to consult on changes to how alleged misconduct by senior officers in local government is tackled
    • Law Commission issues proposals for reforming offence of misconduct in public office
    • Environment Agency solicitor sues garden centres business and director for libel over press release
    • Court of Appeal allows appeal by borough council in equal pay dispute
    • Social landlord fined £80k after employees suffer Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome
    • High Court gives green light for judicial review over exit payment cap regulations
    • Council wins appeal over finding of negligence over personal injuries suffered by teaching assistant
    • Judicial review over exit pay cap regulations to be heard in second half of March
    • Thirty-one Met Police officers face £200 fixed penalty after breaching Covid-19 regulations with haircut at station
    • Town council facing judicial review over handling of staff grievances
    • Hugh James strengthens public sector employment offering with senior associate hire
    • London borough changes constitution ahead of reported move to suspend quartet of senior officers
    • Government backtracks on public sector exit cap
    • Union ballots members in 12 courts on possible strike over Covid-19 and workplace safety concerns
    • Supreme Court dismisses Uber appeal, rules drivers are ‘workers’
    • Civil servants union launches legal challenge over decision by PM that Home Secretary did not breach ministerial code in ‘bullying’ case
    • Welsh Government consults on draft Bill putting partnership working on formal footing
    • Administrating authority for Greater Manchester Pension Fund to procure legal advice framework
    • Court of Appeal rejects appeal by ex-magistrate over dismissal for views on adoption by same-sex couple
    • LLG and ALACE withdraw legal claim after Government commits to revocation of exit payment cap regulations
    • Supreme Court to rule next week on ‘sleep in’ care workers and national minimum wage
    • Supreme Court rules employers do not have to pay care workers national minimum wage for sleep-in shifts
    • HMCTS rolls out on-site rapid testing at four more courts
    • Government consults on requiring care home workers to have Covid-19 vaccination
    • Council leader defends his conduct after public interest report into pay-off of former chief executive
    • Civil servants union given green light for judicial review challenge over decision by Prime Minister that Home Secretary did not break Ministerial Code
    • New 'Core Code of Ethics' launched for fire and rescue services
    • Senior officers threaten defamation action against councillors over remarks at meeting on staff transfer
    • Government issues criteria to be considered for public sector severance payments  
    • “Increasingly complex” disciplinary and grievance proceedings to result in almost £700k rise in estimated legal spend for council, finance director report says
    • Judge allows employment tribunal appeal in case where nurse was fired for not working weekends
    • Senior council officer fails in harassment claim against local blogger
    • Information watchdog calls for views on employment practices and data protection
    • Welsh council loses appeal over unfair dismissal claims brought by PE teachers affected by school reorganisation
    • Leader calls on Government to intervene in council over governance issues
    • Council secures anti-harassment injunction in High Court against landlord who waged “deliberately offensive” campaign against councillors, lawyers and other officers
    • £95,000 pay-off approved by Council leader, exceeding his authority
    • Employment Appeal Tribunal upholds ruling that council employee was unfairly dismissed over comments made at rally, and should be reinstated
    • LLG President says “one simple tweak” could resolve issues with proposals for exit payments cap
    • Union urges employees at council not to sign equal pay settlements due to alleged job evaluation scheme errors
    • Union to ballot courts staff over “flawed” new HMCTS case management system amid concern at potential job losses
    • Anthony Collins Solicitors launches toolkit for employers on social mobility
    • Law firm Browne Jacobson tops social mobility index
    • Court of Appeal rejects claim for negligence, breach of statutory brought by teacher over assault
    • Judge raps council over unfair dismissal of headteacher
    • High Court judge gives reasons for refusing permission for legal challenge to care home workers vaccination requirement
    • Council found to have breached Equality Act 2010 after claimant accountants subject to “unwanted conduct of a sexual nature” by fellow employee
    • Judges dismiss judicial review challenge over interpretation by Prime Minister of ministerial code in Priti Patel "bullying" claims
    • County council apologises after unlawfully employing ex-councillor: report
    • Thanet appoints Baker as Independent Monitoring Officer with original choice unable to take on role
    • Fear of catching Covid-19 not a philosophical belief for purposes of Equality Act, employment judge rules
    • Watchdog accuses Welsh council of "serious breakdown of governance", ignoring Head of Legal and disregarding external legal advice
    • City council chief executive expresses regret over Cabinet Office leaving drinks
    • Universities pledge to end use of non-disclosure agreements when dealing with sexual harassment claims
    • City council to set up committee to consider action over chief executive after Cabinet Office leaving drinks admission
    • High Court rejects claim council was vicariously liable after employee on “frolic of her own” leaked social care records
    • Capsticks hires pensions specialist as partner
    • Watchdog criticises governance and oversight arrangements Welsh council had in place for waste company, but acknowledges actions taken by local authority
    • Welsh council decides against further action after critical watchdog report on payment to former chief executive
    • Recovery plan to improve governance at Thanet takes shape
    • Health Secretary breached public sector equality duty when making senior appointments during pandemic, Divisional Court rules
    • North West council defends £4.9m Employment Tribunal claim brought by dismissed chief executive
    • Commissioners sack chief executive of troubled council for gross misconduct but she vows to “robustly” defend her reputation
    • Government rejects standards watchdog call for power to suspend councillors found in breach of code of conduct, but backs additional protections for monitoring officers
    • Senior council staff accused of using furloughed employees on private winery will not face criminal charges, police say
    • Report from barrister warns LGPS board over non-compliance with Sharia law
    • Teacher wins £850k settlement following classroom assault
    • City council mulls legal action over protests that prevented waste collection
    • Equalities watchdog issues statement on ‘long Covid’ and disability
    • County council fined £50k over Hand Arm Vibration issues in highways department
    • Government issues statutory guidance on special severance payments by councils in England, saying they should only be made in exceptional cases
    • Thanet councillors agree to review constitution and restructure senior management team, following review by independent monitoring officer
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    • High Court grants unions permission for judicial review of regulations allowing use of agency workers during strikes
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    • Government to introduce laws setting minimum service levels during strikes
    • Fourteen law firms selected for £6m framework agreement for LGPS legal services
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    • Standards watchdog issues report on how public sector leaders can maintain ethical organisational practices
    • Government consults on statutory code to crack down on “fire and rehire” practices
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    • High Court begins hearing case over £17bn unions claim was ‘taken’ from public sector pensions
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    • Counter Fraud Profession Strategy unveiled in bid to “upskill” public sector professionals
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    • City council ordered to pay £71k+ after school caretaker dies
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    • Social workers body discourages members from taking up age assessment role at Home Office body, alleging risk of “political priorities intruding on professional objectivity”
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    • School leaders union takes first step towards judicial review proceedings, demands suspension of Ofsted inspections
    • Government to issue call for evidence on new mandatory reporting duty
    • Solicitors Regulation Authority issues guidance on new wellbeing at work rules
    • District council extends trial of four-day week after initial success
    • Christian mayoral candidate wins “substantial pay out” from housing association employer L&Q
    • Government to amend sunsetting provisions of retained EU law legislation amid “risks of legal uncertainty”
    • Fire and rescue authorities to be allowed to carry out more stringent DBS checks on staff
    • ICO issues new guidance for employers on dealing with subject access requests
    • Industrial action looms as local government unions ballot members
    • Handbook on conditions of service for teachers updated for first time in more than two decades
    • Tribunal orders London borough to pay ex-director £15k+ in withheld pay
    • Court of Appeal to hear appeal over use of Cost Control Mechanism in public sector pensions dispute
    • Birmingham facing serious funding issue after identifying bill for equal pay dispute has reached £760m
    • Anti-fraud service at council discovers solicitor working for two public sector organisations simultaneously
    • Local Government Minister asks council to end four-day working week trial
    • Union members bring legal action over full worker rights for foster carers
    • Independent inquiry launched into serious whistleblowing allegations
    • City fined £200k after grass cutting and arboriculture staff develop hand arm vibration syndrome and carpal tunnel syndrome
    • High Court rules legislation allowing agency staff to be used to cover strikes unlawful
    • Government will not bail out Birmingham over cost of equal pay claims, Prime Minister says
    • Woking reveals plan to conduct staffing restructure and series of governance reviews in bid to tackle financial position
    • Threat of criminal proceedings could add to “already challenging” recruitment and retention picture in children’s services: ADCS on mandatory reporting duty
    • FOI request reveals councils spent £2.5m over five years in costs to deal with sexual harassment allegations
    • Government consults on minimum levels of public services during strikes
    • Government vows to keep EU equal pay protections
    • Court of Appeal dismisses appeal over whether school should be liable for abuse by work experience individual
    • UK labour market risks becoming a “wild west”: TUC warns on AI
    • Watchdog hightlights “weaknesses” in workforce plans at Welsh councils
    • Council continues trial of four-day week despite ministerial concerns over best value
    • Care workers launch “major” equal pay claim against North East council
    • Birmingham issues second section 114 notice alongside section 5 report after pay equity system decision falls through
    • City council hit by equal pay claim with union suggesting some workers are underpaid by £11k a year
    • Gove vows to clamp down on councils adopting four-day weeks, claiming “taxpayers deserve 100% of the service”
    • ICO publishes new guidance on monitoring employees, urges organisations to consider legal obligations
    • Employment Tribunal begins hearing claim against city council over alleged menopause discrimination
    • Mental wellbeing charity sees 24% increase in number of legal professionals seeking support
    • Monitoring officer at Birmingham "under investigation" despite no evidence she gave incorrect legal advice, external auditors reveal
    • Birmingham agrees to independent review of how it considers legal advice from Monitoring Officer
    • Council to pay £25,000 following sex discrimination tribunal after bosses ‘deadnamed’ transgender employee
    • Councils undertaking four-day working week should “cease immediately”, Government says in updated guidance
    • Government issues council with best value notice over four-day week
    • Employment Appeal Tribunal allows appeal from dismissed social worker who had anxiety about attending court
    • Bevan Brittan boosts healthcare expertise with appointment of specialist employment partner
    • Ex-teacher awarded £800k over discrimination by council during cancer treatment
    • Government decision to serve Best Value Notice “heavy-handed” and “tantamount to bullying”, say Suffolk Borough and District Council Leaders
    • Justice accuses Government of seeking to establish blanket anonymity for “junior” civil servants
    • Council to pursue legal options over extended bin strike action
    • High Court judge rules against routine redaction of names of junior civil servants during disclosure
    • Bin strike fears as city council looks to ‘fire and rehire’ waste collection staff
    • Combined authority mayor found to have breached code of conduct
    • High Court refuses council bid for interim injunction against bin strike action
    • Warrington bin strike action resolved following “much improved” pay offer from council
    • Road repair worker death sees city council fined £2m
    • Translator agency with public sector contracts threatened with employment status legal challenge
    • Government urges public authorities to have due regard to need to foster good relations as it issues replacement guidance on public sector equality duty
    • NALC launches new model employment contract incorporating ‘Green Book’ terms
    • Social worker wins harassment claim against council and professional regulatory body Social Work England
    • Birmingham looks to make 600 council employees redundant
    • Council trialling four-day week insists it will still see fall in agency cover costs as early data reveals two teams saw rise in spend
    • One in five local government managers question effectiveness of senior leadership, study shows
    • Tribunal to hear test case over employment rights of foster carers
    • Government consults on plan for competency and conduct standard for social housing staff
    • Consultation launched on agency rules for local authority children’s social care
    • Redacting names of junior civil servants in disclosed documents does not fulfil duty of candour, Court of Appeal finds
    • Staff member issued with caution by police after taking 79,000 email addresses of residents
    • Ministers to amend Criminal Justice Bill to introduce mandatory reporting of child sexual abuse
    • Information watchdog issues guidance on compliant use of biometric data after hitting Serco companies with enforcement notices
    • District delays final decision on four-day week until Government sets out its plans to stop the practice
    • Equalities regulator issues advice for employers on menopause and Equality Act
    • Local government professional groups consult on Code of Practice on Good Governance for Statutory Officers
    • County council agrees $490m settlement with Apple
    • Tribunal orders London borough to pay £4.6m over dismissal of director
    • Council was entitled not to confirm or deny whether it held information requested via FOI by ex-Leader, Tribunal rules
    • Monitoring officer was undermined and bullied by former council leader, investigation finds
    • Council agrees to independent investigation into novel £72m pension deal
    • Council chief executive sent unlawful email to union members, tribunal concludes
    • Landlord who harassed local government legal staff member found in contempt of court
    • Councils express concern at unintended impact of Economic Activity of Public Bodies Bill on LGPS
    • ADSO welcomes draft Code of Practice on Good Governance for Statutory Officers, calls for Monitoring Officer role to be renamed
    • Council secures strike-preventing injunction over flawed ballot
    • Social worker awarded damages of £58k from council and professional regulatory body Social Work England
    • Council fails in application for security of costs as ex-recruitment contractor brings ‘poaching’ claim
    • Cabinet Office hit with judicial review over claim that Rwanda bill could force civil servants to breach international law
    • Government issues second best value notice to local authority over four-day week trial
    • DHSC issues guidance for healthcare professionals on Prevent duty
    • Landlord who breached injunction preventing harassment of council staff handed suspended sentence and £75k costs order
    • Freshly elected councillor disqualified over council employment
    • MPs call on civil service to create ‘speak up’ environment to improve whistleblowing culture
    • 42BR bolsters employment and social housing teams with Bachu arrival
    • Union warns city council on equal pay claims “which could be worth tens of millions of pounds”
    • LGA launches new chief executive training scheme
    • London borough chief executive charged with possession of Class A drug and driving offences
    • ET awards £102,000 against academy trust for "disproportionate" reaction to safeguarding incident
    • Christian who lost out on job over anti-gay views vows to appeal Employment Tribunal decision despite winning claim
    • Council lodges second challenge to decision by employment tribunal in race discrimination case
    • District council claims “positive picture” for four-day week after publication of independent report into trial
    • Equalities watchdog consults on updated technical guidance on sexual harassment to reflect new preventative duty on employers
    • London borough chief executive resigns in wake of drug charge
    • Union loses High Court battle over Rwanda scheme and Civil Service Code
    • Local government professional groups publish Code of Practice for statutory officers
    • Union hits out at council plan to implement ‘fire and re-hire’ scheme to cut staff hours
    • Legal & Governance Manager becomes fee-paid judge in Employment Tribunal
    • Council solicitor struck off after providing false information to colleagues about application to discharge interim care order
    • Government to repeal Strikes Act 2023 including requirements on minimum service levels
    • Police will not investigate £1m exit payments deemed “unlawful” by section 151 officer
    • Bromley road sweeper told by employer he cannot accept donations from fundraiser due to contractual obligations with council
    • Union lodges 400 equal pay claims against city council
    • Council quits X over "disinformation" and "high levels of abuse" of staff
    • ADCS welcomes “long awaited” Government guidance on use of agency social workers
    • London borough to appeal Tribunal judgment requiring disclosure of redacted report prepared as part of peer review
    • Social worker awarded £55k and £8k costs after accusing council employer of discriminating against protected beliefs
    • School support staff accuse city council of delaying settlement of equal pay claims
    • Tribunal orders council to release councillor pay rise documents in “public interest”
    • Police force issued with £750k fine for “serious” data breach involving staff data
    • City council launches new job evaluation scheme after union raises equal pay concerns
    • Local authority pension funds raise alarm over stock exchange corporate governance rules
    • New employment rights bill could put even more pressure on tribunal system, sector warns
    • Council hit with judicial review threat after reducing staff hours
    • Borough council to pursue legal claim over payments made to ex-chief executive
    • Union members of council SEND team commence three-week strike over workload and pay
    • Fire authority terminates embattled interim chief executive who had sought to withdraw resignation
    • Council issued with reprimand following leak of personal details of employees
    • Council restructure makes monitoring officer direct report to chief executive
    • Ministry rules out reissuing best value notice to council over trial of four-day working week
    • Council as pensions administrating authority fails in bid to wind up Luxembourg-based property fund
    • SRA issues dedicated guidance to support in-house solicitors
    • Sixth Form Colleges Association launches legal challenge over Government decision to fund pay award for staff in schools but not colleges
    • Council facing employment tribunal over single-sex toilets and "Progress Pride" flag usage
    • Public bodies procuring for NHS to be required to work with suppliers to identify and mitigate risks of modern slavery
    • Appeal judge orders re-hearing of employment claim against council where most of written reasons of tribunal were copied from evidence or submissions of local authority
    • Fire authority breached constitution over suspension of statutory officer, external auditors say
    • Sixteen “trailblazer” authorities to receive £170m in funding for employment programmes, employment white paper reveals
    • Directly elected mayor brings employment tribunal claim against own council
    • Council report proposes controversial "dismissal and reengagement" scheme
    • Police to take no action at Croydon over historic financial mismanagement
    • Standards sub-committee raps council leader over failure to comply with sanction
    • Birmingham on verge of settling equal pay claims
    • London borough ends legal bid to recover £437k settlement payment made to former chief executive
    • London borough and elected mayor agree settlement of discrimination claim
    • Councils issue warning over impact of rise in national insurance contributions
    • Vast majority of district councils wary of proposed unitary council structure: survey
    • Officers jointly issue section 114 report over “unlawful” pension fund payments
    • Councillor jailed after sustained campaign against head of legal and chief executive
    • Councils issue warning over removal of ‘fire and rehire’ without replacement mechanism for making contractual changes
    • Headteacher loses appeal against ban for Amazon purchases using school account
    • School employee wins Court of Appeal battle over dismissal for Facebook posts on teaching of “gender fluidity”
    • Accounting watchdog opens investigation into two ex-employees of borough council
    • Wiltshire Council to ditch appeal against employment tribunal judgment
    • Eight specialist employment law barristers join 4-5
    • Disclosure and Barring Service entitled to come to different conclusion than Teachers Regulation Agency, Court of Appeal rules
    • Four in five school leaders experienced abuse in past year, says union
    • Union vows to fight ‘fire and rehire’ threat issued to 800 council staff
    • 4-5 Gray’s Inn Square adds further six employment barristers
    • Sacked inspector wins unfair dismissal case against Ofsted
    • Council and union agreement averts 'fire and rehire' scheme
    • Teachers threaten legal action after being “left in limbo” due to delays in receiving pensions valuations 
    • Barnet to face London's first local authority equal pay claim, union says
    • Birmingham remains in a “fragile” position, minister warns
    • Court of Appeal rejects claim by applicant for council jobs for whistleblower protection
    • Council to "put right" £1.15m payment controversy, says deputy leader
    • Council fined £200k after man injured installing town’s Christmas tree
    • Transport for London excludes firm from tender over change to diversity commitments
    • ADASS warns on Government plan to ban social care workers from abroad
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    • LGA backs Private Members Bill reforming laws on noise pollution
    • Mother calls on Attorney General to overturn air pollution death inquest
    • Union attacks council over legal spend on Heathrow judicial review
    • Councils warned against using new waste crime powers to raise revenue
    • Minister defeats legal action over EIA decision on development at old sports complex
    • Minister failed to take into account relevant material when adopting fracking policy: High Court
    • Activist pleads not guilty to public order offence at council meeting
    • Licensing powers to tackle air pollution
    • Environmental lawyers fire warning to councils on legal risk of air pollution “inaction”
    • Campaigners challenge decision by Secretary of State not to call-in Stansted expansion plans
    • County defeats High Court challenge by parish over siting of new primary school near air force base
    • Councils fail in legal challenge over Heathrow Airport expansion
    • Government issues council with direction to implement clean air charging zone
    • Protester found guilty of preventing council meeting from going ahead: report
    • Nitrates pollution leaves councils in Hampshire facing planning appeal costs, disruption to local plans
    • Supreme Court refuses to grant permission to appeal in row over major development and air quality
    • Planners ignoring new curbs on destroying ancient woodland says Woodland Trust
    • Claimants eye legal action against developer and possibly council over former gasworks site
    • Environmental lawyers put local authorities “on notice” over alleged climate inaction
    • Councils adopt mitigation measures to overcome problems with nitrate pollution and development
    • Council passes motion of no confidence in local plan amid concern over impact of climate change on coast
    • Developer of 1,200-home urban extension wins High Court challenge over refusal of planning permission in ministerial decision letter
    • Court of Appeal hears challenge from councils, London Mayor to Heathrow expansion approval
    • Campaigner crowd funds legal action over decision by council to allow expanded oil drilling
    • Court of Appeal rejects challenge to environmental permit for waste incineration plant over error in supporting information
    • Campaigners crowd fund legal challenge to permission for car park on stretch of river valley
    • Council hit by legal action over planning permission for nuclear site development
    • Timetable set for new inquest into ‘air quality’ death of child
    • Resident fails in High Court challenge to planning consent for sand and gravel extraction project
    • Government sets up taskforce to tackle serious and organised waste crime
    • City council passes motion supporting pilot of citizens assemblies
    • Environment Bill to give local authorities clear framework for tackling air pollution: Defra
    • Environmental campaigners get go-ahead for legal challenge to permission for deep coal mine
    • Scottish environmental regulator appoints three firms to legal services panel
    • Welsh Ministers win Court of Appeal battle over open space policy
    • Councils and environmental groups win appeal over third runway at Heathrow
    • Local Government Lawyer and Air Quality News launch new Clean Air Event
    • City wins battle over grant of planning permission and whether site should have been treated as in Green Belt
    • Anglian Water given go-ahead for legal challenge over decision by Environment Agency to downgrade classification of water quality at three Lincolnshire beaches
    • Government facing legal challenge over failure to review Energy National Policy Statements
    • Judge declares council was entitled to exit 25-year waste processing contract, awards £10m+ in damages
    • Waste giant loses appeal over fines for waste shipment regulations
    • Government to consult in autumn on changed approach to environmental impact assessment in planning
    • London borough wins HS2 planning case in Court of Appeal
    • FTB strengthens links with academia with appointment of academic tenant and two new members for its Academic Panel
    • Campaigners get green light for judicial review of government decision to go ahead with £27bn roads programme
    • Court of Appeal dismisses legal challenge over confiscation orders and costs of removing contaminated waste
    • London mayor granted permission for judicial review challenge over incinerator plan
    • Legal challenge launched against Environment Agency over height of chimney for proposed incinerator
    • Campaign group crowd funds legal challenge to government over air quality
    • Government faces legal challenge over exclusion of municipal waste incinerators from emissions trading scheme
    • Council awarded indemnity costs after High Court waste dispute win
    • Pilot ‘nitrate trading’ platform could be rolled out if successful in south Hampshire: DEFRA
    • London Mayor withdraws judicial review claim over proposed incinerator
    • Policy in neighbourhood plan covering development on local green spaces was unlawful, Court of Appeal rules
    • Court of Appeal refuses permission to appeal in long-running battle over £600m procurement of incinerator
    • Construction company hit by £600,000 fine over damage to bat breeding site
    • Water and sewerage undertaking wins judicial review challenge over Environment Agency classification of water quality at three beaches
    • Council defeats legal challenge over environmental impact assessment for oil wells development and assessment of indirect greenhouse gas emissions
    • Environment Agency warns it does not have resources to carry out enforcement work effectively: report
    • Court of Appeal rules on whether VAT is payable on top of caps on costs in Aarhus Convention claims
    • High Court gives permission for legal challenge to advice note by Natural England on ‘nutrient neutrality’ in Solent
    • Campaigners win legal challenge over temporary car park next to school but council vows to appeal
    • Court of Appeal to hear challenge over environmental impact assessment and end product of developments
    • High Court to hear judicial review challenge this week over carbon emissions levels permitted under new emissions trading scheme for UK
    • Council wins extension of time in tribunal case over investment in solar farms
    • Coroner calls for legally binding targets for particulate matter based on WHO guidelines, urges range of bodies to take action on air quality
    • Campaigner loses High Court challenge over Natural England decision on tree felling in wood affected by HS2
    • Court of Appeal rejects challenge to Legoland planning permission over impact on 'veteran' trees
    • Council suspends grants of planning permission in 69km river catchment after phosphates warning
    • Activists to take Government to court over honouring of Paris Agreement commitments
    • Lawyer found guilty of criminal contempt of court, fined £7k for disclosing result of Supreme Court appeal prior to judgment being handed down
    • Judicial review proceedings launched against Welsh council in waste recycling plant planning dispute
    • Campaign group to apply to Court of Appeal on Local Plan challenge after High Court refusals
    • Court rejects legal challenge to planning permission for Isle of Wight retail park
    • Medway issues VEAT notice for procurement of law firm to advise on Housing Infrastructure Fund and Grant Determination Agreements
    • Council mounts High Court legal challenge over grant by inspectors of permission for increase in passenger numbers at Stansted Airport
    • Council facing legal challenge to grant of planning permission for expansion of Southampton Airport
    • London Councils call for greater powers to stop air pollution as peers debate Environment Bill
    • Government to review Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects regime in bid to halve process time for some projects
    • Waste recycling business wins stay in battle with council over appropriate forum to resolve EcoPark dispute
    • Supreme Court to rule on liability of claimant for costs of other parties in statutory and JR cases where challenge refused at permission stage
    • Campaigners net permission for legal challenge over reopening of bridge closed under experimental traffic order
    • Campaigners raise £38k+ to challenge planning permission for 3,000 home scheme
    • Judge rejects legal challenge over £27.4bn roads programme
    • Councils call for much larger fly-tipping fines to act as deterrent, suspended sentences for repeat offenders
    • Council earmarks £13m as dispute over waste plant rumbles on
    • Council serves notice on polluting landfill site because Environment Agency “simply haven’t achieved enough” to tackle harmful gas
    • Regulator to investigate company involved in solar panel scheme with city council
    • DEFRA hands law firm £360k contract for Environment Agency civil litigation cases
    • Residents eye legal challenge to Environment Agency consent for HS2 tunnelling works
    • High Court dismisses challenge to grant by Natural Resources Wales of consent for use of canoes on River Wye
    • Council to require all buildings to be removed from biomass plant
    • Freeths advises on project to convert landfill site into community owned solar-farm
    • Law Society concern at ability of intervenors and interested parties to take part in new High Court 'environmental review' cases
    • Government to introduce series of measures in bid to clamp down on disruption of infrastructure including motorways
    • Harmful emissions and human rights duties
    • London borough eyes issue of climate bonds to fund green projects
    • Law firm advises city council on decarbonisation heat network project
    • Council chooses to halt 4000-home development rather than fight judicial review
    • High Court to hold oral hearing of bid for judicial review over Environment Agency consent for HS2 tunnel in Chilterns
    • MPs call on Government to clarify role of local councils in delivering “just transition” to net zero for their local communities
    • Environmental law charity calls on councils to match action with rhetoric of climate emergency declarations
    • Court of Appeal hears challenge over whether council should have considered full climate impacts when approving drilling for oil
    • High Court refuses judicial review bid over Environment Agency consent for HS2 tunnel construction
    • Court of Appeal agrees to hear nitrate neutrality case
    • Council-owned waste business secures judgment for £460k over refuse removal contract
    • Planning and environmental specialist Spurr joins St John’s Chambers
    • Court of Appeal dismisses challenge to introduction of changes to permitted development rights without strategic environmental assessment
    • Environment Agency wins appeal over regulation of landfill site
    • Supreme Court upholds contempt finding over lawyer who disclosed one of its draft judgments
    • Judge gives permission for judicial review over grant of changed dredging licence for material from nuclear power station construction site
    • ClientEarth brings legal action over “unlawful” net zero plans produced by Government
    • Second environmental group launches legal challenge over Net Zero Strategy
    • High Court declaration in case concerning landfill site regulation by Environment Agency “went beyond the scope of the court’s functions”: Court of Appeal
    • Bakery handed £26k fine after dishwasher pollutes stream
    • Increase resourcing for councils to participate in Nationally Significant Infrastructure Planning process, says Law Society
    • “Systemic problems” behind failure at Welsh council to heed "Assisted Lift" waste collection service complaints, Ombudsman finds
    • Claimants in European Court of Human Rights bid after Supreme Court refuses permission to appeal in dispute over approach of regulator to landfill site
    • Former head of legal at Natural England joins Freeths
    • Welsh Government says that it does not have power to decide on coalmining license
    • Court gives green light for legal challenge over licence to deposit dredged material in Severn Estuary
    • Campaigners to pursue legal challenge over plans for incinerator in north London
    • Parish council fails in legal challenge over grant of permission to extract pulverised fuel ash
    • Court of Appeal – by majority – rejects appeal over grant of planning permission for oil wells and EIA assessment of downstream greenhouse gas emissions
    • Recycling officers warn of procurement woes from delays to Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) system
    • High Court gives permission for legal challenge to Net Zero and Heat and Buildings Strategies
    • City council defends Planning Court challenge over permission for 400-home scheme
    • County council appoints law firm to £300k contract to advise on waste PPP contract
    • Freeths signs up to ‘Greener Litigation Pledge’
    • Marine Management Organisation defends High Court challenge to variation of dredging licence for nuclear power station works
    • Ombudsman makes first referral to Parliament in eight years over Environment Agency failure to implement recommendations
    • North West council fined £8,000 for undertaking cliff stability works without marine licence
    • Law firm advises county council on acquisition of solar power project
    • Council meeting disrupted as climate protestors glue hands to chamber desks
    • Welsh council avoids prosecution over destruction of dormouse habitat
    • Council facing judicial review challenge over approval of plans to double size of poultry farm
    • Law Society calls for net gain requirements to be disapplied where biodiversity impact not significant, amid concerns planning system will be slowed down
    • Environment Agency facing legal challenge over water abstraction in Norfolk Broads
    • Developers hire leading barrister over neutrality ruling by Natural England affecting parts of West Sussex
    • Borough council launches legal challenge over planning inspector approval for 141-home scheme amid dispute over housing land supply
    • Water services regulator target of judicial review over “lack of action” on regulating sewage discharges
    • Councils express concern at impact of nutrient and water neutrality on housing supply, criticise uncertainty over offset schemes
    • Environment Agency prosecution secures £1.5m fine against makers of Cathedral City cheese for pollution offences
    • Court of Appeal upholds High Court decision limiting private law actions in pollution disputes
    • New watchdog launches investigation into role of government bodies in regulating combined sewer overflows
    • High Court gives green light for judicial review of expansion of coal mine in Wales
    • Government Net Zero Strategy in breach of Climate Change Act, High Court finds
    • Environment Agency calls for prison sentences and much higher fines in water pollution cases
    • Government sets out plans to free up planning applications disrupted by nutrient pollution mitigation requirements
    • Watchdog questions legality of extension of Automatic Number-Plate Recognition to help enforce expanded ULEZ in London
    • Supreme Court agrees to hear case on environmental impact assessment and downstream effects
    • Campaign group and London Assembly member crowd fund legal challenge to stop Mayor of London giving ‘Orwellian surveillance network’ of ANPR data to Met Police
    • Government launches biodiversity metric consultation in latest step toward mandating Biodiversity Net Gain
    • Claimant behind judicial review of 4000-home development calls on council to settle dispute via mediation
    • LGA calls on Government to work with councils to ensure fly-tipping offenders face tougher fines
    • Ombudsman tells council to refund improperly imposed fines for fly-tipping
    • High Court rejects judicial review application over environmental impact of poultry farm expansion
    • Charity threatens Government with legal challenge over sewage plan
    • Bevan Brittan advises council-owned company on appointment of contractors for energy centre
    • Government facing judicial review amid claims it ignored Examining Authority advice before green lighting nuclear power plant development
    • Claimants win judicial review challenge against Environment Agency over water abstraction in Norfolk Broads
    • LGA issues recommendations for tackling urgent risks from air pollution, reiterates concern about underfunding of regulatory services
    • Levelling up reforms must not undermine environmental protection, new watchdog warns Government
    • District council says planning applications can be determined as usual after resolving problems with quality of water discharged at nature reserve
    • Claimant to seek permission from Court of Appeal for legal challenge to decision allowing poultry farm expansion
    • Charity in legal challenge over buffer between development and adjoining ancient woodland site
    • Government will not appeal High Court ruling that its Net Zero Strategy is unlawful
    • MPs say Defra “not doing enough” to help local authorities tackle fly-tipping
    • High Court refuses permission for legal challenge accusing water regulator of adopting "passive stance" over raw sewage discharges
    • Judge orders Environment Agency to draw up plan within eight weeks to tackle water abstraction in Norfolk Broads
    • Mediation sees landfill operator withdraw appeal against statutory nuisance abatement notice
    • Court of Appeal judge refuses campaign group permission to appeal dismissal of judicial review challenge over poultry farm expansion
    • Welsh Government to set up state-owned renewable energy developer
    • Claimants say Government sewage overflow plan contrary to ancient common law rights in pre-action letter
    • Regulator criticises Defra over failure to set environmental targets before deadline
    • Water company fined £560k over sewage discharge
    • Law firm secures funding to launch opt-out damages claims against water companies over untreated sewage
    • Natural England to approach landowners for sites suitable for nutrient mitigation
    • Environmental group to challenge Gove decision on coal mine planning permission
    • Appellant applies to Supreme Court in challenge of planning approval for farm buildings near River Wye catchment area
    • Welsh Government to consider calling in Powys Council planning approval for poultry farm in River Wye catchment
    • London borough says it will block installation of ULEZ cameras to send "strong signal" to Mayor
    • Environmental group fails in challenge over Ofwat actions in relation to sewage discharges
    • High Court agrees to hear ancient common law argument in claim government sewage overflow plan is unlawful
    • Five councils launch judicial review over expansion of Ultra Low Emissions Zone in London
    • ULEZ expansion in London could be “blocked” by Downing Street amid claims Mayor may have exceeded powers: report
    • Government issues response to consultation on biodiversity net gain regulations and implementation
    • Law firm Browne Jacobson wins Government Legal Department contract to advise DEFRA
    • Planning Court to hear challenge of ministerial approval of oil and gas well near Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
    • High Court agrees to hear statutory review raising key issues on nutrient neutrality and planning
    • Councils call for Government funding to resolve water and nutrient neutrality concerns responsible for delays to building of 20,000 homes
    • Environment Agency facing judicial review over River Wye pollution
    • Government consults on replacing Strategic Environmental Assessments and Environmental Impact Assessments
    • Regulator criticises Government departments for failing to hold post-implementation reviews of environment laws
    • Residents pursue legal challenge to planning inspector decision to allow exploratory oil project
    • Council seeks ‘urgent’ legal advice over solar farm decision
    • Councils net permission for ULEZ expansion judicial review
    • Leading environmental barrister joins Cornerstone Barristers
    • Claimants to urge High Court to reconsider refusal of permission for statutory review over coal mine planning decision
    • Supreme Court allows environmental watchdog to intervene in dispute over grant of permission for oil wells
    • CIPFA publishes report on public body sustainability reporting strategies
    • Campaigners say legal advice backs councils being able to ban advertising from polluter companies
    • Defra issues guidance for public bodies in England on compliance with biodiversity duty
    • Campaigners fail in High Court challenge to expansion of mining operations in Wales
    • End of road for appeal over environmental impact of A428 improvements
    • Environment regulator urges Supreme Court to clarify law on assessing indirect effects of developments
    • High Court gives green light to further grounds for challenge in ULEZ expansion judicial review
    • Supreme Court refuses to hear claim that council should have conducted Habitat Regulations Assessment before green-lighting farm expansion
    • Central government “must prioritise” work with local government to prepare for climate change impact: LGA
    • Supreme Court to hear case on environmental impact assessments and downstream greenhouse gas emissions next week
    • Ofwat and Defra face legal action for sewage spills dating back to the 1990s
    • LGA criticises omission of population health considerations in proposed environmental assessment reforms
    • Council delay in enforcement was unlawful and allowed coal mining operations to continue months after planning permission expired, barristers claim
    • Prohibitive legal costs and government reforms could be behind fall in environment judicial reviews claims, foundation warns
    • Environment Agency objects to 4500-homes schemes in Cambridgeshire over water supply fears
    • Climate groups launch renewed judicial review of Government net zero strategy
    • Welsh council defeats legal challenge from residents over sewage pumping station decision
    • Planning and environment specialist Mohamed joins Landmark Chambers
    • High Court to hear statutory review over planning inspector approval of AONB oil project
    • Campaign group considers appeal after High Court rejects challenge to planning permission for oil drilling
    • Government licensing rounds for North Sea oil and gas extraction to be challenged in High Court
    • High Court dismisses council challenge over ULEZ expansion in London
    • Environment Secretary and Office for Environmental Protection at loggerheads over implications of Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act on environmental protections.
    • Gove to remove nutrient neutrality rules in bid to speed construction of new homes
    • Office for Environmental Protection insists planned nutrient neutrality changes are “regression in law”
    • Investigation highlights “possible failures” by Government to comply with environmental law over sewage
    • Lords thwart plan to axe nutrient neutrality rules by voting down amendment
    • Court of Appeal gives permission for appeal of Sizewell C Nuclear Power station ruling
    • Cost of living crisis could risk "critical" role of councils in achieving net zero
    • Government threatened with legal challenge over food waste reporting
    • Judge rejects legal challenge over storm overflows discharge reduction plan
    • National Housing Federation urges Government to recommit to £3.8bn Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund
    • Borough council mulls legal action amid dispute with Southern Water over repeated raw sewage floods
    • Planning Court dismisses challenge to grant of development consent for reopening of Kent airport for freight
    • Peers criticize “haphazard” implementation of environmental regulations
    • Campaign groups lodge judicial review challenge over Carbon Budget Delivery Plan
    • Government sets out next steps for putting biodiversity net gain on statutory footing
    • Permission granted for judicial review of Environment Agency enforcement of regulations at River Wye
    • Councils call for clear role in delivering net zero
    • High Court to hear claim that Department for Transport £200m cut to active travel fund breached duties
    • Government plan to use biomass in breach of Climate Change Act, charity argues
    • Government details funding and legislative measures to address developments stalled by nutrient neutrality
    • Appeal judges refuse judicial review of Sizewell C nuclear plant approval
    • Judicial review launched over planning inspector decision to allow oil drilling operation in Lincolnshire
    • DEFRA confirms 12 February start for biodiversity net gain on major development
    • Sizewell C Nuclear power plant opponents to appeal case to Supreme Court
    • Environmental watchdog criticises Government over lack of monitoring and transparency
    • Government departments facing claim over air pollution death
    • Watchdog calls on Welsh councils and their partners to take different approach to overcoming barriers to brownfield development
    • Campaign group threatens Government with second legal challenge over alleged attempt to relax water pollution rules “through the back door”
    • Planners express concern at ability to handle biodiversity net gain
    • Council urges Environmental Agency to close down operations at landfill site, backs increase in legal ‘fighting fund’
    • Planning Court allows legal challenge after inspectors removed net zero policies included by council in garden village area action plan
    • High Court agrees to hear challenge to grant of planning permission to oil drilling project in Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
    • Watchdog investigates Defra and Natural England over compliance with environmental law covering special protection areas for wild birds
    • Action on climate change should be a legal duty for councils, climate group says
    • Development consent for biomass burning at Yorkshire plant breached regulations, letter before claim argues
    • Bureaucratic approach to net zero funding is hampering efforts, councils warn
    • Councils vote to support campaign for greater transparency over contaminated land and waters following death of child
    • Biodiversity net gain requirement now in force for majority of developments
    • Minister intervenes to halt permit approvals for waste incinerators
    • Council readies itself for legal action over long-running quarry odour dispute
    • Council to ask DEFRA for permission to seek legal action in landfill odour dispute
    • High Court sets limit on local authority’s power to order clean up of watercourse
    • High Court finds Government carbon reduction plan to be unlawful for second time
    • Spending watchdog questions how local councils will discharge new Biodiversity Net Gain duties
    • Friends of the Earth to challenge “fundamentally unfair” anti-protest injunctions
    • High Court to hear judicial review of Defra climate adaptation plan
    • Wildlife charities threaten judicial review amid claims Government failed to review "largely off track" environmental improvement plan
    • Failure by council to consider downstream greenhouse gas emissions when granting oil well planning permission was unlawful, Supreme Court finds
    • Government hit with judicial review after excluding onshore wind from energy policy
    • Council urged to launch statutory nuisance investigation over sewage in Lake Windermere
    • Canal company can bring common law claim for nuisance and trespass over sewage discharge, Supreme Court rules
    • Water company hit with first of its kind conviction after failing to hand records to Environment Agency
    • Judge rejects claim over lawfulness of written ministerial statement on local authorities and energy efficiency standards
    • Government admits legal “error” in coalmine planning approval, citing Supreme Court downstream emissions ruling
    • Council facing legal challenge over grant of planning permission for poultry unit near River Severn
    • Decision to build new power station despite miscalculation to be heard by High Court
    • Environmental watchdog to increase scrutiny of compliance by public bodies
    • Government to hold review in bid to meet Environment Act targets
    • Government gives green light for council to pursue legal action in “rare” case against landfill
    • Local authority told by Ombudsman to remove fly-tipped mattress from river on council land
    • Judicial review launched against Dartmoor commons council in overgrazing claim
    • Waste company pays £100k to Nature Recovery Project after fire at site
    • Local environment group threatens council with legal challenge over “lack of action” in relation to landfill site
    • Environmental watchdog asks permission to intervene in water regulations appeal
    • Landfill site at centre of odour dispute must close, council inquiry concludes
    • Ministry issues call for evidence on access to justice and Aarhus Convention
    • Claimant given permission to bring judicial review over expansion of intensive poultry industry in River Severn catchment
    • Information Commissioner criticises water company over failure to respond to EIR requests properly
    • Supreme Court quashes Court of Appeal decision to refuse judicial review on basis claimant had “adequate alternative remedy”
    • Government appoints economist to review regulation and regulators at Defra
    • Environmental watchdog seeks to intervene in Court of Appeal battle over home energy efficiency standards
    • High Court dismisses challenge over Government climate change plan
    • Council appoints barristers ahead of landfill odours legal action
    • Supreme Court agrees to hear test case on appropriate assessment against backdrop of nutrient neutrality issues
    • High Court agrees to hear judicial review challenge over permission for redevelopment of former city zoo site
    • Environmental watchdog granted permission to intervene in case about setting of housing energy efficiency standards by local authorities
    • Environment Agency issues closure notice for landfill at heart of long-running odours dispute
    • Council decision not to designate illegal landfill ‘contaminated land’ to be challenged in High Court
    • National park authorities to be given general power of competence
    • Local government to have representation on relaunched Net Zero Council
    • Procurement rules see city council reconsider approach to buying energy from community groups
    • Government to appeal river pollution ruling
    • Government still off track for meeting environmental obligations, watchdog finds
    • High Court quashes poultry farm expansion planning permission over failure to comply with environmental impact assessment regulations
    • High Court rejects judicial review bid from operator of odorous landfill
    • Supreme Court to hear key case next week on ‘appropriate assessment’ and subsequent approvals
    • Council facing legal threat over management of rare dune habitat
    • Company at centre of series of legal disputes over foul odours at landfill site enters liquidation
    • National Farmers’ Union fails in legal challenge over lawfulness of policy in minerals and waste local plan
    • Watchdog criticises public bodies in Wales over failure to comply with biodiversity duty
    • Nine out of 10 "high-risk" toxic sites have not been tested by councils, BBC investigation finds
    • Habitats and environmental regulations to be reviewed as part of plans to “cut costly red tape”, Government says
    • Confiscation order increased by £280K after undeclared assets found in waste offences case
    • New model of public private partnerships must be forged to “bridge gap” between national ambitions, local action and community benefit for Local Power Plans, says thinktank
    • Defra unveils measures to streamline "outdated" environmental regulation in bid to accelerate planning approvals
    • Legal advice on phosphates sought privately by councillor could open door to 12,000 dwellings
    • Court of Appeal rejects government appeal over river basin management plans
    • Proposed environmental regulation reforms to give regulators more control over permits
    • Council facing fresh judicial review over environmental permit for incinerator
    • Council agrees to quash permission for quarry project: report
    • Campaigners lose Court of Appeal battle over permission for exploration for hydrocarbons in Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
    • Court of Appeal rejects appeal over planning committee breach, with outcome highly likely to be the same even if conduct had not occurred
    • High Court hears legal challenge to proposed zip wire in “tranquil” quarry
    • Welsh environmental watchdog to appoint two providers to £1.56m parliamentary legal services framework
    • Planning and Infrastructure Bill represents legislative “regression”, environmental watchdog says
    • Council tells company behind illegal wood felling ordered to replant hundreds of trees
    • Legal action over Walleys Quarry dropped after defendant company is liquidated
    • Council issues two fixed penalty notices for breaches of PSPO aimed at protecting Lake District from effects of wild camping
  • Environmental - Features
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    • Chickens**t EIA
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    • Court rejects challenges to Heathrow expansion
    • Taking into account the impacts and benefits of deliverable schemes
    • Climate emergency #1 - have you thought about governance?
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    • Legal privilege and the EIRs
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    • The Epping Forest SAC and grants of planning permission
    • Climate emergency #7 - have you thought about Pensions & Investments?
    • Environmental Statements during the coronavirus
    • Current Issues in Environmental Law Part 3
    • Don’t put it in writing! Problems in store for local authority environmental crime
    • Environmental, Social and Governance – A sector wide opportunity
    • The public interest test under EIR and FOI: weighting the arguments
    • Site allocation plans and Green Belt release
    • Private registered providers and the EIRs
    • Planning Court clarifies the approach to flooding and policy compliance
    • Encouraging greener travel
    • Environmental law update
    • Interpreting green wedge policy
    • Waste planning in a commercial context
    • The concept of “Openness” - 2020 vision at last?
    • Dealing with net zero, biodiversity and air quality issues in planning
    • A Green Brexit? Removing Red Tape or Increasing Environmental Protections?
    • Environmental sustainability as a governance priority for housing associations
    • The Environment Bill: Will it weaken or strengthen the UK’s environmental protections?
    • VAT’s the way I like it (if you’re the paying party)
    • EIAs, end products of development and greenhouse gases
    • Climate change - extreme weather and shifting liability risks
    • Carbon Neutrality - Air Quality
    • Nutrient neutrality, the Solent and new development
    • E-scooters in the UK public transport mix
    • The LLG Grapevine 19th July
    • The Supreme Court on Mount Cook costs
    • Road investment and climate change
    • The Road Infrastructure Strategy and climate change
    • Carbon reduction and central government contracts
    • Environmental Law Conference 2021
    • Build Back Greener: the Government's net zero strategy
    • Green for go?
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    • Electric vehicle charging infrastructure: future proof procurement
    • The COP26 Decision: The Glasgow Climate Pact
    • Post COP26 – Where now for Local Government and Net Zero?
    • The Environment Act 2021
    • Stay Class-E
    • Waste is only waste if we waste it*
    • The Walleys Quarry litigation – a commentary
    • Indirect effects and environmental impact assessment
    • Net Zero: what does it mean in practice?
    • Biodiversity net gain and the Environment Act 2021
    • Multiple grounds of challenge and Aarhus legal costs
    • Measuring Biodiversity Net Gain
    • Biodiversity Net Gain and off-site provision
    • Conservation covenants: green shoots or withered vines?
    • The Landmark Listen: Environment Podcast – AONBs or National Landscapes
    • Accelerating decarbonisation through public procurement
    • The role of local government and the UK EV Infrastructure Strategy
    • Championing green goals through public buying
    • Environment Act and Biodiversity Net Gain
    • Green lease terms: Court’s approach on 1954 Act renewal
    • Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund: Five ways to prepare for Wave 2
    • Acclimatise! You can’t afford to cop out!
    • Anything but Neutral – Nutrient Budgets & Wyatt v Fareham Borough Council
    • Green gaps and emerging Local Plans
    • LGPS and climate change risk reporting
    • Councils and marine licensing
    • Net Gain: the regime comes into focus
    • BNG - risk to opportunity
    • The ULEZ Decision
    • Client Earth v Shell: A wake-up call to Local Government?
    • Decarbonisation of Operational PFI Projects
    • Nutrient neutrality
    • Additional SHDF funding competition launched – are you eligible?
    • Permitted development and the Habitats Regulations 2017
    • Biodiversity net gain and planning permission
    • The way the wind works
    • The Air Quality and Soundscapes (Wales) Act 2024
    • Climate change and coastal towns and cities
    • Local nature recovery strategies
    • Fossil fuel projects and planning permission
    • High Court rules for first time on water neutrality
    • The standard of scrutiny for environmental judicial review
    • Weighty matters for Biodiversity Net Gain
    • Biodiversity Net Gain and Planning Enforcement - a conundrum
    • The National Adaptation Programme and climate change litigation
    • Planning powers of local authorities to combat climate change
    • Understanding Local Nature Recovery Strategies
    • Planning reform: development and nature recovery
    • Protecting Wildlife through the Rule of Law
    • Recent appeals give colour to Grey Belt development uncertainty
    • The problem with Biodiversity Net Gain
    • When are statistics ‘held’ for the EIA/ FOIA?
• Governance
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    • Give us the freedom to lead
    • Who calls the shots?
    • New model army
    • Sticky fingers in the public purse
    • New wave of middle manager fraudsters
    • Data protection offenders threatened with hefty fines
    • Devolution process should be overhauled, says All Wales Convention
    • More local referendums and consultations beckon as UK signs up to protocol
    • An ill wind
    • Councils obliged to respond to petitions under new proposals
    • Leeds obtains 'City Region' powers to aid economic recovery
    • Electoral Commission wins council reorganisation test case
    • Two London councils quit 'costly' CAA
    • Audit Commission to unveil public sector performance website
    • End of the electoral review process is nigh, says Boundary Committee
    • Prime minister promises local authorities greater freedoms
    • DCLG publishes details of new single equalities scheme
    • Royal Berkshire becomes first local government pension scheme to hedge out longevity risk
    • Transforming the provision of services
    • Reducing the risk of a corporate manslaughter charge
    • Cabinet Office minister demands greater role for mutualism in provision of public services
    • Manchester region wins greater devolved powers
    • DCLG presses ahead with disclosure of senior pay in local government
    • Audit Commission chief slams councils over financial reporting
    • Government vows to introduce greater transparency in local spending
    • DCLG calls for early consideration of pensions issues on transfer of services
    • Government unveils local spending transparency plans
    • Guidance published on new economic assessment duty
    • Union-backed personal injury claims fall by 14%
    • Standard raising
    • Norfolk councils to take legal action over single unitary plan
    • Going it alone
    • Act now or pay later
    • Denham calls for greater use of community contracts but implementation concerns remain
    • Back offices targeted as government sets up local government efficiency task force
    • "Make shared services compulsory", says Deloitte
    • Public sector banks fail to take off
    • Harman outlines planned socio-economic duty for local authorities
    • Doc Martin handed Ombudsman role
    • Audit Commission foresees central role for 'Total Place'
    • DCLG publishes review of unitary council establishment
    • Charity Commission slams plans to grant 'exempt charity' status to academies
    • Over the hedge
    • Put on the spot
    • Not as easy as it looks
    • The art of delegation
    • MOJ hands Information Commissioner power to hand out £500k penalties
    • Thinktank calls for skills training overhaul and greater use of trading powers
    • Electoral Commission fears increase in electoral fraud in 2010
    • MPs attack council newspapers
    • Standards Committees “a valuable cog” - research
    • Commission calls on rural councils to make greater use of well-being powers
    • Councils should exploit potential of social media and allow staff access, say IT professionals
    • Leading the charge
    • Time to put climate change at the heart of local government
    • Speaker backs demands for general election counts on the night
    • Fraud costs local government £684m per year – National Fraud Agency
    • LBRO issues new 'toolkit' to encourage innovation by local authority regulators
    • Electoral Commission says returning officers must improve performance at general election
    • Government paves way for whistle-blowing allegations in employment cases to be referred to regulators
    • Third sector partnership working framework updated to bring in local authorities
    • Government announces details of new license for re-use of public data
    • MPs call for public sector financial advice to be regulated
    • Doncaster mayor attacks "legally flawed" appointment of chief exec
    • Cost of council newspapers "not unreasonable" says Audit Commission
    • At your service
    • Influential thinktank calls for 'regional mayors'
    • Councils to blame for more than 100 data breaches in two years, says Information Commissioner
    • Merge council inspectorates into one super-regulator, says LGA
    • Urgent reform needed to UK government, says group of former senior civil servants
    • LGA calls on inspection bodies to lighten burden faced by councils
    • Conservatives have “no confidence” in Audit Commission
    • DCLG backs Bill giving councils power to compel service providers to appear at scrutiny hearings
    • Supreme Court refers key environmental information disclosure case to ECJ
    • BAA Humbug...
    • Thinktank calls for CAA to be ditched
    • Government mulls new select committee to assess impact of Whitehall on local authorities
    • Bias, Predetermination and the Code
    • Local authorities and other public sector bodies face fines running into millions if guilty of corporate manslaughter
    • Court threat hangs over Exeter and Norwich unitary plan
    • Justice minister backs calls for election counts to start within four hours of polls closing
    • Tories vow to publish all government contracts over £25k if they win to general election
    • Conservatives express support for 'mutual public services' plan
    • LGO raps Kirklees MBC over serious planning flaws in Victorian schoolroom demolition
    • Devon County Council launches JR action over Exeter unitary plan
    • Councillors in Cornwall criticised for using Twitter in meetings: BBC
    • Former top civil servant in Wales fears chances of further devolution by 2011 "not good"
    • ACSeS calls for Edited Register of Electors to be scrapped
    • Power struggles
    • Commission calls for rollout of participatory budgeting in rural communities
    • Audit Commission fires warning over failure to prepare for new accounting regime
    • Core Cities demand greater devolved powers to avoid "decade of jobless growth"
    • First corporate manslaughter case under new law gets under way
    • The Right Stuff
    • NAPF calls for independent commission on public sector pensions
    • Two councils refuse to ratify Manchester city-region status
    • Make PCTs accountable to councils - LGA
    • Towards a new era of mutualism
    • Apply Total Place approach to procurement, says government task force
    • Government reveals plans to make "vast majority" of public records available after 20 years
    • Cheltenham BC's attempt to sue former managing director "over-emphasised" legal advice: KPMG
    • Electoral Commission calls for review of registration process, criticises EROs over participation efforts
    • Brent and Harrow head to Supreme Court over LAML case
    • Standards framework set for changes after review
    • British Waterways mulls move from state control into the “third sector”
    • Going undercover
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    • County Councils add voice to calls for general power of competence
    • Audit Commission says data release can bring benefits, but warns of potential risks
    • MPs issue critical report on Equality and Human Rights Commission
    • Fighting their corners
    • Community cohesion and elections – a legal plan
    • Schools' use of CCTV “breaks data protection laws” claims new research
    • High Court throws out judicial review action over Eastleigh's £32m hotel investment
    • Statutory responsibility to provide comprehensive library service to stay: Minister
    • Westminster issues 'manifesto', calls on political parties to deliver on localism
    • York City Council wins property search battle
    • Herefordshire looks at shared legal service in NHS tie-up
    • Removing the comfort blanket
    • A test of strength
    • Exeter and Norwich unitary fight set for High Court in April despite parliamentary approval
    • Budget report introduces new 'single offer' powers for authorities and extends 'Total Place' nationwide
    • Sense and sensitivity
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    • Government issues statutory guidance on new petitions duty
    • Local authorities give Manchester city region the go-ahead
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    • MPs urge Office of Fair Trading to investigate impact of council newspapers
    • A test of strength – part two
    • Business as usual?
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    • All change at the Adjudication Panel
    • A question for leaders
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    • First ten projects given green light under Sustainable Communities Act
    • LGO criticises council over three-year delay in disabled facilities grant
    • Council in court over school trip death
    • 95% of councils sign up for "on the night" election counts
    • Government intervenes at Doncaster after damning Audit Commission report into “failing” council
    • Doncaster monitoring officer advised council on his own appointment as chief executive, says Audit Commission
    • Slough BC pulls out of ground-breaking shared services arrangement
    • Keeping the election clean
    • Open season
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    • ICO to take "tougher line" with public bodies that drag out FOI disputes
    • Oxfordshire constituencies reverse position on timing of election counts
    • Dorset Police and Poole BC ask election candidates to sign declaration over postal voting
    • Police launch 50 inquiries into electoral fraud: report
    • Judgment on Exeter and Norwich unitary JRs postponed until after general election
    • National Secular Society launches legal bid to outlaw council prayers
    • The right response
    • Thinktanks call for increased co-production of public services, but warn of barriers
    • Electoral Commission calls for greater power to enforce election law after thousands denied opportunity to vote in general election
    • Information Rights Tribunal upholds legal professional privilege in right of way dispute
    • Council seat decided on turn of playing card
    • Pickles for DCLG as Conservatives fill Cabinet posts with greatest influence on local government, DCSF to split?
    • New government promises “radical devolution” of power to local authorities
    • Central government sees non-routine FOI and EIR requests rocket in 2009
    • Government appoints Greg Clark to new role of Minister for Decentralisation
    • LGA chief calls on government to "strip away excessive administrative burdens"
    • Norwich and Exeter react with dismay over Pickles' plan to ditch unitary proposals
    • Quangos in firing line as Chancellor promises £6bn savings this year
    • Welsh Ombudsman issues guidance for members on code of conduct
    • Tribunal rejects call for disclosure of council's legal advice in Church of Scientology rate relief case
    • Government confirms power of general competence for local authorities amongst 'Big Society' measures
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    • CBI calls for public sector pay freeze, "fundamental reshaping" of service provision
    • Clegg unveils Bill of Rights commission, says government is "serious" about giving councils power over money they use
    • Electoral Commission calls for changes to polling laws, attacks returning officers for lack of planning
    • Coalition government policy programme: the impact on local government
    • Radically devolve power to councils and cut out middlemen, says LGA
    • Treasury relaxes ring fencing to enable councils to choose where to make cuts as local government bears brunt of deficit reduction
    • ICO raps Welsh council over failure to disclose information about education consultants
    • Councils conducting eleven RIPA surveillance operations "every day": campaign group
    • Audit Commission calls on councils to put National Fraud Initiative at heart of plans for tackling fraud
    • Details of Decentralisation and Localism Bill set out in Queen's Speech
    • Queen's Speech: Public Bodies (Reform) Bill
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    • A problem shared - or multiplied?
    • Government introduces urgent Bill to stop unitaries for Exeter, Norwich and Suffolk
    • North Tyneside guilty of maladministration after barring resident from meetings
    • Lambeth sets out goal of becoming UK's first co-operative council by 2014
    • Derbyshire plans to create joint posts with county's NHS
    • Audit Commission asks councils to stop work on CAA
    • Law Commission expands review of public sector ombudsmen
    • Government announces intervention measures at Doncaster
    • Cut to the chase
    • Out with the old...
    • New Politics: the Tory/Whig Alliance
    • Council 'not guilty' over activity centre death child death
    • ICO finds council in breach of the Data Protection Act over child data loss
    • Pickles calls on councils to publish details of £500+ spending, but shies away from legal requirement
    • Leading on equality
    • Lords defeat on unitaries gives glimmer of hope to Norwich and Exeter
    • UK councillors call on EU not to place new or excessive burdens on local authorities
    • Mayor of London calls for chance to use tax increment funding
    • Law reform body calls for proposals for next programme
    • Recent developments in freedom of information - part one
    • Boris Johnson urges government to hand mayoralty much wider powers
    • Northern Irish assembly fails to agree on local government consolidation
    • Shared officers must become "default position", says Welsh local government minister
    • General awareness among decision-makers of equality matters "not enough": LGO
    • DCLG confirms plan to scrap Standards Board, ends pre-determination rule
    • High Court judge quashes Exeter and Norwich unitary orders
    • RDAs launch robust defence of their record in face of abolition
    • Pickles sounds death knell for leaders' boards
    • Co-operatives UK chief fires warning over public service delivery
    • Under scrutiny
    • Appeal court quashes planning permission because council did not discharge race relations duties
    • A privileged position?
    • Pickles takes aim at "town hall Pravdas", confirms end of CAA
    • Department of Health warns councils against narrow approach to mental capacity issues
    • Government outlines vision for self-funded local enterprise partnerships
    • Into the void
    • Internal affairs
    • European Commission tells UK to beef up ICO's powers
    • Blackburn plans merger and "far more advanced" integration with local care trust
    • Cabinet Office unveils pay of quango high-earners
    • Communities Secretary urges greater provision of services across local authority boundaries
    • City councils forced into emergency elections after unitaries ruling
    • Pickles publishes list of secondary legislation for abolition and appeals to council workers to suggest more
    • Here for good? - pt 2
    • In the open
    • ICO slaps down three councils over "poor regard" for safety of children's data
    • Shapps to axe need for consultations on choice between elected mayor or council leader
    • LGA urges European Commission to legislate "only when absolutely necessary"
    • Westminster leader demands "foundation" status for top-performing councils
    • Welsh ministers to press for greater collaboration under new measure
    • Goodbye RDAs, hello LEPs
    • Spending watchdog qualifies audit of equalities body but acknowledges improvements
    • Get decisions right first time and hold independent reviews, says tribunals chairman
    • Prime minister promises handover of powers to communities in Big Society plan
    • LGO publishes review of complaints handling for every council in England
    • ICO vows to get tough with new enforcement policy
    • At your disposal
    • A model mutual
    • Government consults on healthcare shake-up, proposes statutory partnership boards
    • Government Offices latest to go in cuts to regional government
    • Dorset councils unveil plan for joint workforce and single officer structure
    • Authorities left "exposed and vulnerable" because of risk management approach, warns leading insurer
    • Pickles paves way for return to committee system
    • Pickles promises general power in Localism Bill, criticises councils for lacking ambition
    • Here’s an idea
    • Housing and planning lead list of complaints to LGO
    • Electoral Commission proposes series of reforms after election chaos
    • Local authority loses school catchment surveillance case
    • Fifteen NHS projects win right to become social enterprises
    • RIPA reviewed - again
    • Pickles takes aim at "propaganda on the rates" lobbying
    • Scottish Government mulls extension of FOI laws to wider range of bodies
    • ICT managers warn of rise in legal challenges from providers over open data
    • Proportionate protections
    • LGA sets out "top five" suggestions for lifting burden on councils
    • Cabinet Office unveils 12 pathfinder mutuals ahead of public sector spin-outs
    • DCLG publishes all spending over £500
    • Audit Commission disbanded after "losing its way"
    • Mansfield Business Improvement District goes ahead after government overrules protesters
    • Duties of care
    • Government sets up taskforce to reduce third sector red tape burden
    • Forewarned is forearmed
    • Same difference?
    • Bournemouth to review processes for member conduct investigations
    • London boroughs outline vision for foundation councils
    • High Court hits Daventry DC with £2.4m pension fund liability
    • Tribunal rules that monitoring officer report was not legally privileged
    • Scottish financial watchdog warns of tensions between councillors and officers
    • Free up councils by abolishing ultra vires principle, says think tank
    • DCLG outlines streamlined system to create and revoke by-laws
    • ACSeS to explore relationship between chief executives and chief legal officers
    • Strong constitution
    • RIPA investigated
    • Law Commission proposes ombudsmen shake-up to make it easier to complain
    • Electoral Commission says "confusing" Welsh referendum question should be redrafted
    • Standards for England "remains open for business", calls on MOs to meet obligations
    • NCVO demands level playing field for commissioning
    • Only elected officials should represent councils on LEPs, says IoD
    • Powys merges care director post with health board chief exec role
    • What price freedom?
    • Minister hints at extending FOIA to additional bodies
    • What next for Ethical Standards?
    • Hammersmith & Fulham draws up list of 105 regulations to be scrapped
    • Public services need fundamental reform and not salami-slice cuts, says think tank
    • Governance and LEPs – Meaning Business
    • The Power to Innovate
    • The Scope of Local Self-Government
    • Pickles urges councils to make more use of trading and charging
    • LGA sets out radical public sector reforms to meet £20bn funding shortfall
    • Enable councils to work in partnership with third sector, say charity finance chiefs
    • OGC issues guidance to central government departments on transparency
    • Corrupt councillors to face criminal court not Standards for England, says minister
    • Clegg unveils power for councils to use tax increment financing
    • Councils to be allowed to return to committee system, says minister
    • ACSeS warns on presentation of legal advice following ECJ decision on in-house professional privilege
    • Running a smooth procurement process
    • DCLG and Treasury rule out council tax revaluation for five years
    • Suffolk County Council agrees radical plan to divest bulk of services
    • Key quangos on leaked government list of 177 bodies identified for abolition; further 124 'under review'
    • Government advisory committee warns of "unnecessarily complex" second phase to CRC scheme
    • ICO insists freedom of information has "paid for itself many times over"
    • Law Commission urges local authority lawyers to propose reforms
    • What makes the perfect CLO?
    • How to share services effectively
    • Kent on Film
    • Pickles vows to crack down on “town hall propaganda”
    • ICO publishes list of public sector bodies being monitored for poor FOI compliance
    • Be careful when you cut
    • Barnet council criticised by auditor for lack of mandate for controversial 'EasyCouncil' scheme
    • LGA publishes guidance on disclosing spending information online as Pickles laments slow progress ahead of 31 January deadline
    • ICO calls for greater clarity in scope of data protection law and personal data
    • Equalities watchdog publishes guide to complying with duties when making cuts
    • Tread warily when it comes to the general power
    • ICO consults on statutory code for data sharing
    • Local authority to consider 25% cut in number of councillors
    • Preparing the ground
    • Councils handed extra responsibilities in quango shake-up
    • Pickles calls time on Local Area Agreements
    • Government must tackle "avalanche of paperwork" inflicted on town halls: LGA
    • Lord Young recommends implementation of the Jackson Review
    • Scottish Government says creation of shared services is urgently needed
    • A little knowledge
    • A tier above
    • LGA and CIPFA urge Chancellor not to ditch prudential borrowing
    • Chancellor axes ring-fencing of all but schools budget as local government suffers 26% hit to grant funding
    • The CSR: by practice area
    • Pickles says settlement for local government is "fair though challenging"
    • Minister calls for swift transformation of fire services
    • KPMG predicts financial rescues for councils unable to cope with CSR
    • Pickles points to code of conduct to replace Standards for England
    • Three London boroughs consider merging "every major service"
    • Up to 40% of jobs to go at DCLG, admits incoming permanent secretary
    • Councils need to consider "more strategic approach" to charging
    • Most police authorities unprepared for budget cuts, says watchdog
    • Town council's sale of land "may have been unlawful", says Audit Commission
    • A New Frontier
    • Ministers give green light to 24 local enterprise partnerships
    • Funds available for regeneration cut by two-thirds, warns LGA
    • Veolia gets to keep financial model confidential in PFI contract disclosure battle
    • ACSeS survey finds large numbers of heads of legal remain “out of the loop”
    • Community trust launches bid for “people's port” of Dover
    • ICO warns councils to be vigilant when handling subject access requests
    • Tribunal backs council decision to refuse disclosure of stock transfer legal advice
    • DCLG business plan fleshes out what to expect in Localism Bill
    • Select committee launches inquiry into abolition of Audit Commission
    • A change of pace
    • The road to Suffolk
    • High Court quashes decision to refuse to pay LGO recommended compensation
    • ICO calls for post-legislative scrutiny of laws affecting privacy
    • Government reviews governance of National Parks
    • ICO fires warning over data protection breaches on planning applications
    • Localism Bill to clarify laws on bias, say ministers
    • Government decides against implementing socio-economic duty
    • A sleeping giant lying in wait
    • London Councils hit by judicial review proceedings over grant cuts
    • Boundary commission consults on making council mergers easier
    • ICO raps Stoke for placing sensitive information on children "at unnecessary risk"
    • South Ribble BC becomes 100th council to put spending data online
    • DCLG blames congestion in Parliament for delay to Localism Bill
    • ICO hits Hertfordshire with £100k penalty after childcare litigation data breaches
    • Government proposes reform of business rate collection
    • Command and control
    • Bucks CC becomes latest authority to plan reduction in councillor numbers
    • Government launches call for evidence on public service reform
    • Healthcare sector accounts for 25% of all data loss incidents: KPMG
    • A missed opportunity?
    • Dealing with direction and control complaints
    • DCLG insists standards regime to continue "in normal manner" before abolition
    • Two more London boroughs to explore shared legal services
    • Localism Bill to shift powers to Mayor and London boroughs, says Pickles
    • LGO criticises council over flawed handling of planning amendments
    • Data protection issues threaten savings from place-based budgeting: Socitm
    • MPs review plans to crack down on town hall newspapers
    • Outsourcing or Unlawful Delegation?
    • By the book
    • Pickles promises Localism Bill on Monday after further delay
    • General power of competence at heart of "ground-breaking" Localism Bill
    • Government sets average 4.4% cut in funding for councils in 2011/12
    • Watchdog slams stripped back standards regime in Localism Bill
    • To Boldly Go….
    • Lawyers key to helping councils make most of freedoms contained in Localism Bill
    • Lansley yields on local authority scrutiny powers for NHS services
    • DCLG sets out single data list for local government
    • Pickles promises tough action against "slow-coach councils" on transparency
    • ACSeS welcomes general power but fires warning on standards
    • Local authority fails in appeal over defamation claim
    • The art of complaints handling
    • Deputy PM promises expansion of the FOIA to charities, schools and the LGA
    • In confidence
    • ICO raps Scottish Court Service after files left at recycling bank
    • Impose statutory duty on authorities to integrate, say barristers
    • Major frauds against public sector reach record levels
    • Too many generals?
    • Crossing the threshold
    • Time is money
    • Plan to pass EU fines on to councils “unfair, unworkable, dangerous and unconstitutional”, says LGA
    • Estimate of Localism Bill cost burdens "woefully inadequate": London Councils
    • Labour says Localism Bill will give ministers 100+ new powers
    • Minister publishes regulations on public sector equality duty
    • LGA demands greater Audit Commission rebate for councils
    • Draft general power "risks stifling innovation"
    • Government threatens councillors with costs of “political” poster campaign and promises tightening of publicity code
    • A bulging in-tray
    • Councils demand "urgent clarification" on funding for health overhaul
    • FOI requests to English councils rose by 39% in 2009, researchers find
    • GLA to review necessity of chief executive role
    • UK Statistics Authority refuses to 'referee' use of official statistics
    • ICO warns councillors of need to register as data controllers; threatens fines
    • Pickles warns councils over data deadline
    • Kent care home consultation process referred to Audit Commission by scrutiny committee
    • Councils to need magistrate approval for use of RIPA powers
    • An open mind
    • The Searchers
    • No hard evidence that council newspapers compete unfairly: MPs
    • Public sector lost £21bn to fraud in 2010, says report
    • LGA predicts 39 councils will fail to meet data deadline day
    • Time spent redacting not relevant to FOI costs estimate, says judge
    • General power of competence to cut legal costs, predicts impact assessment
    • The health of the nation
    • Councillors set free?
    • Restraining RIPA
    • Put your name on the LIST
    • Survey suggests "sea-change" in approach to sharing front line services
    • Government publishes transparency code; to include employees earning over £58,000
    • ICO hits Ealing and Hounslow Councils with £80k and £70k penalties
    • Three London councils pursue combined services in bid to save £35m a year
    • Supreme Court upholds Harrow appeal over LAML procurement
    • EHRC to focus more on prevention than courtroom battles, says Phillips
    • DCLG ends capital clawback, consults on new community rights
    • Publish and be damned?
    • Council leaders attack "draconian" revised publicity code
    • Welsh leaders criticise 11th hour amendment on council restructuring
    • Councillors to win vote on senior pay, says Pickles
    • LG Group launches toolkit to improve accountability and service delivery
    • EU warns English regional authorities over monitoring of structural funds after payments suspended
    • A model approach
    • £385,000 fine imposed after first conviction for corporate manslaughter
    • Public services reforms to end "take what you're given" model, says PM
    • Council leaders "unconvinced" by DCLG efforts to reduce reporting
    • Let in "town hall bloggers" and allow online filming, says minister
    • Cambridgeshire CC breaches data protection laws but avoids monetary penalty
    • Public Interest Lawyers launches legal action over county council library cuts
    • Doppel und Spitze!
    • Power generation
    • ACSeS and LGA link up to produce a guide for local authorities on standards
    • Sharing back office functions "won't be enough", warns think tank
    • Pickles warns councils over passing on cuts to community and voluntary groups
    • Culture Secretary faces legal challenge over discharge of library duties
    • Government backtracks on "Henry VIII" powers in reform of public bodies
    • Shared services – opportunity or last resort?
    • DCLG identifies 1,294 statutory duties on local government – list not yet complete
    • ICO urges public sector to prepare for change in law on use of cookies
    • First-Tier Tribunal rejects request for disclosure of legal advice
    • Local authorities consult on radical restructurings as cuts bite
    • Council launches tirade against advertising regulator over city logo ruling
    • ICO raps Wolverhampton CC after personal information dumped in skip
    • WAO urges stronger intervention by ministers in Isle of Anglesey Council
    • Only two government departments saw net reduction in regulation: report
    • Power to the people?
    • Government launches first phase of local government finance review
    • Government launches UK Bill of Rights commission
    • Advocate-General says exceptions under EIRs should be aggregated
    • Front Line, Not Back Office
    • Government outlines plans to refocus EHRC on regulatory role
    • Budget 2011: enterprise zones, planning reforms and land auctions stand out
    • Senior ICO official defends penalties levied on councils for data breaches
    • An informed view
    • Making the connection
    • Competitive threat?
    • More financial woe for councils after Upper Tribunal property search ruling
    • ICO warns campaigners over data protection ahead of referendum and elections
    • Government unveils new powers for councils to remove “unnecessary” regulations
    • Re-engineering and a Blast on the Trumpet
    • Government consults on local audit regime to replace Audit Commission
    • Trading places
    • Private waste companies appeal to Treasury over “unfair” council VAT advantage
    • LGA hails ruling giving councils priority status in winding up of Icelandic banks
    • Code on council publicity comes into force
    • NHS trust criticised for data protection breaches after subject access requests
    • Axeing Audit Commission could see "disastrous" loss of public faith if new regime fails: NLGN
    • LGO issues follow-up report urging Manchester City Council to pay compensation
    • Ministers choose retail sector for first "Red Tape Challenge"
    • Hide and Seek
    • Sharing the load
    • Each council has to tick 12.6m boxes a year for Whitehall, claims LGA
    • Birmingham and two government departments face regulatory action over FOI delays
    • Pickles consults on statutory guidance requiring fair deal for third sector
    • Access all areas
    • Whose copyright is it anyway?
    • Government requires councils to publicise right to inspect accounts
    • Internal public sector fraud on rise as cuts bite, says PwC
    • Shared Services and Big Yellow Taxis
    • Breach of the peace
    • LGO slams council for "inexcusable" destruction of statutory planning records
    • ICO criticises NHS trust for lax IT security
    • Public law charity challenges MoJ costs reforms, predicts fewer challenges
    • Tiptoe through the Minefields. . .
    • Union claims review of statutory duties could have dire consequences
    • Government rows back from wholesale outsourcing of public services: BBC
    • Point of no return
    • Licence to make policy decisions?
    • Scrap statutory guidance notes, LGA tells government review
    • Government must improve legal and fiscal framework for mutuals: report
    • ICO publishes advice on compliance with cookie law change
    • ICO urges public sector to "get to grips" with new data sharing code of practice
    • LGO calls on council to pay £25k after man with mental health problems bankrupted
    • LGO urges council to pay out over flawed grant of planning permission for bungalow
    • Local government legislation "in urgent need of rationalisation", says ACSeS
    • ICO warns councils over security of social services data after Somerset breach
    • Co-operatives UK launches guide for public sector workers on forming social enterprise
    • Give councils right to bid for central government services, says think tank
    • Guidance needed to avoid disproportionate cuts to voluntary sector, says Commission
    • Competence Power – Hello!
    • New Leicester City mayor unveils plan to remove chief executive role
    • Good intentions
    • A fair fight
    • Back to the basics
    • Reform and the new Commissioner Model
    • Towards a Codified Constitution?
    • Being the bearer of bad news
    • Do the right thing
    • Do the right thing
    • Cabinet Office and 22 councils pilot database scheme to improve electoral registration
    • Public sector and businesses to get 12 months to comply with website cookie rules
    • Is comment free?
    • Leading through interesting times
    • Ombudsman bars publication of exoneration letter after planning dispute
    • ICO orders council to publish flood risk report
    • 2010 saw record number of new laws
    • Scottish council spreads its Icelandic losses
    • ICO demands undertaking from children's charities after data breach
    • Threads of Steel: Padfield Revisited
    • How to save your seat
    • New voluntary governance code for sports bodies published
    • What future for standards?
    • Prepare for audit function to be outsourced from 2012, councils told
    • Council's plan to ban soup runs unlawful says Liberty
    • Localism Bill measures to increase admin costs by £68m+ a year, warns LGA
    • Residents vote down plans to merge two district councils in Suffolk
    • MPs slam government approach to localism as "inconsistent and incoherent"
    • ICO hits Surrey County Council with record penalty for data protection breach
    • Naming names
    • Surrey accepts record ICO penalty but suggests money could be "better spent"
    • Dispute looms between councils and ministers over recycling powers
    • Thinktanks call for more power for mayors
    • ICO confirms investigation into loss of laptop with 8m+ medical records
    • Yorkshire and Humber council leaders attack Localism Bill as unnecessary
    • Eight Scottish councils press ahead with major shared services programme
    • Norfolk CC faces legal action over waste incinerator contract award
    • Listen up
    • Government scraps plans for shadow mayors and mayoral chief executives
    • Government publishes New Burdens Doctrine guidance for first time
    • ICO orders Cabinet Office to disclose names of 24 workers earning £150k+
    • Ex-council leader wins substantial payout after paper publishes false allegations
    • Tell the Truth: Would the real ‘Localism’ please stand up?
    • The consultation process
    • Do your duty
    • Get set, Go
    • ICO shies away from formal action against Birmingham over poor FOI response times
    • Shapps to consult "later in 2011" on extending FOI to housing associations
    • Deputy Prime Minister unveils major rollout of community budgets
    • Commission in Scotland calls for new statutory powers and duties for public bodies
    • A Bill's progress
    • Crunch time
    • ICO demands data protection "culture change" in health service after five more incidents
    • Remove local area agreement laws and duty to involve, say councils
    • Serious data protection breaches double in two years, ICO report reveals
    • Target practice?
    • A fair share
    • Government announces extension of data transparency to schools, transport, health and criminal justice
    • Public services reforms to "profoundly change" role of local government: White Paper
    • The Open Public Services White Paper: the reaction
    • Complaints to Local Government Ombudsman rocket by 20%+ in 2010/11
    • Remove bar on ombudsmen handling complaints dealt with by courts: report
    • LGO tells council to repay waste disposal charges to care homes
    • Worth the wait?
    • Give councils greater financial autonomy, says LGA after releasing assets pilot results
    • Communities Secretary sets out rates retention scheme
    • ACSeS welcomes public services reforms, but warns of price tag
    • Law Commission programme to review electoral law, data sharing and taxis
    • Back to the future?
    • University avoids fine despite inappropriate access to personal details of students
    • Make greater use of complaints insight to improve service, says LGO report
    • Localism Bill-on-Sea
    • Who needs the Localism Bill?
    • ACSeS backs peers in bid to bolster standards provisions of Localism Bill
    • Court of Appeal judgment marks "seismic shift" in JR costs rules
    • Equalities watchdog launches online human rights resource for public sector
    • Interests for and against disclosure of environmental info should be added together: ECJ
    • School breaches Data Protection Act after details put at risk in hacking
    • Open goal
    • Tough decisions
    • Human rights watchdog calls for privacy law shake-up
    • Report criticises park authority over governance when paying off chief executive
    • FOI request on whereabouts of chief legal adviser "not vexatious"
    • Bittersweet aftertaste
    • Bill of Rights from a Pantomime Horse?
    • Council names top 10 "bizarre bylaws" in red tape campaign
    • Audit reveals high degree of cookie use by public sector websites as new law kicks in
    • HSE names weirdest uses of health and safety as excuse for bans
    • Blowing in the wind
    • Time to take stock
    • Joined at the hip
    • Scottish public body escapes fine after twice losing sensitive papers on young people
    • Pickles issues statutory guidance on best value and funding decisions
    • Privacy matters
    • Peers press changes to "seriously deficient" standards regime in Localism Bill
    • ICO raps Manchester hospital over DPA training after student loses memory stick
    • Tribunal orders council to disclose list of empty homes after FOI request
    • ICO warns councils of ongoing responsibilities when hiring contractors
    • Local authority to appeal after High Court quashes abolition of parish council
    • Make custodial sentences available to courts for blagging: Information Commissioner
    • EIR Confidential
    • The keys to consultation
    • NHS Trust loses data on 1.6m people after sending filing cabinet to landfill
    • Local authorities could still be obliged to have code of conduct as minister signals Localism Bill concession
    • Ministers agree Localism Bill amendment to allow cities to bid for more powers
    • LGA hails government climbdown over proposals to pass on EU fines
    • To have and to hold
    • Hide and seek
    • Juggling Disability and Possession
    • Council gets lawyers involved as row over use of private emails by minister and advisers widens
    • One-in, One-out rule on new regulation is working, ministers insist
    • Information Commissioner fires warning over changes in public service delivery
    • Ministers "minded" to make transparency code legally binding
    • Government advisers call for major extension in application of FOI regime
    • Healthcare sector must do more to protect patient data, says ICO
    • ICO orders Department of Health to disclose legal advice on application of EU competition law to NHS
    • From naked photos to nuclear enrichment
    • Extend compulsory data protection audits to local government and NHS, says ICO
    • On best behaviour
    • County council launches review into links with fraud-hit charity
    • Pickles unveils "whole place" and neighbourhood-level Community Budget pilots
    • Behind the mask
    • Brent libraries case heads to Court of Appeal, as another council faces action
    • Rules of the Local Authority Road
    • A secure future?
    • Ministers amend Localism Bill to require authorities to have code of conduct
    • Watchdog raps NHS Trust for twice leaving medical information in public bins
    • Minister rejects calls for early introduction of custodial offences for data breaches
    • Councils will have to rely on existing sanctions for conduct breaches, says minister
    • Liberty hails Westminster change of heart on soup run byelaw
    • ICO criticises council after memory stick lost with details of 18,000 residents
    • MoJ extends freedom of information regime to more bodies
    • Ministers call for proposals on powers of directly-elected mayors
    • Localism Bill – The Final Chapter
    • Fundamental overhaul needed to "badly out of date" RIPA regime, says JUSTICE
    • Council cannot use own irrationality to avoid paying staff enhanced notice, says Tribunal
    • Bob Neill to speak at ACSeS Development Forum
    • FOI requests to councils soared by 20% to almost 200,000 in 2010, research finds
    • Government appoints peer to conduct review of charities law
    • Councils gear up for radical action amid fears of further wave of austerity
    • Ministers claim "historic shift" in power as Localism Bill receives Royal Assent
    • Local government lawyer role enhanced by Localism Act, says minister
    • Housing, planning and cultural services bearing brunt of cutbacks: Audit Commission
    • Council narrowly escapes ICO fine after computer and papers found in skip
    • Localism Act code of conduct provisions "create as many difficulties as they resolve"
    • Just 1 in 20 local authority data loss incidents reported to ICO, says report
    • It’s only a name…
    • Localism Act – The Work Begins
    • ICO hits two councils with £140k penalties after email errors
    • High Court to hear challenge to saying of prayers before council business
    • The Autumn Statement: by practice area
    • Claimant loses JR challenge over 15-year rule stripping him of right to vote
    • No longer the Cinderella of rights
    • Former chief executive continues legal battle with council after axing of her post
    • OFT publishes guidance on application of competition law to public bodies
    • Think tank calls for greater legal clarity so councils can use municipal bonds
    • ICO slaps record fine on Welsh council for data breaches
    • Independent Persons under the Localism Act 2011
    • Judge refuses campaigners permission to challenge Norfolk incinerator award
    • LCJ warns judges not to administer responsibilities held by local authorities and others
    • Deputy Prime Minister hails "genuine transfer of power" to major cities
    • FOI boosts local government transparency but yet to affect leadership: UCL
    • ICO sets out stall for compulsory audits in local government and NHS
    • All in the mind
    • A sense of community
    • On the home front
    • All part of the plan
    • Major Key
    • Pay pressure
    • Power dressing
    • Raising the standard
    • Personal emails are covered by Freedom of Information regime, ICO confirms
    • That Was 2011 That Was
    • Implementation of new standards regime delayed until 1st July 2012
    • RIP(A) it up and start again
    • NHS trust faces massive ICO monetary penalty after hard drives sold on eBay
    • Better late than never?
    • Reporting for duty
    • Ex-healthcare worker convicted of unlawfully accessing in-laws' medical records
    • Ministers confirm plans to give bespoke powers to elected city mayors
    • More Localism Act provisions in force after DCLG issues commencement order
    • The subject of competition
    • Setback for councils over recruitment of 'independent persons' required by Localism Act
    • Independent persons
    • Meeting expectations
    • Nottinghamshire plots return to "most democratic" committee system
    • Company strikes deal to provide legal advice via webcam from libraries
    • Enable electors to vote beyond 10pm: Lords Committee
    • 'City deals' to be extended to smaller cities
    • Age and the funding time bomb
    • Risky business
    • The power to do anything…?
    • The power to do anything…?
    • Redefining service delivery
    • The way from here
    • Waste: Better off without PFI?
    • The power of tendering
    • Incoming, but under the radar
    • Leadership and the Philosopher’s Stone
    • ICO hits council with record fine after series of data breaches in children's services
    • ICO criticises public bodies over mishandled subject access requests
    • Goodbye Standards for England
    • LGA calls on government to reform "archaic" and "outdated" library laws
    • Liverpool opts for directly-elected mayor, strikes first "city deal" with government
    • FOI can make you money!
    • RIPA: Practical implications of the Protection of Freedoms Bill
    • Formal council prayers not lawful rules High Court
    • ICO and DCLG warn local authority chief execs over data protection obligations
    • The power of prayer or the power to pray
    • ICO fines reach £1m in a year as two more councils breach data protection laws
    • Third council in a week sees substantial ICO fine over "serious" data breach
    • Ministers to consider civil penalty in voter registration shake-up
    • Lost and found?
    • District delays council tax setting amid concern over scrutiny of nuclear project
    • Town council to appeal High Court prayers ruling
    • Pickles fast-tracks general power of competence in bid to overtake prayer ruling
    • CLG committee to hold inquiry into Local Government Ombudsman
    • Law Society slams MoJ plans to increase fees in High Court and Court of Appeal
    • Councils and Christopher Robin
    • LGO raps council for failure to publicise adequately new car parking charges
    • Dangerous overtaking?
    • CFOs losing confidence over council finances in medium-term, says research
    • Welsh ombudsman calls for £10k cap on costs for members accused of conduct breaches
    • Town council failed to authorise wages and salary payments for many years, report finds
    • A new era of data protection
    • Audit Commission claims 40% audit fee savings after naming winning firms in procurement
    • Equalities watchdog calls on public authorities to improve human rights record
    • Watchdog orders DfE to disclose Gove email details or serve valid refusal notice
    • Government shared services initiative increased costs, says spending watchdog
    • Water power
    • Trust between political leaders key to shared chief exec success, says LGA report
    • Protest Camp Possession Proportionate
    • Government announces "new approach" to public sector data sharing
    • Prospect of three authorities having joint chief exec and shared management moves closer
    • Cotswold Water Park report calls for urgent review of monitoring officer role at council
    • Lancashire Constabulary becomes first police force to receive ICO fine
    • Reputational damage
    • Former local government law chief mulls standing for directly-elected mayor
    • Four councils give undertakings to speed up FOI response times
    • Manchester to be first city to earn back own national tax revenues under Government deal
    • Between the lines
    • Unitary authority votes to return to committee system
    • BUDGET 2012: By practice area
    • Two more authorities pursue return to committee system of governance
    • FOI requests cost Whitehall £8.5m to resolve, says MoJ research
    • Ministers unveil measures for "significant shift" in power to neighbourhood level
    • No evidence of widespread electoral malpractice, says report
    • The General Power of Incompetence
    • Council employee fined after unlawfully supplying info to letting agent
    • Kent's Wild says "no time to lose" in persuading SRA to change restrictive practice rules
    • Nothing to Declare….?
    • Municipal manipulation: the Mystery of the ‘Mayor’
    • If a member seems to be biased, will that take out the whole decision?
    • Ministers publish "illustrative text" of local authority code of conduct
    • Give elected mayors remit extending beyond city boundaries, says report
    • Borough to hold referendum on creating first parish council in London for 50 years
    • Martin handed chairmanship of reshaped Commission for Local Administration
    • Ministers must do more to justify claimed benefits of greater transparency in public data, says NAO
    • Sending the wrong message?
    • Two codes go to war
    • FOI and the social work records of the dead
    • Charging, Trading and the Localism Act 2011
    • LGA and Local Partnerships issue updated guide to trading and charging
    • Law centre fails in Court of Appeal challenge to local authority cuts
    • LGO tells council to pay out £31k for "significant failing in corporate governance"
    • Council blunder sees info on witnesses handed to defendants in anti-social behaviour case
    • Bristol stands apart as other cities turn back on elected mayor model
    • WLGA issues legal guidance on collaboration between Welsh local authorities
    • Queen's Speech heralds major changes in care cases, local audit and pensions
    • Held to account?
    • Judge quashes censure of councillor for "sarcastic and mocking" comments
    • Changing Horses
    • EHRC unable to establish if ministers met equality duty in 2010 spending review
    • Ministers to review public sector equality duty, repeal socio-economic duty
    • Council fined £70k after social work paper records stolen from home of employee
    • ICO to introduce revised model publication scheme in April 2013
    • Control, alt, delete?
    • NHS trust instructs lawyers to challenge £90k fine levied by ICO for data breach
    • And then there were three...NALC publishes template code of conduct
    • Mock the week?
    • The Community Right to Challenge edges closer
    • Residents back plan for first parish council in London in 50 years
    • Number of changes to existing legislation fell 16% in 2011, says report
    • A dataset to be feared?
    • Legal services next in line for Government's 'Red Tape Challenge'
    • ICO says £325k fine "sets an example" but NHS trust vows to appeal
    • Council fends off JR challenge over future of advice services
    • ICO consults on anonymisation code as open data agenda gathers pace
    • Improving scrutiny rated top priority for council governance, says research
    • ICO fines council £90,000 after records failings lead to data breaches
    • How long the Leader?
    • DCLG lays regulations on disclosable pecuniary interests before Parliament
    • Cabinet Office sets deadlines for procurement targets, mutuals support
    • Watchdog tells Whitehall to raise game in consulting local authorities
    • Commission urges Government to rethink part of electoral registration bill
    • Counsel General urges submissions over separate legal jurisdiction for Wales
    • Complying with the public sector equality duty
    • In defence of the exemption
    • Information law in the Facebook age
    • Powers of councils to obtain communications data to go under draft Bill
    • DCLG issues regulations on reconsidering Sustainable Community proposals
    • Health trust fined £225K for data breach at disused site
    • FOI under scrutiny
    • Code of conduct complaints against members in Wales soar 49% in 2011/12
    • Libraries JR to test balance of power between elected mayor and councillors
    • Independent reviewer calls for evidence on barriers to choice in public services
    • Change in statutory demands needed as adult care costs grow, says LGA
    • Of special interest
    • More than 100 jobs to go at Equality and Human Rights Commission
    • Incoming standards regime to be tough on council corruption: Minister
    • Many local authorities unprepared for new standards regime, warns watchdog
    • LGO takes rare step of issuing public report – even though no injustice found
    • Access concerns see Welsh Government target online encyclopaedia of law
    • The Public Sector Equality Duty – Change for the Equality Act?
    • To RIPA or Not To RIPA
    • Doing the Right Thing
    • Information Commissioner fires data warning as fines break £2m
    • Ministers to limit time standards committee member can be 'independent person'
    • NHS trust ends appeal over record ICO fine and pays up
    • Camden Council wins appeal in "squatters' roadmap" FOI case
    • ICO publishes guide to applying Environmental Information Regulations
    • The LIBOR affair and local authorities
    • All mapped out?
    • Writing on the Audit Wall
    • NHS trust in London becomes fifth health body to receive ICO fine
    • Education and children's services now no. 1 source of complaints to LGO
    • LGA hails revised Government approach to passing on EU fines
    • MPs call on Local Government Ombudsman to "raise its game"
    • Government guidance urges more targeted approach to consultations
    • MPs reject wholesale reforms to FOI regime despite "chilling effect" claims
    • Law in a Political Environment
    • Former chief exec loses JR over dismissal after elected mayor took office
    • A knotty problem
    • Ministers publish draft guidance on duties of health and wellbeing boards
    • Committee of MPs attacks public bodies for "dumping data"
    • Doncaster defeats legal action over libraries and budget setting
    • Suffolk councils pursue joint management including head of legal
    • Monitoring officers warned against 'gold-plated' approach to standards regime
    • NHS trust in South West handed third highest fine for data breach
    • Local authority urges ministers to resolve poll hurdles
    • Finding value
    • Chief Exec, Head of Paid Service or Both?
    • High Noon for Doncaster Budget
    • Council failed to consider "best value" in property demolition plan: LGO
    • National bodies criticise time allocated by DCMS for listed building consultation
    • DCLG cuts threshold for publishing spend data to £250
    • Council takes ICO to Information Rights Tribunal over cameras in taxis
    • Charities and agencies face £1,000 fines under new street fundraising regime
    • Commercial prejudice and redaction
    • Big Brother Watch demands greater transparency on use of RIPA powers
    • Pickles hails regulations boosting openness in council decision-making
    • It's good to talk
    • Police security clearance and public law powers
    • A coach and Aarhus through the planning system?
    • Councils to need approval from magistrates for surveillance from 1 November
    • Pickles stays as Communities Secretary but ministerial team sees shake-up
    • Watch your step
    • Outsourcing flaws see council hit with record ICO fine for local government
    • Watchdog calls for urgent reform of electoral laws and role of petitions
    • A right Pickles' pickle
    • Opaque Transparency
    • ACSeS seeks meeting with officials amid concern over transparency rules
    • Tribunal backs refusal to disclose severance agreement for senior officer
    • Back for good?
    • No compromise?
    • Tribunal upholds appeal after council labels FOI request as vexatious
    • Scottish Information Commissioner calls for action to halt erosion of FOI rights
    • Mental capacity and voting rights
    • Open door policy
    • Welsh ministers return powers to Anglesey but with safeguards in place
    • ICO fires warning after publishing guidance on use of cloud computing
    • Candidates and campaigners urge May to act over turnout for PCC elections
    • Safeguarding case conference unfair
    • Ban on age discrimination in provision of services comes into force
    • Data privacy breaches and outsourcing
    • Supreme Court to hear landmark case on Welsh Assembly powers next week
    • Mind the (surveillance) gap
    • Tribunal dismisses bid to get board minutes for South West One via FOI
    • ICO issues first fine against a charity for data breach
    • ICO audits reveal governance failings in local authority data protection
    • Watchdog blasts "inadequate sanctions" in local government standards regime
    • Council removes entire planning committee amid judicial review fears
    • Charity hits out at ICO fine for data breach and reserves right to appeal
    • Getting data destruction right
    • Dispensations and Dispensations
    • Dispensations and Dispensations
    • Greater Manchester Police hit with £150k fine for data breach
    • London councils demand power to intervene in academies and free schools
    • LGO makes headway in cutting delayed cases
    • Suffolk County Council’s decision-making process criticised by Ombudsman over cancellation of audio books
    • Cloud busting
    • Why electoral law needs urgent reform
    • Electoral Commission urges law change to prevent disenfranchisement
    • Council pays ICO fine to get discount - but ploughs ahead with appeal
    • ACSeS issues guidance on executive decisions and recording requirements
    • Legal team data breach sees council hit with £120,000 fine by ICO
    • Ministers consult on making transparency code legally binding
    • Keeping watch
    • Administrative Court to start hearing cases in Bristol
    • Peers to scrutinise new Cabinet Office guidance on public consultation
    • Heseltine review calls for major increase in number of unitary authorities
    • DCLG consults on making it easier to set up new town and parish councils
    • District councils slam Heseltine proposals for local government reorganisation
    • Ministers invite bids for new powers in second wave of 'City Deals'
    • Councils in danger of failing statutory duty on libraries, MPs warn
    • Requests for personal data on employees
    • Watchful eye
    • Communities Secretary axes “independent person” role in chief executive dismissals
    • Gambling with FOIA
    • Back to school on data protection
    • Council cannot escape leases on grounds of own breaches of fiduciary duty: Court of Appeal
    • More than you bargained for?
    • LGA report finds South West council "unviable in the longer term"
    • Borough residents vote to scrap directly elected mayor role
    • Care home fees and the public sector equality duty
    • ICO backs use of anonymisation, but warns of enforcement if privacy put at risk
    • PM unveils clampdown on "massive growth industry" of judicial review
    • Government to "call time" on equality impact assessments, says Cameron
    • Ministers to ramp up deregulation agenda with new 'One-in, Two-out' rule
    • Dismissal and Article 11 rights
    • ICO publishes data protection code of practice on anonymisation
    • Byelaws Bill "within legislative competence of Welsh Assembly": Supreme Court
    • ICO publishes guidance on secure disposal of IT equipment
    • ICO fines council £60k after details of child neglect case given to wrong person
    • Ultra Vires and Crédit Suisse Revisited
    • Ultra Vires and Crédit Suisse Revisited
    • Cabinet Office consults on draft code of practice for publishing datasets
    • If you will the end, do you will the means?
    • Procurement rules a major obstacle to innovation by public bodies: LGL report
    • Council slams legal interpretation of public sector equality duty as it launches appeal over care home fees ruling
    • Cornwall bids to take £4.5m ultra vires case to Supreme Court
    • FOI and datasets
    • Cabinet at Barnet approves £320m outsourcing contract but threat of JR looms
    • Barnet faces second judicial review challenge over outsourcing programme
    • Subject to close scrutiny
    • Chief exec tells council to scrap role and boost commercial skills instead
    • Standards of conduct revisited
    • Councils and providers must work together before formal procurement: report
    • ICO relief as Government steers clear of application fees for FOI requests
    • Only half of public authorities fully meeting equality info duty, says watchdog
    • South West council to weigh up commissioning vs collaborating authority models amid concerns over long-term viability
    • ICO berates local government after fining councils £250k+ for data breaches
    • Redaction, anonymisation and child protection
    • Library closures – learning the lessons
    • FOIA update: part one
    • Campaigners attack plan to include 'thinking time' in FOI cost calculations
    • Governance, standards and localism – another way ahead
    • Minister urges councils to heed advice that EIAs are not a legal requirement
    • FOIA update: part two
    • The practical implications of the Localism Act 2011
    • Council mulls defamation action in own name following Localism Act changes
    • Rutland defers decision on defamation claim but authorises legal action
    • Equalities: due regard duly paid
    • Watchdog issues technical guidance on public sector equality duty
    • NHS trust fails in first ever appeal over ICO fine for data breach
    • The use of Teckal company structures in public service delivery
    • Equalities: due regard duly paid
    • Scottish Government extends FOI coverage to certain companies set up by councils
    • Probity watchdog attacks Localism Act standards regime
    • Courts will still say councils cannot bring defamation actions, claims minister
    • Supreme Court refuses Cornwall permission to appeal £4.5m leases case
    • Minister attacks monitoring officers for giving "far too much poor advice"
    • ACSeS hits back at minister in row over role of monitoring officers
    • Court of Appeal agrees to hear Doncaster libraries case
    • Tribunal to hear landmark case over council policy on CCTV in taxis
    • Pickles vows to close council tax referendum loopholes
    • MPs call for statutory code going beyond general power of competence
    • Tally Ho!
    • Legal advice privilege – the advisor’s status or her function?
    • Two standard problems with two practical non-bureaucratic solutions
    • Whitehall "must do more" to understand impact of funding cuts on councils
    • National firm Cobbetts set to file for administration ahead of sale of business
    • High Court to hear judicial review of council tax rebate scheme in Haringey
    • Law Society and Bar Council attack judicial review reforms
    • ICO sees huge rise in data protection enforcement cases
    • Access to council housing information under FOI
    • On taking care - cautionary tales and lessons to be learnt
    • Standards - rules of the local authority road
    • Watchdog accuses council of unlawful £20m transfer from pension fund
    • Lewis weighs into monitoring officer advice on disclosable pecuniary interests
    • Home Office consults on draft code of practice for surveillance
    • Council rules out action against chief exec for recording call with leader
    • Court of Appeal set to hear challenge to council tax reduction scheme
    • Legal action launched over data sharing between Home Office and hospitals
    • Haringey sees off Court of Appeal challenge to its council tax reduction scheme
    • The Council's risk register
    • Disclosable pecuniary interests – what did the Government intend to capture?
    • Vexatious requests: the view from the Upper Tribunal
    • City council loses landmark appeal over its policy on CCTV in taxis
    • Pickles issues extra guidance on pay and accountability in local government
    • Last case under old local government standards regime comes to an end
    • Information caselaw update
    • First-Tier Tribunal refuses NHS trust permission to appeal ruling on ICO fine
    • ICO orders disclosure of advice from lawyer in trading standards team
    • Former council leader jailed for misconduct in a public office
    • District council backs plan to cut councillor numbers by 20%+
    • Watchdog slams "unlawful" decision by council on pay of senior officers
    • Claimants seek to take council tax reduction challenge to Supreme Court
    • Privacy and data protection developments in 2013
    • Data mining
    • Councillor resigns after remarks to undercover reporters on planning system
    • Blogger who sued council and chief exec ordered to pay £25k damages
    • Tribunal set to hear only second ever appeal over ICO fine for data breach
    • Council agrees libel payout over allegations in objection to licence application
    • MPs back ICO power to hold compulsory audits of councils and NHS trusts
    • MoJ consults on compulsory data protection audits of NHS bodies
    • Charges under Reg 8 EIR: a power cut for local authorities
    • MPs fire warning over health and wellbeing boards and accountability
    • ICO to pursue data breach cases against successors to axed NHS bodies
    • ICO revises guidance on safe space exemption for policymaking
    • Government to legislate on publicity code
    • Grayling plans crackdown on use of legal aid to fund weak judicial review cases
    • Blogs, online publications and defamation
    • Government unveils 'good law' plan in bid to tackle complexity in legislation
    • In a blaze of publicity
    • Standards watchdog to review local government regime in 2014/15
    • Two councils added to Information Commissioner's FOI watchlist
    • Independent report on LGO calls for single chief ombudsman
    • Caldicott 2: To share or not to share
    • Disclosure of documents in procurement disputes
    • Number of new laws increased in 2012, reports legal publisher
    • When is guidance ‘statutory’ and does it matter?
    • Information Commissioner issues new guidance on vexatious requests
    • Local councils win right to submit Sustainable Communities Act proposals
    • Watchdog consults on reforms amid concerns over electoral fraud
    • Best value revisited
    • Police watchdog rules out investigation into ex-council leader
    • Welsh Government set to end two-year intervention in running of council
    • Party banned from taking legal action over council decisions without leave
    • Ninety QCs call for withdrawal of planned limits to legal aid for judicial review
    • ICO issues £100k fine after public body leaves data at former site
    • Council faces legal action over free car parking for worshippers
    • Law Society puts boot into reforms to legal aid for judicial review
    • Town council pays out after unlawfully suspending councillor
    • North West council fined £70k after data breach relating to adopted child
    • The new role for local authorities in public health
    • Unleashing localism in procurement: it’s really best value
    • ICO fines city council £150,000 over data breach, 74 missing laptops
    • Treasury Counsel voice concern over plans to limit legal aid for judicial review
    • MPs warn over ability of some councils to meet statutory obligations
    • ICO doubles data protection enforcement casework in 2012/13
    • ICO fires warning on fax use after fining NHS trust £55,000
    • DCLG publishes guide to reporting on and filming council meetings
    • Supreme Court set to rule this week on overlapping powers of local authority
    • Blogger plans to take libel battle with council to Court of Appeal
    • Cabinet Office publishes guidance for Whitehall on use of private emails
    • Supreme Court President warns on restricting access to judicial review
    • 'Your Council's Cabinet' - filming Cabinet meetings and other diversions
    • Welsh Assembly approves Bill with local government reforms
    • Council may have breached its statutory obligations over projects, say auditors
    • NAO slams "unacceptable" lack of transparency on compromise agreements
    • Supreme Court to hear case on non-delegable duty of local authority
    • Peers to debate removal of requirement to publish statutory notices
    • Osborne unveils 10% cut to DCLG funding amid concerns over services
    • Spending watchdog criticises DCLG for breaching expenditure limit
    • Councillors warned off signing regeneration commitment over predetermination fear
    • Supreme Court set for key equal pay disclosure dispute
    • Suspended Caerphilly chief executive and interim arrested
    • Council thwarts multi-million pound fraud attempt
    • Information Commissioner orders publication of NHS strategy report
    • Talking bollards and exploding canons
    • Flood zones – the Court of Appeal dives in
    • ICO hands out £200k fine after "truly shocking" data breach at NHS body
    • Cornwall to lobby for "meaningful sanctions" over serious conduct breaches
    • Education and children cases stay as number 1 source of complaints to LGO
    • When an expectation becomes legitimate
    • Resident wins High Court battle over increases to parking charges
    • LGA urges Pickles to lift restrictions on general power of competence
    • City council bans payday loan ads from billboards and bus shelters
    • Refusal of shadow licence for nightclub “unlawful”, says High Court judge
    • Council loses Supreme Court appeal over disclosure of equal pay data
    • LGO raps council after woman waits two years for complaint to be investigated
    • MoJ to tighten test for standing in judicial review cases: report
    • Council to back officers in bringing defamation claims against members
    • Barnet defeats Court of Appeal challenge to outsourcing programme
    • Joint standards committees and restraint on CEO pay loom in Wales
    • Charging for parking – and for other services
    • The curious case of losing, rather than gaining, pounds from ice cream
    • Council changes mind on appealing High Court parking charges ruling
    • Small council, big burden
    • ICO puts council, police force and Home Office on FOI monitoring list
    • ICO issues new code of practice on subject access requests
    • Disclosures of data in error to blame for more than half of breaches: ICO
    • New surveillance camera code of practice comes into force
    • UKIP candidate charged with making false statements in nomination form
    • Council involves ICO over practice of collecting phone data via waste bins
    • All for one? Nash v Barnet LBC
    • Yorkshire and Derbyshire councils latest to pursue combined authority plan
    • Ombudsman names four law firms to call-off contracts for legal advice
    • ICO wrong to impose £250k fine on council for data breach, tribunal rules
    • Latest ICO fine for data breach highlights issues with pivot tables
    • New guidance to formally open up planning appeal hearings to filming
    • Ombudsman gives ICO undertaking after details of complainants left in pub
    • ICO revises publication schemes ahead of new open data rights on 1 Sept
    • The ICO's subject access code of practice: the key points
    • Standards watchdog in renewed concern about local government regime
    • ICO warns councils over home working by social services employees
    • London borough launches consultation after decision to move to committees
    • Lawyers in Local Government echoes concerns over standards regime
    • Calls grow for presumption in favour of data sharing for local health bodies
    • Freeth Cartwright boosts local government practice with Dobson hire
    • D Day for (FOI) Datasets
    • Councillor gets go-ahead for legal action over standards regime and ECHR
    • Sales of the Edited Register
    • Authorities must not 'gold plate' public sector equality duty, says review
    • Time for community governance reviews cut in boost to new parish councils
    • Watchdog launches corporate governance inspection into council
    • Recent developments in information law: part 1
    • Council wins appeal over job titles of attendees at law firm meeting
    • Ombudsman tells council to review complaints handling process
    • Historic civic regalia - or 'bling' – should be worn, not locked away: Minister
    • Recent developments in information law: part 2
    • What is a “public authority” for the purposes of environmental information?
    • Law Commission consults on data sharing between public bodies
    • DCLG amends guidance on personal interests to include trade union dealings
    • Watchdog launches consultation on system for standing for election
    • Members’ interests and trade union membership – Big Julie reopens Pandora’s box
    • Councils raise £10bn+ through charging but amount falls in real terms
    • Councillors - rights of access to information
    • Residents at North East council vote to retain system of elected mayor
    • Council and watchdog in standoff over lawfulness of libel claim indemnity
    • Tribunal cancels monetary penalty notice after ICO and council reach deal
    • Law Commission calls for proposed areas of reform for 12th programme
    • Upper Tribunal to hear first appeal over ICO fine for data breach
    • Councils could be stifled from commenting on government policy, lawyers warn
    • Top QC appointed to lead investigation into contract award
    • Public Law Project blasts MoJ reforms to judicial review
    • Dealing with a request to expunge records
    • Power game – council v executive
    • Legislative changes "creating greater risk of corruption in local government"
    • MPs urge clarity on “dog’s breakfast” of responsibilities of London Assembly
    • Supreme Court President fires warning over judicial review reforms
    • Ministry of Justice fined £140k after serious data breach at prison
    • Executive member at county resigns over incomplete declaration of interests
    • Equalities watchdog calls for statutory code for public sector equality duty
    • Pickles to bring in law on right to film and tweet on council meetings
    • ICO fines council £80k in latest loss of unencrypted memory stick
    • Councils told to raise game on business rates collection as arrears top £1.2bn
    • Charging and trading – a new dawn
    • Raising the standards
    • Boldly going
    • A power of confidence
    • The dog that didn’t bark?
    • The rights stuff
    • Councillor loses bid to have code of conduct decision judicially reviewed
    • Court of Appeal refuses blogger permission to appeal in libel case
    • Electoral Commission calls for proof of ID scheme after 2015 elections
    • Council set to raise savings target by £25m after insolvency warning
    • Standards and free speech
    • Freedom of Information – Caselaw Roundup
    • A fragile balance
    • Localism Act Page
    • Councillors who moved home 150 miles cleared of conduct breach
    • Watchdog reports on lessons of failed project costing council £11.5m
    • Council wins tribunal appeal over disclosure of legal advice and EIR
    • Lawyers welcome change of tack by Pickles on statutory officer dismissals
    • New cases on consultation duties and the Public Sector Equality Duty
    • Enterprise culture
    • Green Party-led council to mull referendum on 4.5% council tax rise
    • Commission calls for number of councils in Wales to be halved
    • Going to the ball
    • Guide issued for councils considering changing governance arrangements
    • Council making progress after governance failures, says watchdog
    • Three public bodies monitored over response times to FOI requests
    • Claimant wins right to see report by QC into conduct of MP and councillor
    • Freedom of Information: But what is information?
    • Tender information can be personal
    • Standards watchdog to review risks from new models of service delivery
    • Watchdog tells council to withdraw libel indemnity given to chief exec
    • Second local authority rapped over LGPS opt-out for senior officers
    • WLGA to offer alternative vision on public services reform
    • Fostering and adoption agencies, councils warned on info transfers
    • The requirement to hold a council tax referendum
    • Council publishes legal advice as row over libel indemnity worsens
    • A third of councils could struggle to fund statutory duties: research
    • Law Society warns on judicial review reform, public body accountability
    • Land Registry faces legal action over local land charges consultation
    • Key issues on property searches and charging referred to European court
    • ICO levies £185k fine after cabinet sold with info on terrorism victims
    • The Mayor of London and TfL adverts: not so proud
    • Digital by default: Key considerations
    • Police to investigate after watchdog issues public interest reports
    • Supreme Court to hear case on council tax reduction and consultation
    • Chief executive steps aside pending police investigation
    • Orders laid in Parliament for Liverpool City Region combined authority
    • Welsh authority hands school closure decisions to full council
    • Caerphilly head of legal reported for summons as top officers charged
    • Searching for an answer
    • Housing organisations "must improve data protection compliance": ICO
    • Report into Southwest One pinpoints “incredibly complicated” contract
    • Council blames Localism Act for inability to remove councillor from office
    • Councillor ends judicial review claim over standards committee finding
    • Red faces at Treasury Solicitor’s after data breaches during litigation
    • Don’t let the tale wag the dog
    • Council did not have power to ban live animal exports, says judge
    • Silk Commission urges phased approach to devolution of justice in Wales
    • Judges warn of 'chilling effect' of fees hike for judicial review cases
    • Judgment reserved in libel row between councillors over Del Boy depiction
    • Why reasonableness matters
    • FOIA disclosures: ‘motive blindness’ and risks to mental health
    • Cabinet Office starts legal process for North East combined authority
    • CBI urges discussion of information release during contract talks
    • FOI requests from heir hunters
    • Government report insists take-up of community rights is strong
    • Claims by ex-leader will not be referred to police, says council after MO inquiry
    • Extend FOI to public contracts with private providers, say MPs
    • Monitoring officer at Welsh council survives no confidence vote
    • ICO fines police force £100k over information left in former station
    • Court grants permission for JR of decision by council on library service
    • The Budget 2014: by practice area
    • The Budget 2014: the reaction
    • The Inquiries Act 2005 - fit for purpose?
    • LGA Executive approves work towards municipal bond agency
    • LGA nets £85m Audit Commission contracts, CIPFA to run counter-fraud
    • EHRC consults on guidance on laws banning age discrimination in services
    • NHS trusts handling personal data correctly but some flaws remain: ICO
    • DfE told to disclose info on why it axed Building Schools for the Future
    • It's a sin to tell a lie
    • Court backs decision to pay only 20% of £250k recommended by LGO
    • Cases of alleged electoral malpractice fell in 2013, says watchdog
    • Government consults on making it easier to set up town and parish councils
    • Local authority control of charities - what are the limits?
    • The Duty of Candour - and general transparency
    • Are local authorities bound by Ombudsman recommendations?
    • Ombudsmen forge closer ties amid calls for single organisation
    • DCLG sets out approach to power to direct compliance with Publicity Code
    • Ministers unveil £410m transformation fund plus challenge panel
    • Council failed to consult properly over day centre closure: Court of Appeal
    • Communities Secretary sends inspectors into Tower Hamlets Council
    • Kent Legal Services co-publishes guide to legal powers and duties
    • High Court challenge over 'pre-ticking' electoral registration forms ends
    • Failure to pass on funding could see parishes bring legal action: NALC
    • Consultation – backing no horses, and the importance of interim relief
    • Welsh councils broke data protection laws "twice as often in 2013": BBC
    • MPs take Government bodies to task over poor complaints handling
    • Judgment reserved in case over disqualification of councillor and free speech
    • LGPS Advisory Board publishes QC opinion on tobacco investment
    • Council and Leader defeat £670k slander claim over childrens care homes
    • ICO raps two councils after data breaches involving social services records
    • Combined authorities and economic prosperity boards: the way forward?
    • Met Police find "no credible evidence of criminality" in Tower Hamlets files
    • Justice Secretary hits out at "inappropriate" use of judicial review
    • Pickles threatens five councils over alleged breaches of publicity code
    • Minister stresses importance of overview and scrutiny in combined authorities
    • Local government meetings: now the movie - or the crime scene?
    • Giving the green light to (minor) unlawfulness
    • High Court injunction stops committee from hearing village green application
    • Rochdale hires 1COR and Hempsons lawyers for Knowl View investigation
    • Councillors at Norfolk back move to committee system of governance
    • Evidence supporting reforms to judicial review is "weak", say MPs and peers
    • Judge quashes licensing decision after "serious procedural irregularity"
    • Report bemoans "gradual dismantling" of local democracy in Scotland
    • Local authority data retention: Upholding human rights
    • Corporate governance and local authority investment vehicles
    • Watchdog questions transparency code for parish councils with sub-£25k turnover
    • Counties still back LEPs, but fears remain over “fundamental weaknesses”
    • DCLG publishes new Local Government Transparency Code
    • Whose decision is it anyway?
    • Keep it simple! The court’s message to licensing authorities
    • Scottish law firm launches data protection defence team
    • Judges dismiss petitions challenging county council elections in Cumbria
    • Tribunal tells council to disclose information on major regeneration scheme
    • Blogger fails in appeal over libel counterclaim brought by chief executive
    • Transparency in outsourced contracts
    • Hazards of running elections
    • Councillor faces sanction after publishing legally privileged information
    • LGA peer review calls on council to address 'toxic' behaviour of members
    • Councillor in Scotland banned from council meetings for five months over behaviour
    • Information Commissioner consults on revised CCTV code of practice
    • High Court judge cuts disqualification term imposed on councillor
    • WAO clears chief over job evaluation affecting wife, council over lawyer departure
    • Police find no evidence of criminal offence in pensions deals for chief execs
    • Legal professional privilege and the EIRs
    • Co-operating for mutual benefit
    • Code of conduct v freedom of expression
    • Council sets terms of reference for inquiry into failed waste project
    • Voters require NW council to axe cabinet model and return to committees
    • Watchdog in Wales calls for clarification of scrutiny roles of members and officers
    • Radical joint working plan to see four councils no longer directly employ staff
    • Voters call for town to become responsibility of different local authorities
    • ICO orders council to complete data protection training of all staff in 50 days
    • Council wins FOI battle over legal advice for whistle-blowing investigation
    • Council contacts 1,900 housing benefit claimants after data released in error
    • LGA and CIPFA set up independent commission on local government finance
    • Republic of Ireland sees major overhaul of local government
    • Queen's Speech: key measures affecting local government and the public sector
    • Watchdog revises guidance for public bodies on Human Rights Act
    • What are local authority legal departments for?
    • Copyright body claims rise in licence applications after legal action against council
    • Appeals over refusal to waive council tax liability to rise after key tribunal ruling
    • Data protection and child protection
    • Supreme Court to hear case on consultation and council tax reduction schemes
    • London borough to review committees after lawyers warn on proportionality
    • Address Seven Principles of Public Life in contracts, says standards watchdog
    • Barnet resumes meetings, hires investigator after proportionality issues
    • WLGA names peer review team examining governance arrangements at council
    • Somerset parish wins DCLG backing for Sustainable Communities Act proposal
    • Speaking up
    • ICO tech chief issues reminder on wearable technology and data protection
    • ICO revises guidance on charging and access to environmental information
    • Council defeats claim that £14.4m loan was unlawful state aid
    • Ombudsman issues second report against council that rejected recommendations
    • Electoral Commission issues guidelines in wake of Tower Hamlets election count delay
    • Local authority appoints lawyer amid claims of bullying by councillors
    • Tower Hamlets warns Pickles of judicial review over investigation
    • Changes to JR “could see unlawful administrative action go unremedied”
    • City council complies with enforcement notice issued by ICO
    • What happens when the money runs out?
    • Council meetings – lights, cameras, action!
    • Council in dispute with Egyptian Government and Arts Council over artifact sale
    • Ombudsman records sharp rise in complaints about local authorities
    • ICO demands better funding as data protection and FOI complaints rise
    • Council decides against challenge to report from watchdog on libel indemnity
    • County council loses High Court battle over library provision changes
    • Law Commission urges full reform project on data sharing and public bodies
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    • Officers, relatives and apparent bias
    • Moving on out
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    • The future shape of local authorities
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    • The law behind the General Election
    • The role of the Returning Officer
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    • Polling day and the count
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    • Election challenges
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    • Standards and investigating misconduct
    • Risky business?
    • Standards in England - time for a review?
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    • Scrutiny - valued and effective?
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    • Getting tough on councillor misconduct
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    • Disciplining councillors
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    • Publishing the home address of election candidates
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    • If refusing Bert & Ernie isn’t discrimination, what is?
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    • Borough welcomes Boundary Commission view on having 18 fewer councillors
    • High Court judge quashes planning permission over appearance of bias
    • Councils consider deleting senior legal role, conduct review of legal team
    • Council cleared over purchase of house by chief executive from development partner
    • Eversheds boosts local government team with ex-head of legal at Cardiff
    • Council leader at Guildford resigns over governance changes
    • LLG fires gun on Deputy Vice President nomination process
    • Cabinet at Essex gives green light to alternative business structure
    • Council to consider costs pursuit after judgment issued in libraries dispute
    • Law Society President hails "crucial role" played by local government solicitors
    • Legal services in line as councils look to extend shared working
    • Clark hands back day-to-day running of Tower Hamlets to mayor
    • DCLG consults on streamlined appeals system for business rates
    • Council to implement changes after critical report on handling of elections
    • Clark extends oversight at Birmingham amid concerns over pace of progress
    • High Court rejects claim that council tax reduction scheme was discriminatory
    • DCLG must strengthen local scrutiny arrangements for City Deals, say MPs
    • Shropshire Leader apologises for code breach over conflict of interest
    • Removal of consultation options over housing estate "unlawful": High Court
    • MPs express concern over New Burdens Doctrine and funding of Care Act
    • Rotherham MBC names Pearson as new Assistant Director of Legal Services
    • Watchdog issues guide for public services providers on high ethical standards
    • Guidance issued for councils on library service duty as anger grows over cuts
    • Government to press ahead with plans for single public services ombudsman
    • Campaign group issues letter before claim over Barnet plans for library service
    • Communities Secretary set to hand back limited powers to Rotherham
    • Ex-mayor of Tower Hamlets fails to overturn ban on running for office
    • London borough passes motion backing UK exit from European Union
    • More devolution deals promised as key legislation receives Royal Assent
    • PCCs to net ability to create single employer for police and fire personnel
    • Law Commissions urge reform of "complex and fragmented" electoral law
    • Number of shared legal services set to double as demand for advice climbs amid cuts
    • Communities Secretary issues directions returning limited powers to Rotherham
    • MPs warn on oversight of fire and rescue authorities as further cuts loom
    • Ministers seek to stop procurement boycotts through new guidance
    • Shropshire Council to shut trading company next month over lack of profits
    • Ombudsman criticises council for lack of transparency in planning decision
    • Ministers to set up first Mayoral Development Corporation outside London
    • Districts call for abolition of county council and creation of four new unitaries
    • Vicar fails in court challenge to auditor decision on council tax summons costs
    • Councils net greater flexibility on spending revenues from sale of surplus assets
    • Derbyshire to consider legal action if borough joins neighbouring city region
    • Dorset county councillors back cut in number of councils from nine to two
    • Bath and NE Somerset voters reject elected mayor model
    • East coast councils to develop business case for 'super-district'
    • Council urged to reverse block on comedian appearing at council-owned venue
    • Newspaper wins FOI appeal over names of councillors who failed to pay council tax
    • Chesterfield calls second meeting in bid to see off legal action over devolution plans
    • Government launches local government counter fraud and corruption strategy
    • Watchdog warns on transparency, governance at Local Enterprise Partnerships
    • Budget 2016: reaction from the sector
    • Budget 2016: key policy decisions by practice area
    • Public sector equality duty must be beefed up, say peers
    • Police and Crime Panels must be better equipped to hold PCCs to account: MPs
    • Easterbrook to take over from Evans as senior partner at Bevan Brittan
    • EM LawShare consortium secures 100th member after Coventry signs up
    • High Court declares town council ward election void over nomination issues
    • North West Legal Consortium appoints 18 firms to £10m solicitors panels
    • Forrester-Brown takes over as President of Lawyers in Local Government
    • Clark decides against returning functions to Tower Hamlets despite progress
    • SOLACE produces guidance for chief officers on EU referendum
    • Hynes expresses concern over status of monitoring officer role
    • Spending watchdog warns on devolution deals and accountability
    • Home Office targets public officials with plans for 'illicit enrichment' offence
    • Police rule out prosecution over sale of land by borough council
    • Lawyers in Local Government sets up Monitoring Officer Defence Scheme
    • Complex delivery methods, poor data "hamper holding Government to account": MPs
    • London borough apologises after voters without polling cards turned away
    • Barnet chief exec exits and investigation launched after polling problems
    • Cabinet at county backs development of business case for single unitary
    • District to overhaul structures after residents back change in referendum
    • Government plans transfer of powers from Public Works Loans Board to Treasury
    • Barnet brings in Southampton lawyer to investigate election problems
    • Further changes to planning system in prospect following Queen's Speech
    • LGA urges reform to business rate appeals system ahead of 100% retention
    • MPs to hold inquiry into imposition of commissioners on councils
    • Welsh council leaders warn against local government reorganisation
    • Theo Huckle QC steps down as Counsel General for Wales
    • Chief executives fear councils heading into serious financial trouble within one year
    • Olwen Dutton joins Anthony Collins Solicitors as Head of Local Government
    • Welsh councils hail ditching of plans to reduce number from 22 to 8 or 9
    • Supreme Court to hear case on disability discrimination and public services
    • Public interest report calls for all legal advice to be commissioned by legal team
    • County and districts row over research into future of local government
    • Police rule out action against ex-Leader of unitary
    • LGA calls for councils to be given seat at table on replacement of EU laws
    • County councils call for no let-up in devolution agenda after Brexit vote
    • Councils defeat judicial review challenge to Israeli settlement motions
    • Spending watchdog criticises "incoherent" oversight of arm's length bodies
    • District councils in West Sussex to consider sharing services including legal
    • Local government to have seat at Brexit negotiating table, says Communities Secretary
    • Media call for LEPs to be made subject to local government transparency rules
    • Accuracy of electoral registers improves following individual voter registration
    • DCLG names sector-led body for appointment of auditors for principal authorities
    • LGO urges action by council on planning complaint against predecessor body
    • LGO upholds greater proportion of complaints against councils in 2015/16
    • Districts pursue mergers with proposed combinations in Suffolk and Somerset
    • HMCTS issues guidance on judicial review in Admin Court
    • Councillor wins legal battle with parish over failure to provide reading aid
    • Borough to boost security following abuse of councillors and staff
    • Independent person role well received and vexatious complaints falling: CSPL
    • MPs urge action on "signficant" legal loophole in taxi licensing
    • Law Society slams MoJ plans on disclosure of third party contributors in JR challenges
    • Former councillor jailed for supplying false information ahead of election
    • Law Commission consults on reform to law on misconduct in public office
    • Auditors criticise council over due diligence process for series of loans
    • PM appoints duo to Committee on Standards in Public Life
    • Lawyers to Hillsborough relatives draft Public Authorities Accountability Bill
    • Two councils vote in favour of creation of single authority
    • LGO raps council over failure to implement recommendations in planning case
    • Councils should be able to suspend licences over unpaid business rates: LGA
    • Standards watchdog urges regulators to manage 'revolving door' properly
    • Election officers urge 'root and branch' review of electoral system
    • Civil Justice Council attacks "unprincipled" proposal on disclosure of JR funding
    • Four local authorities shortlisted for Legal Team of the Year
    • Monitoring officer issues section 5 report over re-designation of role
    • Advertising watchdog bars council from using anti-begging adverts
    • Council votes to replace monitoring officer despite issue of statutory report
    • Plan to merge Welsh councils axed in favour of mandatory regional working
    • Public bodies must have role in Brexit discussions: EM Lawshare head
    • Distinct legal system for Wales 'inevitable', says Counsel General
    • Guildford voters reject plans for switch to elected mayor system
    • Communities Secretary set to return licensing functions to Rotherham
    • MPs tell Cabinet Office to ensure proper oversight of arm's length bodies
    • Councillor at London borough sentenced for housing fraud
    • Legally-qualified strategic director named joint chief executive of two councils
    • Wales Bill lacks clarity and risks causing future litigation, peers warn
    • City faces "mammoth task" to balance budget after £49m overspend emerges
    • DCLG considers video conferencing for joint committees and combined authorities
    • City council names Daya as Service Director for Legal and Democratic Services
    • Welsh councils need robust corporate wide frameworks to boost charging: WAO
    • Full council at Liverpool backs late night levy despite rejection by licensing committee
    • Council calls in police amid concerns community buses survey was rigged
    • Tribunal rejects FOI request over code of conduct complaints process
    • National Audit Office to appoint legal advisers to £750k contract
    • Council leader orders independent audit in row over £300k grant to law firm
    • City council backs move to committee system of governance
    • Council apologises after auditor finds failings in £10m loan to football club
    • Minister threatens three councils with directions over frequency of newsletters
    • Draft legislation published for creation of Public Service Ombudsman
    • Casey report on integration calls for new oath for holders of public office
    • Residents in Dorset signal support for local government reorganisation
    • Communities Secretary proposes 'phased return' of powers to Tower Hamlets
    • Welsh Government unveils plan to consolidate laws into Welsh legal code
    • FOI should still apply when services are outsourced: Information Commissioner
    • Ombudsman issues guidance for combined authorities as pace of devolution grows
    • City Region consultation unlawful, High Court rules
    • High Court judge refuses judicial review of council merger decision
    • High Court backs approach taken by district council in standards case
    • City heads to Supreme Court over council tax position where tenant moves out
    • National park to hire contractors for legal services and monitoring officer duties
    • Decisions under delegated authority to grant planning permission require reasons: High Court
    • Communities Secretary confirms King as new Local Government Ombudsman
    • District apologises after mistakenly publishing draft report urging ministerial intervention at county
    • Emergency powers "probably" should not have been used for £300k grant to solicitors: chief exec
    • Late issue of finance settlement to make lawful consultations difficult: Solace
    • Former Ombudsman joins Committee on Standards in Public Life
    • Communities Secretary confirms phased return of powers to Tower Hamlets
    • Tribunal tells district to publish report into conduct of former parish council chair
    • County council to hold referendum on 15% council tax increase
    • MPs launch inquiry into overview and scrutiny in local government
    • Council website hijacked by computer hackers
    • Group of Dorset councils press ahead with unitary plan despite rejection by other county authorities
    • BBC commits £8m for 150 local democracy reporters to cover council meetings
    • ICO warns schools of ‘high bar to clear’ over body cameras for teachers
    • MPs claim that Oxfordshire unitary plan “fails DCLG criteria”
    • Worcester City Council announces return to committee system
    • Council to set up QC-led inquiry into compulsory purchase order
    • County plan for poll on unitary scuppered after districts refuse to co-operate
    • Three senior officers suspended over handling of safeguarding case
    • Council applies for judicial review of one of its own planning decisions
    • Court of Appeal judge appointed as first Investigatory Powers Commissioner
    • District urges neighbouring councils to clarify legal process for planned merger
    • Former mayor secures adjournment to Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal hearing
    • Spring Budget 2017: key policy decisions
    • Union and council in bitter row over threat of legal action on statutory duties
    • Communities Secretary returns full powers to Tower Hamlets
    • Met Police set to face investigation over dropping Tower Hamlets election fraud case
    • Tri-borough shared service set to end as two councils serve notice
    • Council seeks urgent clarification after law firm in receipt of grant changes hands
    • Police recorded 260 cases of alleged electoral fraud last year, reveals watchdog
    • Campaigners win go-ahead for challenge to LGPS rules on divestment from Israel
    • Ombudsman calls on Welsh public bodies to tackle ‘fear and blame culture’
    • Council secures repayment of controversial £300,000 grant to law firm
    • Judge given advice on future conduct after speech criticising Election Court ruling
    • Borough council invests £30m to take 33% stake in bank
    • Councils tap PWLB for £1.3bn commercial property purchases: report
    • Think tank urges new mayors to make full use of powers
    • York poised to declare itself the UK’s first ‘Human Rights City’
    • Powys councillors suspended after cattle identification prosecutions
    • Think tank urges new relationship between central and local government in Scotland
    • LGA clarifies guidance on pre-election publicity
    • Met Police to re-investigate alleged malpractice in mayoral election
    • Developer launches JR over councillor's interest in planning decision
    • Government must publish clean air plans before election
    • Defendant told to pay £100k legal costs to council over harassment campaign
    • Local government must have central role on future of EU laws: LGA
    • Council “did not have power to prosecute alleged legal aid fraud”: Court of Appeal
    • Leaders of two Suffolk authorities promote merger proposal
    • Chief exec steps aside temporarily after arrests in joint venture investigation
    • Guide for councils on making evidence based decisions and countering ‘fake news’
    • Essex council confirms switch to committees in bid to be “more democratic”
    • Applications for judicial review against local authorities fell 4% in 2016: MoJ
    • Council pays £2k in compensation to blind woman over 2015 election breaches
    • Unitary authority agrees to set up five ‘local area councils’
    • Perception of rubber-stamping holds scrutiny back, research suggests
    • Banksy withdraws “legally dubious” print offer after Electoral Commission warning
    • City council apologises after errors in number of votes declared for constituency
    • Borough commissions independent review of election following adverse coverage
    • Watchdog urges ‘metro mayors’ to make Seven Principles of Public Life a cornerstone
    • City council sets up independent inquiry over election and postal vote problems
    • LGA concern at absence of Local Government Finance Bill in Queen’s Speech
    • Allegations against monitoring officer at Bury over safeguarding case resolved
    • Welsh Government to prioritise local government reform
    • Ombudsman criticises council over failure to provide agreed remedies
    • Kensington & Chelsea cancels Cabinet meeting after press secures injunction
    • Judge lifts stay on council continuing investigation into conduct of councillor
    • Government sends ‘Recovery Taskforce’ into Kensington and Chelsea
    • Council publishes outcome of investigation into leaked report
    • Access to top table more important than being at every meeting: Lord Kerslake
    • Watchdog concern over “inherently complex” structures of combined authorities
    • Committee on Standards in Public Life to review local government standards
    • Court awards aggravated damages against Ombudsman over case handling
    • Ombudsman sees more complaints related to reduced local government resources
    • Electoral Commission calls for action on duplicate registration applications
    • Fire Authority sets out opposition to Police Commissioner takeover
    • NW council suspends director of legal services as neutral act
    • LGA to explore local government mutual to reduce cost of insurance
    • Employment tribunal upholds part of claim by monitoring officer against council
    • Adult care complaints most likely to be upheld by Ombudsman
    • Improvement panel at Birmingham recommends that it suspend its operation
    • Council puts decision to end ladies only swim on equality grounds on hold
    • Ombudsman criticises city council for inappropriate use of confidentiality notices
    • Local authority apologises to councillor cleared of unlawfully handling newts
    • The Annual Governance Statement
    • Code of conduct complaints about members of Welsh councils fall
    • PCC requests control of fire service after consultation shows support
    • Council calls for new powers to discipline councillors
    • Auditors criticise council for use of emergency powers following £300k law firm loan
    • Police clear council leader of corruption after investigation
    • Fraud detected within central government more than doubles to £73m: Cabinet Office
    • Lord Chief Justice to chair Commission on Justice in Wales
    • Capacity and capability problems blamed for election woes in Plymouth
    • Ministers to tighten disqualification criteria for councillors and mayors
    • Report into £1m overspend says officers “knowingly disregarded council procedure”
    • Combined authorities "must reduce institutional blurring" with local government
    • Report recommends cutting number of councillors in Cornwall by a third
    • Tribunal refuses to force council to disclose legal advice over costs of employment case involving mayor
    • Council mulls settlements with head of legal and senior officer on leave for years
    • Council backs £100k+ payoffs for head of legal and deputy chief exec
    • Review calls for improved governance at local enterprise partnerships
    • Javid issues directions requiring two councils to cut frequency of newspapers
    • Court of Appeal to hear row over motion on boycott of Israeli settlement goods
    • Javid “minded to” back local government changes in Dorset and Suffolk
    • Some disabled voters “left unable to vote”, Electoral Commission finds
    • Budget 2017: key policy decisions
    • Budget 2017: reaction from the sector
    • Chief executive and monitoring officer suspended over running of election
    • Ex-Lord Chief Justice clears officers and members at council over CPO powers
    • Communities Secretary “minded to” back mergers in Somerset and Suffolk
    • Judge gives permission to campaigners for judicial review over library closure
    • Human rights watchdog launches inquiry into Grenfell Tower tragedy
    • Director of legal services and monitoring officer at NW council resigns
    • Law Commission to consider reforms to administrative review procedures
    • MPs call for strengthened overview and scrutiny in local government
    • Former mayor of Tower Hamlets struck off roll, hit with £86k costs order
    • Council urges Javid not to adopt Future Dorset plan, agrees budget for legal advice
    • Labour leader reports all 19 Tory councillors to monitoring officer in planning leak row
    • Javid stays as Secretary of State but with housing given higher profile
    • DCLG rebranded as Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
    • Investigator sent in to county council amid concerns over finance and governance
    • Councillor “breached code of conduct” over toilet sales, parking tickets
    • Former chair of Welsh council disqualified from office for 18 months
    • Secretary of State forecasts increase in number of unitary authorities
    • Watchdog launches review of local government ethical standards
    • Director of Finance at county council imposes emergency spending controls
    • PM endorses recommendations from CSPL for action on intimidation in public life
    • More councils could follow Northamptonshire and impose emergency controls: CIPFA
    • Secretary of State backs reorganisation of district councils in Suffolk
    • Governing board for LGO appoints two new members
    • Publishers express concern at failure to clamp down on council newspapers
    • Court to hear judicial review brought by town councillor over complaints handling
    • Judge rejects challenge to removal of description in register of political parties
    • Local Government Ombudsman issues rare further report criticising council
    • Audit committee calls for review of threshold for misconduct in public office offences
    • High Court halts by-election as local authority and councillor row over 'resignation'
    • Secretary of State backs implementation of Dorset local government shake-up
    • Appeal to be submitted this week in Haringey development vehicle case
    • Parish wins permission for judicial review over decision under delegated authority
    • Council makes two more referrals to police including one over land acquisition
    • No error in law in decision by minister to back Dorset reorganisation: QC
    • Government says no to extension of statutory scrutiny officer role to all councils
    • Javid backs plans for single new unitary for Buckinghamshire
    • Leader consults lawyers about tweet from party colleague: report
    • Government to remove requirement for candidates to have home addresses published
    • Accountability for services often lost when they are outsourced: Ombudsman
    • Inspector calls for troubled county council to be replaced with two new unitaries
    • Lawyers in Local Government publishes Monitoring Officer Handbook as 'go to guide'
    • Two unitary model not only way forward in Northants: boroughs and districts
    • LGA hails Government agreement on consultation arrangements post-Brexit
    • Minister orders probe into Northamptonshire cuts to library service
    • Consultation launched on legislation intended to simplify Welsh law
    • Welsh Government issues Green Paper on plans for “larger, stronger” councils
    • Ombudsman and council at loggerheads over taxi licensing applications investigation
    • Secretary of State to implement merger of two South West councils
    • Unlawful imprisonment for council tax non-payment “one of the largest mass miscarriages of justice in British history”
    • More police and crime commissioners take on responsibility for fire and rescue
    • Secretary of State set to send commissioners in to Northamptonshire
    • County council to take action after governance failures at development subsidiary
    • Suffolk districts put merger plans on hold as county commissions review
    • Council fails in appeal over FOI request and commercial prejudice
    • Campaigners claim alternative route to legal challenge over Dorset reorganisation
    • Judge hears case over councillor behaviour, employee grievances and codes of conduct
    • Council defends decision to discuss recovery of £10m loan behind closed doors
    • Information Commissioner prosecutes councillor over Freedom of Information Act offences
    • Borough council issues pre-action letter in bid to stop Dorset reorganisation
    • Council secures £140k costs order against ex-councillor over failed judicial review
    • Commissioners begin to take over key functions at Northamptonshire
    • Councillor succeeds in High Court challenge to imposition of sanctions
    • Government spent £200m+ on inquiries but their impact is unclear: watchdog
    • Risks of standards breaches have increased, while mitigations weakened: Solace
    • Fire authority brings legal challenge to transfer of responsibility to PCC
    • Councils mull legal action over government direction to cut newspaper editions
    • NALC urges right of appeal where principal authorities reject new local councils
    • Government wins appeal over LGPS and guidance on boycotts and divestment
    • Gove appoints ‘Tree Champion’ ahead of imposing new duty of consultation on councils
    • Briefing for Electoral Reform Society suggests voter ID trial may have been unlawful
    • High Court hears judicial review over library closure consultation
    • Commissioners recommend end of oversight at Rotherham Council
    • Christchurch gets go-ahead for judicial review of Dorset reorganisation
    • Town and parish councils demand government talks over councillor disciplinary judgment
    • Judges reject appeal over motion boycotting produce from Israeli settlements
    • Charlie Adan leaves Kingston Council following change in administration
    • Council not required to disclose advice of independent person: Tribunal
    • Number of complaints upheld by Ombudsman after investigation on the rise
    • Borough council defeats High Court legal action over closure of library
    • Brokenshire “minded to” end government intervention at Rotherham
    • Second s.114 notice issued at financially-troubled Northamptonshire
    • Local government complaints to Ombudsman rose 3.5% in 2017-18
    • Consultation on new offence of intimidating Parliamentary candidates and campaigners
    • High Court dismisses legal challenge to local government reorganisation in Dorset
    • Parish and town councils overwhelmingly support single code of conduct: NALC
    • Government to trial citizens juries and mass online polls in local decision-making
    • High Court judge refuses Christchurch leave to appeal ruling on Dorset reorganisation
    • Christchurch Borough Council rules out appeal over judicial review dismissal
    • Chief exec suspended over election failures leaves council by mutual consent
    • Decision by cash-strapped county to close 21 libraries unlawful: High Court
    • Campaigners win permission for judicial review of decision to move hospital services
    • Northamptonshire councillors vote for plan to split county into unitaries
    • Council in legal bid to force disclosure of Brexit impact
    • Six of seven Northamptonshire districts agree unitary plan
    • Welsh councils' fracking investments potentially unlawful, says FoE.
    • NHS body defeats legal challenge to health services reorganisation
    • Insufficient evidence for charges from Tower Hamlets 2014 mayoral election: Met
    • Council leader cleared over voting on sale of public toilets
    • National Audit Office to investigate local government governance and accountability
    • Unitary eyes creation of town councils to relieve budgetary pressures
    • Ministry issues revised model byelaws
    • Insufficient oversight and inadequate controls “allowed £2m fraud at joint venture”
    • Lack of government lawyers delaying preparations for council merger
    • Council secures Ofcom ruling in complaint of unfairness against Piers Morgan
    • Councillor pleads guilty to posting offensive messages on social media
    • District considers giving chief exec authority to approve investments up to £5m
    • Secretary of State ends intervention in Tower Hamlets
    • Think tank calls for accountability code of conduct to boost oversight of private sector
    • LLG President warns against focusing solely on statutory responsibilities
    • Ex-planning committee chair resigns as councillor after hospitality probe
    • Judge rejects challenge to decision by council to sell cattle market site
    • CIPFA warns on levels of borrowing by councils to invest in commercial property
    • Government to strengthen rules disqualifying offenders from serving on councils
    • New chair appointed to Committee on Standards in Public Life
    • Independent report expresses regret at attack by councillor on monitoring officer
    • Communities Secretary warns councils ahead of change to process on reorganisations
    • High Court agrees to hear challenge over voting device for blind people
    • Councillors at loggerheads over whether seat should be declared vacant
    • Electoral law: unfit for the 21st century?
    • Peers criticise growing use of ‘Henry VIII’ powers by successive governments
    • Monitoring officer expresses concern after committee votes to disclose legal advice
    • Former council leader renews bid for judicial review of finding on sexual harassment
    • Government allows Northamptonshire to use £70m capital receipts to tackle deficit
    • BBC journalist to appeal ICO decision on investigation into monitoring officer
    • Ombudsman report shows need for strong role for monitoring officer: LLG
    • Town council to obtain legal advice on councillor liability for £200k costs bill
    • Resident crowd funds legal challenge to voter identification pilots
    • Review criticises ex-leader for exceeding authority in bins dispute
    • Northamptonshire repays £5m loan to neighbouring county council
    • More than a third of councils at risk of financial failure in next 10 years: report
    • Spending watchdog chief “shocked” at qualified audit reports at local public bodies
    • Supreme Court to hear challenge to government ban on ethical divestment by LGPS
    • Spending watchdog urges ministry to address weaknesses in local authority governance
    • LLG issues position paper on legal implications of Brexit for local government
    • Newspapers secure summary judgment over libel claims brought by social worker
    • Council eyes Internal Control Commission after £8m+ overspend in repairs service
    • Districts in Buckinghamshire threaten legal action over way unitary is being set up
    • Former leader of county fails in bid to challenge harassment finding
    • Third council joins legal action over way unitary in Buckinghamshire is being set up
    • Government issues guidance for local authorities on Brexit preparations
    • Watchdog calls for councils to have power to suspend councillors for up to 6 months
    • Welsh watchdogs to procure suppliers of external legal advice
    • Ministry sets up chief executive network to aid Brexit preparations
    • Council updates member and officer relations protocol amid social media concerns
    • Impact of no-deal Brexit will mean number of ‘vulnerable’ people will grow, warn Lawyers in Local Government
    • Local authorities call for power to remove councilors who move long distance away
    • Parish council threatens legal challenge over its prospective abolition
    • Spending watchdog consults on new Code of Audit Practice for local auditors
    • Public Accounts Committee calls for ‘step change’ in transparency in local public bodies
    • High Court rejects legal challenge over Voter ID pilot
    • Activist pleads not guilty to public order offence at council meeting
    • Kensington & Chelsea sees Grenfell legal costs reach £4.5m
    • Councils to take legal advice after permission refused for judicial review of way unitary is being set up
    • Standards watchdog to hold inquiry on AI and standards in public sector
    • Cabinet Office launches inquiry into potential for bias in use of algorithms in local government
    • First Minister of Wales breached legitimate expectation in way Carl Sargeant inquiry set up
    • Lawyers in Local Government calls for ‘New Burdens’ funding to help councils with costs of Brexit
    • Investigator clears officers and members of fraudulent activity at council-owned property business
    • Districts end legal challenge over government approach to Buckinghamshire unitary
    • Top chief executive urges local government lawyers to provide early input into decision-making
    • Cabinet Office agrees to reimburse spending on contingency preparations for European elections
    • Parishes to hold elections after securing permission for judicial review of their abolition
    • Councillor who called for PM to be hanged for treason did not breach code of conduct: report
    • MPs demand urgent action from Government to help local authorities prepare for Brexit
    • CIPFA urges proper resourcing of internal audit in public sector organisations
    • Chief executive hits out at anonymous letter that led to police investigation
    • Law Society calls for jurisdictional solution to accommodation of Welsh law – but without creating barriers to practice
    • Councillors criticised over attitude towards investigation into email leak
    • Parish councils win High Court challenge over abolition after borough misinterpreted guidance
    • Ombudsman criticises council for failing to determine village green application made 11+ years ago
    • LLG and AEA obtain advice from QC on date of councillor retirements and start of term of office
    • Appeal for volunteers allays fears lack of candidates could stop Dorset parish councils functioning
    • Town council told there are insufficient grounds to recover £200k costs run up after unsuccessful defence of judicial review
    • Government to legislate for electoral offence of intimidating candidates or campaigners
    • Council “to save £143m” after agreeing deal with bank to terminate LOBO loans, settle litigation
    • Government issues new statutory guidance for authorities in England on scrutiny
    • Device to help blind people vote does not meet legal requirements: High Court
    • Communities Secretary approves Northamptonshire unitaries plan but delays implementation to 2021
    • MPs criticise Government for lack of effective leadership of local governance
    • Returning officer mistake sees husband wrongly declared elected to parish ahead of wife
    • Jo Cox Foundation brought in to help find cross-party approach to tackling intimidation in public life
    • West Sussex councillors considered wrong Ombudsman report
    • Council votes to defy Ombudsman's report
    • Government publishes Brexit and local government response
    • Watchdog warns of £1bn annual losses to Welsh public bodies through fraud
    • Councils fail in judicial review challenge to directions restricting frequency of their newssheets
    • Protester found guilty of preventing council meeting from going ahead: report
    • Unlawful decision by town council to open café led to £234k debt: watchdog
    • One in three councils fear running out of funding for legal duties: LGA
    • Ombudsman urges councils to check procedures when dealing with people with 'hidden disabilities'
    • Local authorities to pilot recovery scheme for unpaid council tax
    • Welsh watchdogs name two law firms to legal services agreement
    • Council defeats legal challenge over £19m plans to fund retro-fitting of sprinklers on tower blocks
    • Secretary of State launches review of local government audit regime
    • Local Government Association issues guide for councillors on protection against intimidation
    • LGA publishes guidance on governance for police and crime panels
    • Communities Secretary sets out circumstances in which unitary proposals would be considered
    • Brokenshire leaves Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government
    • Jenrick named Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government
    • High Court grants judicial review of decision to allow drilling for oil in Poole bay
    • Fire authorities lose legal bids to stop PCC takeovers
    • Complaints down but investigations and remedies up: LGO Annual Review
    • Redditch hit with s24 notice over budget fears
    • Welsh minister sacks recently-appointed governance adviser to council over plans to stand for Brexit Party
    • Court of Appeal refuses councils permission to appeal ruling on free local newssheets
    • Council to appoint investigator to examine award of £15k additional duties payment to chief executive
    • Councils warn of potential failure to meet legal duties unless local government funding resolved
    • Petition support means city set to hold referendum on proposed change in governance
    • Spending watchdog consults on new draft Code of Audit Practice
    • Kettering Borough Council consults on new town council ahead of unitaries for Northamptonshire
    • Welsh council updates code of conduct after abusive language and gestures in meetings
    • Investigator clears council and officers of maladministration in planning enforcement row, takes different view on inducement to Crown Court and Court of Appeal judges
    • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government sees funding boost in Spending Round 2019
    • Spending Round 2019: reaction from the sector
    • Single person discount fraud costing councils £16m a year, research finds
    • High Court overturns election result where wrong person elected: report
    • Localism and the CSPL review of ethical standards
    • Call for views issued in independent review of local authority audit in England
    • Electoral administrators call for “urgent reform” to election law
    • Reignite devolution process in England through Queen’s Speech, councils tell Government
    • Chair of watchdog writes open letter to public office holders on importance of upholding standards
    • Petition on changing governance arrangements at city council reaches threshold for referendum
    • Council leader resigns and refers himself to Ombudsman after Welsh Audit Office letter
    • LLG publishes guidance on EU Exit Statutory Instruments with local government impact
    • Welsh Government kick starts review of arrangements for dealing with alleged misconduct of senior officers in local government
    • Research project to boost understanding of councils on how to reduce risk of corporate governance failures
    • Electoral Commission renews calls for electoral law reforms in review of May 2019 elections
    • Parish council in indefinite hiatus after all councillors resign over abusive calls and hate mail
    • Elections watchdog urges review of legislation for recall petitions
    • President of Lawyers in Local Government hits out at undermining of monitoring officers
    • Counsel General for Wales sets out plans to make Welsh law more accessible
    • Confusion over roles of council and tenant management organisation led to ineffective response to Grenfell fire, inquiry finds
    • Upper Tribunal orders fresh hearing in dispute over refusal by council to disclose advice of independent person
    • Tribunal orders council to disclose instructions sent to QC over motion for ‘call-in’ of planning applications
    • Supreme Court to hear dispute over Local Government Pension Scheme and ethical disinvestment
    • Independent report finds it would be unfair to say council had "sexist culture"
    • UK local government associations agree programme to promote “civility in public life”
    • Local authorities detect 22% more council tax fraud cases in last year, CIPFA research finds
    • Local Government and Elections (Wales) Bill to introduce general power of competence, facilitate 'corporate joint committees'
    • Councillor fined, banned from public office over bogus signature on nomination paper
    • Welsh Government consults on which public bodies should be covered by socio-economic duty of Equality Act 2010
    • Information Commissioner consults on draft guidance for explaining use of AI in decision-making about individuals
    • Local government scrutiny is ‘poor Cinderella’ compared to executive function: CfPS
    • Welsh Government consults on amending primary legislation to enable changes to executive governance arrangements of principal councils
    • Queen's Speech lays out proposals for “long term reform of social care”, further devolution
    • Welsh minister hails plan to reform legislative framework for local government governance and public engagement
    • Welsh councillor suspended for four months for conduct breaches
    • Ombudsman issues further report after Medway council fails to implement Ombudsman's recommendations
    • Largest town council in England to be established ahead of move to unitaries in county
    • Spending watchdog publishes final draft of new Code of Audit Practice ahead of expected implementation in April
    • City council passes motion supporting pilot of citizens assemblies
    • One in seven councils predict rise in judicial challenges over service provision: report
    • Root and branch reform of electoral system “needed more urgently than ever”, say electoral administrators
    • Former Leader of Welsh council suspended after helping personal assistant at interview
    • Standards watchdog calls for guidance on governance and coherent regulatory framework for those in public sector using AI
    • Watchdog calls on ministers to check local authority borrowing framework is fit for purpose amid commercial property investment concerns
    • Jenrick to remain at helm of Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government but McVey departs as Housing Minister
    • Lewisham merges legal, HR and governance director roles
    • Ombudsman threatens council with legal action over lack of co-operation
    • Report to mark 25th anniversary of standards watchdog warns of importance of managing relationships between public and private sectors
    • Report into Welsh council highlights monitoring officer also being its sole qualified childcare lawyer as example of risk of ‘all hands to the pumps’ approach
    • Welsh council wins Court of Appeal battle over scope of duty to secure improvement
    • Lack of experienced auditors poses threat to sustainability of local audit market: report
    • Budget 2020 – key policy decisions
    • Budget 2020: reaction from the sector
    • Electoral Commission recommends delaying 7 May polls until autumn
    • LLG and ADSO issue statement on local authority decision-making and democratic process in light of coronavirus
    • Councils and Electoral Commission welcome government decision to put May 2020 elections back by one year
    • Government to consider allowing virtual committee meetings on temporary basis: Jenrick
    • Law Commissions call for single, consistent legislative framework for elections
    • Government consults on how to stop councils using Public Works Loan Board loans for commercial property investment
    • LLG and ADSO write to Secretary of State on impact of Covid-19 on governance
    • Government publishes Coronavirus Bill
    • LGA issues briefing on Coronavirus Bill, calls for temporary relaxation of FOI and GDPR requirements
    • Virtual local authority meetings
    • House of Commons Library issues briefing paper on provisions in Coronavirus Bill on local authority meetings
    • Ombudsman suspends complaints enquiries of councils and care providers
    • Coronavirus Act 2020 receives Royal Assent
    • CIPFA issues warning over poor organisational controls and increased risk for councils of fraud during pandemic
    • Government issues regulations giving local authorities flexibility on conduct of meetings, including remote attendance by members
    • LLG, ADSO and NALC issue guidance on new regulations on virtual meetings
    • LLG and ADSO issue model procedure rules and protocol for management of remote meetings
    • Independent investigation finds additional payments to chief executive “not lawfully made”
    • Sikh Federation UK launches another legal challenge over Census 2021
    • Court of Appeal holds remote hearing for dispute over requirement for voter ID at elections
    • Suspended sentences for duo who made hoax bomb threat calls to Welsh council
    • Ombudsman issues guide to good administrative practice during coronavirus
    • Local Government Secretary issues guide on statutory intervention and inspection into local authorities
    • Police watchdog rules out criminal investigation into Boris Johnson over association with American businesswoman but GLA will continue standards probe
    • Treasury consults on lending terms for Public Works Loan Board as crackdown looms on commercial property investment by councils
    • Shadow authorities in Northamptonshire set to appoint interim monitoring officers
    • Court of Appeal dismisses legal challenge over voter ID
    • CIPFA proposes temporary amendments to s.114 guidelines in wake of COVID-19
    • Community councillor in Wales fails to secure injunction to stop Ombudsman investigating complaints against him
    • Local Government Association consults on Model Member Code of Conduct
    • LLG and ADSO warn on lawfulness of 'hybrid' meetings
    • NALC renews calls for power to suspend councillors for up to six months
    • Spending watchdog issues guide on financial reporting and management during COVID-19
    • Report highlights governance failings at borough council
    • Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman resumes taking new complaints online
    • Evidence to be passed to prosecutors in investigation of missing £10m loan made by council
    • Strategic alliance between Lincolnshire councils under threat of judicial review
    • Local governance arrangements “not robust enough”, MPs claim in critical report into commercial property spending sprees
    • Council says it is unable to remove convicted councillor ahead of sentencing
    • LLG, CIPFA and SOLACE to work together on response to LGA draft model code of conduct, call for monitoring officers to be legally qualified
    • Watchdog presses Secretary of State over lack of government response to January 2019 report on local government ethical standards
    • Increase in systemic problems sees Ombudsman make 12% more service improvement recommendations in 2019/20
    • LLG issues publication on annual canvas and data sharing with ERO
    • Government launches review of judicial review process with report expected later this year
    • Anti-corruption group report warns on risks to local government planning process
    • Lack of adequate governance arrangements and “institutional blindness” led to council energy company losing over £34 million, report finds
    • LLG reminds members on operation of ‘6 Month Rule’ as lockdown milestone looms
    • LLG calls for introduction of effective sanctions in consultation response on LGA draft Model Code of Conduct
    • Ministry publishes guidance for councils on local government income loss scheme
    • Replacing all district and county councils with unitary authorities “could save £3bn”: report
    • Cabinet votes against trading company proposal despite concerns of monitoring officer over conduct of meeting
    • City council shuts loss-making energy company, agrees action plan to address governance failings
    • Judicial review panel led by Lord Faulks QC issues call for evidence
    • Review calls for new body to lead local audit framework
    • Claimant firms call for more representative panel for review of administrative law
    • Watchdog launches ‘landscape review’ of public standards
    • Council blames COVID-19 restrictions as it rejects petition calling for referendum on having elected mayor
    • Council calls in law firm after complaint about planning committee meeting
    • London borough brings in PWC to review arrangements with its companies, ahead of bid to obtain financial support from Government
    • Law Society urges review to protect six fundamental principles of judicial review
    • LGO issues guidance for councils on effective complaint handling
    • Report from Public Law Project warns of serious deficiencies in UK law making with huge rise in statutory instruments
    • District councils hit out at prospect of creation of new unitaries
    • London borough admits some services could be significantly disrupted “for some time” as it reels from cyberattack
    • Judicial review “necessary for effective and consistent decision-making”: Centre for Governance and Scrutiny
    • Law Society sets out priority areas for reform that would see less need for judicial review challenges
    • Campaigners launch judicial review challenge over decision by council that petition on changing governance arrangements was invalid
    • Public interest report accuses council of “collective corporate blindness” over finances and business ventures
    • Government orders non-statutory review into city council after closure of its energy company
    • High Court judge dismisses legal challenge over lack of Sikh tick-box in 2021 Census
    • Welsh Government consults on draft statutory guidance on new performance regime for principal councils
    • London borough issues s.114 notice amid “severe ongoing financial challenges”
    • Outgoing Commissioner for Public Appointments fires warning shot over growing political bias in appointments
    • Who needs to know what?
    • Financially-troubled Croydon to ask LGA to investigate senior management actions
    • Welsh Government hails passing in Senedd of Bill “to revolutionise local government and democracy”
    • Welsh Government to consult on changes to how alleged misconduct by senior officers in local government is tackled
    • Councillor threatens defamation action in aftermath of confidential briefing on COVID-19 local impact
    • Court of Appeal urges consideration of rule changes to procedure for judicial review claims after dismissing challenge to ‘lockdown’ regulations
    • Law Commission issues proposals for reforming offence of misconduct in public office
    • Ministry of Justice names panel for review of Human Rights Act
    • Ministry asks Liverpool City Council for information on steps taken to secure effective governance in wake of arrests
    • Leader of city council forced to deny it is close to bankruptcy after report leaked
    • Borough council calls in leading local government lawyer to review actions over £250m stadium loan
    • Ombudsman report urges councils to scrutinise services for children in care
    • Cabinet member resigns over breach of code of conduct in dealing with grant application by motorcycle display team
    • Secretary of State to send in governance and finance experts to Nottingham City Council
    • Secretary of State orders best value inspection at Liverpool following arrests
    • Standards committee for Welsh Parliament consults on new code of conduct including new principle of ‘Respect’
    • Leader of Welsh council suspended for seven months for code of conduct breaches, vows to appeal
    • Councils call for clarity on whether 6 May 2021 elections will proceed
    • Covid-19 Regulations – the enforcement role of local authorities
    • Monitoring officers give lukewarm response to LGA Model Code of Conduct, unlikely to recommend implementation: LLG
    • May 2021 elections still on but situation will be kept under review: Minister
    • Law firm teams up with CommercialGov to deliver governance for commercial activity masterclass for LGA
    • Welsh Government to seek Senedd consent for emergency bill to manage election during pandemic
    • Lawyers and democratic services officers to obtain legal advice on continuing with virtual meetings after 6 May without need for primary legislation
    • Welsh Government proposes emergency proxy votes for May 2021 Senedd election
    • Town council facing judicial review over handling of staff grievances
    • Campaign group fails in legal challenge after council dismissed petition calling for referendum on governance model
    • Secretary of State sets up Improvement and Assurance Panel at financially-troubled London borough
    • Government gives green light to May 2021 local elections
    • Lawyers and democratic services officers to seek court declaration on ability to hold remote meetings after 6 May 2021
    • Parish council that went viral over committee meeting is subject of "multiplicity of complaints"
    • London borough changes constitution ahead of reported move to suspend quartet of senior officers
    • Lessons to be learned from ‘that’ council meeting
    • Government consults on proposals for unitary local government in Cumbria, North Yorkshire and Somerset, reschedules elections
    • Taskforce produces updated governance toolkit to support local council officers
    • Lawyers and democratic services officers serve pre-action letter on Local Government Secretary over continuation of remote meetings under existing legislation
    • Budget 2021: key measures
    • Budget 2021: reaction from the sector
    • Centre for Governance and Scrutiny joins up with think-tank to launch governance toolkit
    • Government brings together guidance for councils on rules post-Brexit
    • Senedd Cymru passes regulations for introduction of socio-economic duty in Wales
    • National Audit Office warns on delays to completion of 2019/20 audits of local bodies
    • Counsel General for Wales says efforts to explain coronavirus restrictions shows need for more work to make law accessible in “normal” times
    • Government to make combined authority mayors, Mayor of London and Police and Crime Commissioner elections ‘first past the post’, look to mandate transfer of fire and rescue functions to PCCs
    • ADSO and LLG issue claim in High Court in bid to extend local authority remote meetings beyond 6th May
    • Ministry of Justice to consult on judicial review reforms including power to suspend quashing orders, removal of ‘Cart judgments’, and procedural changes
    • London borough says planning decision cannot stand after problems with broadcast stream for committee meeting
    • High Court to resolve next month issue of ability of councils to hold meetings remotely after 6 May deadline
    • Best value report calls for Legal Services team at Liverpool to be built up as Secretary of State decides to send commissioners into city council
    • Dismay among councils as Government confirms there will be no extension to emergency legislation regarding virtual council meetings
    • Supreme Court gives green light to appeal over lawfulness of voter ID pilot schemes
    • Law Society agrees to facilitate creation of new Law Council of Wales
    • Government faces legal challenge over ministerial use of self-deleting messages on Signal, WhatsApp  
    • Former elected mayor for Liverpool eyes legal challenge against council over legal costs following arrest
    • City Solicitor at Liverpool to retire at end of May after 25 years at council
    • Minister blames election and Covid-19 pandemic for “overdue” Government response to key report in 2019 on local government ethical standards
    • Government to support legal action over ability of councils to hold remote meetings
    • Jackie Weaver and IT professionals join calls for continuation of virtual council meetings in England
    • Government needs to improve the process by which ministers take legal advice: Institute for Government
    • Research finds vast majority of councils in England likely to hold remote or hybrid meetings if permitted, as High Court hears bid for declarations that local authorities have the power already
    • Welsh Government fails in "premature" court challenge over post-Brexit Internal Market Act
    • Council leader defends his conduct after public interest report into pay-off of former chief executive
    • Warning of huge cost burden for councils after High Court rules Royal Borough acted unlawfully in refusing right to inspect accounting records on basis of time it would take
    • Meetings of local authorities in England must be face to face from 7 May, judges rule
    • Law Society criticises government “over-reach” in judicial review reform
    • Minister calls on councils to respond to call for evidence on remote meetings after High Court setback
    • Requirement for meetings under Local Government Act 1972 to be “open to the public” means members of public must be admitted in person: High Court rules
    • Active participants in meetings of local authorities in England under Local Government Act 1972 must attend in person: LLG and ADSO
    • High Court orders urgent trial in claim by Liverpool mayor for indemnity against legal costs
    • City council to move to committee system in 2022 after governance referendum
    • Planning, procurement and judicial review legislation to the fore in Queen's Speech
    • District says it would not contest election petition after ineligible voters took part in parish by-election
    • New 'Core Code of Ethics' launched for fire and rescue services
    • Ombudsman criticises council for way it allocated Covid grants to businesses
    • The Accessibility Regulations for Public Sector Body Websites and Mobile Apps
    • Town council to pay £70k+ over defamatory statements about two councillors
    • LLG, ADSO and Bevan Brittan issue guidance for local authorities on remote meetings following High Court judgment
    • City council censured by Ombudsman for failing to show it implemented recommendations
    • Dispute between county and districts over local government reorganisation in Somerset heats up as voters directed to spoof website
    • Welsh council agrees to accept Ombudsman recommendations in full despite Monitoring Officer report advising payment of £15k less in proposed compensation to complainant
    • Claimants fail in legal challenge over whether now-defunct council had lawful authority to issue enforcement notice
    • UK Government “misrepresented” the law and eluded parliamentary oversight when implementing legislation during pandemic, House of Lords Select Committee finds
    • Councils want to retain benefits of virtual meetings but call on Government to avoid “overly prescriptive” approach to formats: Local Government Association
    • Standards watchdog identifies four areas of regulation needing reform in interim report
    • High Court hears judicial review over voting provisions for blind and partially sighted people
    • LLG calls for ability of local authorities to hold virtual meetings to be made permanent
    • Government needs to better understand risks carried by arm’s length bodies, says spending watchdog
    • Strengthened local government Prudential Code to be published by end 2021: CIPFA
    • Tribunal upholds decision by council to refuse to disclose views of independent persons on complaint about councillor
    • Court of Appeal grants judicial review application from Welsh Government of the Internal Market Act
    • Councils to have power to award subsidies under new state aid plans
    • Former council leader suspended after code of conduct breach
    • Council to hold virtual full meeting due to Covid rise
    • Poor complaint response from London borough prompts further Ombudsman investigation
    • George Galloway instructs firm to begin legal action after campaign advertising dispute during Batley and Spen by-election
    • Council issues Section 114 notice due to "range of challenging financial issues"
    • Welsh Government legislative programme to contain consolidation Bill in bid to create single and fully bilingual law
    • Public Accounts Committee demands urgent action to improve system of local government audit in England
    • New deals on way for counties as part of more flexible approach to devolution in England, says Prime Minister
    • Standards watchdog calls on Government to respond to recommendations in 2019 local government ethical standards report “as a matter of urgency”
    • Local Government Association issues supporting guidance for Model Code of Conduct
    • MPs demand reforms to ensure sustainability of local government finances
    • Powers for judges to modify quashing orders among key measures as Judicial Review and Courts Bill introduced
    • High Court quashes decision by deputy monitoring officer that parish councillor had breached code of conduct
    • Secretary of State sets out favoured proposals for local government reorganisation in Cumbria, North Yorkshire and Somerset
    • Ombudsman warns of “widening cracks” in local government complaint handling
    • High Court judge orders Liverpool City Council to reconsider refusal of indemnity for former elected mayor
    • Cumbria County Council warns Secretary of State of potential legal challenge over local government reorganisation
    • Ministry issues best practice guidance on council tax collection
    • Standards watchdog writes to minister amid concern over lack of diversity in its membership
    • Ombudsman raps council over handling of request for council tax relief during pandemic
    • Cabinet Office Minister sets up review of Committee on Standards in Public Life
    • Judicial review applications have continued to fall in first half of 2021: Ministry of Justice
    • Gender equality charity research finds 76% of councils still do not have maternity or paternity policies
    • Gove replaces Jenrick as Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government
    • Council and minister criticise abuse at planning meeting
    • Government to ditch ‘Supplementary Vote’ system for mayoral and PCC elections in favour of ‘First Past the Post’
    • Government to undertake review of ‘Retained EU law’, ensure courts have full ability to depart from EU case law "according to normal rules"
    • Prime Minister and Secretary of State launch ‘Levelling Up’ taskforce as beefed-up Ministry gets rebrand
    • County mulls switch to Leader and Cabinet model, claiming it will “strengthen case for devolved powers”
    • Leader calls on Government to intervene in council over governance issues
    • MPs criticise Cabinet Office for failing to enforce code for public appointments in relation to arm's length bodies
    • Discussions between Welsh Government and UK Government over future of justice in Wales to begin “shortly”: Counsel General
    • MPs call for devolution to become default option in England
    • Liverpool names Fenwick as City Solicitor and Monitoring Officer
    • Jackie Weaver and top comedians to hold “the ultimate council meeting” to mark Handforth anniversary
    • Thinktank sets out principles that should underpin Levelling Up White Paper
    • River bank site planning decision creates three-way row
    • Judicial review of government plan to create two unitary councils in Cumbria delayed by call-in
    • £95,000 pay-off approved by Council leader, exceeding his authority
    • Laws passed by the Scottish Parliament struck down by Supreme Court justices
    • Croydon votes for directly-elected mayor
    • Constitutional amendment that moved council meetings to working hours criticised
    • External auditors call on council mired in employment tribunal claims to commission report by independent monitoring officer
    • Watchdog hits out at four community councils in Wales over unlawful activity and poor governance arrangements
    • Attorney General hits out at rise in “political litigation” and defends reforms to judicial review
    • Mayor blasts rise in councillor-on-councillor complaints
    • Gove proposes sending commissioners into borough council over failure to comply with best value duty
    • Cumbria launches judicial review over local government reorganisation
    • Autumn Budget and Spending Review 2021: key policy measures
    • Autumn Budget and Spending Review 2021: reaction from the sector
    • Standards watchdog calls for stronger ethical rules, greater regulator independence in central government
    • Council political leaders issue joint statement condemning abuse and threats from public ahead of controversial planning decision
    • Chief executive of Centre for Governance and Scrutiny to take up new role at Liverpool
    • Police called to council meeting argument over standards report
    • LGA issues call for evidence on abuse and intimidation of councillors
    • Monitoring officer advises council leader not to participate in vote on skate park development following complaint by lawyers behind judicial review challenge
    • Leader and Deputy Leader step down at district council following disrupted meeting
    • MP lodges complaint with council after leader called him a "moron"
    • District to write to Secretary of State to call for ability to hold remote meetings
    • Jeremy Corbyn secures apology, damages from councillor over tweet
    • Thanet appoints Hynes as independent monitoring officer to review employment tribunal claims
    • Emergence of new Covid variant means councils should be given ability to hold remote meetings again – even if only temporarily, local government lawyers and democratic services officers say
    • Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman proposes more powers to improve the service
    • Gove sends commissioners into borough council
    • Judges dismiss judicial review challenge over interpretation by Prime Minister of ministerial code in Priti Patel "bullying" claims
    • Joint Committee on Human Rights call for key proposals in Judicial Review and Courts Bill to be ditched
    • County council apologises after unlawfully employing ex-councillor: report
    • Councils call for legislation allowing them to host remote meetings in light of Omicron variant
    • Election reform proposals “lack evidence base, consultation and transparency”, MPs warn
    • External auditors tell council to take “effective grip” of longstanding service issues, following breakdown in relationships between senior officers and senior members
    • Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman annual report reveals impact of pandemic on complaints handling
    • Justice Secretary issues consultation on replacing Human Rights Act with Bill of Rights
    • Thanet appoints Baker as Independent Monitoring Officer with original choice unable to take on role
    • District councils in Warwickshire agree to make formal submission on merging to Secretary of State
    • Government minister reiterates need for primary legislation if councils to be allowed to hold meetings remotely on permanent basis
    • Groups representing lawyers and democratic services officers launch petition calling for councils to be given choice of holding remote meetings
    • Councillor breached Code of Conduct by acting anonymously through Twitter, independent investigator finds
    • Centre for Governance and Scrutiny appoints new chief executive
    • Powers to assess handling of code of conduct complaints could help end “toxic long-running” standards disputes, Ombudsman says
    • Watchdog accuses Welsh council of "serious breakdown of governance", ignoring Head of Legal and disregarding external legal advice
    • City council chief executive expresses regret over Cabinet Office leaving drinks
    • City council to set up committee to consider action over chief executive after Cabinet Office leaving drinks admission
    • Minister proposes “unprecedented” intervention into council despite absence of best value inspection or Government review
    • High Court refuses permission for Cumbria County Council challenge to local government restructuring
    • Welsh council outlines training plan after recognition that at extraordinary meeting it would have acted unconstitutionally if monitoring officer advice had not been followed
    • External auditor slams legal, governance and finance failings over multi-million pound arts centre refurbishment project run by London borough
    • Cumbria renews judicial review bid over local government reorganisation
    • Secretary of State indicates support for hybrid meetings on efficiency grounds
    • Minister to respond “shortly” to report issued by standards watchdog in 2019 on local government ethical standards
    • Every part of England that wishes to have a ‘London-style’ devolution deal will have one, says Gove ahead of Levelling Up White Paper
    • Election Court dismisses challenge to election result over statements in leaflet
    • “Systemic problems” behind failure at Welsh council to heed "Assisted Lift" waste collection service complaints, Ombudsman finds
    • Welsh councillor who started coffee shop and wine bar without planning permission found to be in “serious breach” of code of conduct
    • Watchdog criticises governance and oversight arrangements Welsh council had in place for waste company, but acknowledges actions taken by local authority
    • Welsh council decides against further action after critical watchdog report on payment to former chief executive
    • Mayor says he is "exonerated" after council closes investigation into allegations of naked pictures on computer
    • Supreme Court to hear challenge over voter ID pilot schemes this week
    • Recovery plan to improve governance at Thanet takes shape
    • Lords committee to hold inquiry into role and impartiality of Lord Chancellor and Law Officers
    • Decision by council to withdraw Local Plan put on hold after monitoring officer threatens issue of Section 5 report
    • London borough and Barclays settle LOBO/LIBOR loan dispute
    • Council agrees to pay complainant £10k after Ombudsman investigation into refusal of Small Business Grant
    • Local government groups issue model motion for councils to show support for choice to hold remote and hybrid meetings
    • Covid put huge pressure on councils with complaints-handling in some authorities becoming “a casualty of the crisis”: Ombudsman
    • High Court judge refuses council permission for judicial review over local government reorganisation
    • LGA welcomes new duties on major social media firms to be included in Online Safety Bill, amid concerns at abuse faced by councillors
    • Cumbria calls time on judicial review challenge over local government reorganisation
    • Council to meet this week to reconsider whether to withdraw Local Plan after threat of section 5 report saw decision suspended
    • Lawyers in Local Government issues statement on Ukraine
    • Council votes to reconfirm Local Plan withdrawal decision that saw monitoring officer threaten to issue section 5 report
    • Court dismisses claim council did not comply with scheme of delegation when granting itself planning permission
    • Welsh and Scottish governments criticise “unwelcome and unnecessary” plans to drop Human Rights Act
    • Standards watchdog to undertake review of role of leadership in embedding Nolan Principles
    • Councillors warn they lack powers to represent local community properly
    • Cost of investigations into complaints at Handforth Parish Council of Zoom fame reaches more than £85,000
    • Government data shows falls across the board in number of judicial review applications in 2021
    • Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman sees term extended for two years
    • Commissioners sack chief executive of troubled council for gross misconduct but she vows to “robustly” defend her reputation
    • Complaints received by Welsh local authorities now higher than pre COVID levels, says Ombudsman
    • Liverpool to consult residents on form of governance
    • Government to pursue giving all Police and Crime Commissioners wider functional power of competence
    • LLG and Law Society express concern at Government plan to replace Human Rights Act with Bill of Rights
    • Government rejects standards watchdog call for power to suspend councillors found in breach of code of conduct, but backs additional protections for monitoring officers
    • Restructuring local government does not guarantee cost reduction and may damage citizen engagement, research suggests
    • Council adopts revised arrangements for handling complaints against councillors after 50 received in less than two years
    • Government appoints commissioners at borough council
    • Local Government Association calls for positive debates ahead of May elections, amid concerns over intimidation and toxic discourse
    • City council to ditch ‘Leader and Cabinet’ model for committee system
    • Tribunal rejects legal challenge over non-disclosure of Government submissions to Independent Review of Administrative Law
    • External auditor raps council for failing to following procurement processes when commissioning £30k capability review
    • Meetings between mayor and contractors without officers over £21m regeneration project contrary to council constitution, report finds
    • Jackie Weaver did not have the authority to eject councillors from zoom meeting, investigation finds
    • Jackie Weaver joins campaign to encourage more involvement with parish and town councils
    • Committee of MPs urges Government to ditch plans for new powers to set direction of electoral watchdog
    • LGA calls for beefed-up Online Safety Bill to protect councillors from abuse
    • Supreme Court to issue ruling next week on lawfulness of voter ID pilot schemes
    • Council meeting disrupted as climate protestors glue hands to chamber desks
    • Croydon Council names Director of Legal Services and Monitoring Officer
    • Merger of districts set to be called off amid “irreconcilable” differences, issues over due diligence of council-owned company
    • Standards watchdog criticises plans to give Government power to set strategic direction of Electoral Commission
    • Gove dismisses concerns about threat to independence of Electoral Commission amid strategic direction statement row
    • Supreme Court rejects appeal over introduction of voter ID pilot schemes in May 2019 local government elections
    • Government to set up Public Sector Fraud Authority amid concerns at abuse of Covid support schemes
    • Law Society hails Government decision to ditch statutory presumption provisions on judicial review remedies
    • Executive Board at city council to consider external reports into misallocation of Housing Revenue Account as amount of funds incorrectly used rises to £40m
    • Cabinet Office sets out how Whitehall departments should review their public bodies
    • Judges dismiss legal challenge over use of WhatsApp and other non-government communications systems for government business
    • Local government lawyers and democratic services officers criticise lack of government response to call for evidence on remote meetings
    • Barnsley names new Service Director for Law and Governance
    • Ex-Leader of London borough launches judicial review challenge after Ombudsman named him in report
    • Commissioners at Liverpool delay next report to Secretary of State by two months as intervention reaches “pivotal point”
    • Bristol residents vote to abolish mayoral position in favour of committee system
    • Former Mayor of Tower Hamlets re-elected after five year ban
    • Queen’s Speech 2022: the reaction
    • Queen's Speech 2022: planning, mental health care and social housing reform part of next legislative programme
    • Association of Electoral Administrators issues guidance on actions to take when member fails to attend any meeting for six consecutive months
    • Council chamber security upgraded in wake of ‘Grannies for the Future’ protest
    • Former parish council clerk bailed after admitting £162k fraud
    • Group of board members at combined authority say they will ask Government for emergency help if Mayor does not step down
    • Peers raise concerns over Government curbing of parliamentary scrutiny
    • Nine out of ten county councillors support ability of authorities to adopt hybrid model of meetings
    • Ombudsman issues report on failures by council to meet Equality Act 2010 duties and make ‘reasonable adjustments’
    • Projected implementation timelines for Elections Act 2022 changes are “optimistic at best, undeliverable at worst”, electoral administrators warn
    • Thanet councillors agree to review constitution and restructure senior management team, following review by independent monitoring officer
    • Council issues s114 notice over unlawful expenditure
    • Former top lawyer at Cardiff Council named member of Local Democracy and Boundary Commission for Wales
    • Amendment saves Mayor from motion demanding his resignation
    • Government to set up new regulator for local audit, make audit committees compulsory for all local councils
    • Standards watchdog expresses concern at failure of Prime Minister to implement full package of recommended reforms for Ministerial Code
    • Auditors identify weaknesses in services at city council
    • Open Innovation Team launches service to provide support on equalities impact assessments
    • Local authority chief executive steps down after tweet about Conservative party
    • Council to ask committee to establish “who knew what, when” over unlawful spending after s.114 notice issued
    • Independent governance review hits out at county council that "lost its way" amid internal battles
    • Thanet chief executive steps down in aftermath of Independent Monitoring Officer report
    • Combined authority to seek help from Government amid flurry of senior staff resignations
    • Councillor wins £30k damages after BBC misidentified her as politician accused of housing fraud
    • LGA urges Government to address future of remote and hybrid council meetings
    • Solicitor becomes interim chief executive at North West council after predecessor departs following controversial tweet
    • Ombudsman had “implied power” to withdraw flawed decision and re-open investigation, High Court finds
    • LGA calls for urgent plan to protect councillors amid rise in abuse and intimidation
    • Councillor sends pre-action protocol letter contesting Code of Conduct breach finding
    • Motion asks monitoring officer to investigate council ban on local democracy reporters
    • Mayoral model receives most votes from residents in Liverpool governance consultation
    • London Mayor facing monitoring officer investigation after Elizabeth Line announcement before elections
    • Welsh councillor who falsely claimed to be eligible to stand for election disqualified for two years
    • NALC publishes information aimed at assisting parish and town councils handle poor councillor conduct
    • Union sets out opposition to fire authority takeover by PCC
    • Bristol to hold public consultation on new governance arrangements
    • Electoral system not ready for voter ID: electoral administrators
    • Government withholds £1.3m in funding for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority over unresolved governance concerns
    • Council asks government not to send in commissioners
    • Former PCC cleared of making false declaration
    • High Court finds that Ombudsman did not give enough reasons for refusal to investigate complaint
    • Law Commission unveils plans for reforms to “confusing, out-of-date and restrictive” weddings law
    • Thanet names Sameera Khan as interim monitoring officer
    • Watchdog chair urges councils to engage with Government amid disappointment at ministerial response to local government ethical standards report
    • Government rules out wide-scale Ombudsman reform in response to select committee report
    • Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman reveals more improvements directed to councils in past year than ever before, while complaints about Education and Children’s Services have highest uphold rate
    • Government Legal Department issues updated guidance for civil servants on legal environment in which decisions in public bodies are made
    • Centre for Governance & Scrutiny names interim chief executive after Fry steps down for personal reasons
    • Attorney General tells government lawyers to adopt “private-sector approach” to client service
    • Councillors in Buckinghamshire defeat High Court challenge to their election
    • Standards watchdog urges Conservative leadership candidates to commit to implementing recommendations of 2021 Upholding Standards in Public Life report
    • Council must consider impact on Welsh Language in all policy decisions relating to its community property stock, Tribunal affirms
    • LGA releases briefing on changes to disqualification criteria for councillors
    • Welsh Ombudsman sees sharp rise in public services complaints and serious Code of Conduct findings
    • District to investigate why councillors were removed from audit and standards committee meeting
    • Local council groups launch “Civility and Respect Pledge” amid bullying and harassment concerns
    • Council and LEP fall victim to sophisticated £1.1m cyber fraud
    • Welsh Auditor General slams “lax” town council
    • Council receives letter before claim suggesting it may have breached fiduciary duty in £138m investment decision
    • Government set to step up financial and governance intervention at Liverpool City Council
    • Government consults on guidance aimed at making Electoral Commission more accountable to Parliament
    • Institute for Government calls for reforms to public appointments system
    • Council more than decade late in implementing policy needed to be compliant with Equality Act, Ombudsman finds
    • Council asks postal voters to re-register after cyber attack
    • Wakefield monitoring officer appointed to Challenge Board at Northumberland
    • Supreme Court rejects Welsh Government bid for ruling on UK Internal Market Act
    • Monitoring officer report on planning meeting halted for procedural irregularities reveals councillor removed from committee until given further training
    • Government and upper-tier councils agree £1.1bn East Midlands deal adopting “first of a kind” devolution model
    • Ombudsman threatened council three times with witness summons amid concerns at resourcing of complaints function
    • Police called to meeting of Welsh council amid row over sex education curriculum
    • Auditors criticise failure of council to take legal advice on pay-off for senior staff member
    • Three political members appointed to standards watchdog
    • Government expands intervention at Slough to include recruitment of senior officers
    • Government launches intervention at Thurrock over financial concerns and “seriousness” of recent allegations
    • Secretary of State beefs up powers of Improvement and Assurance Board at city council, decides against sending in commissioners “at this time”
    • Councils call for further devolution as Truss becomes PM
    • Simon Clarke named Levelling Up Secretary
    • Rate of complaints made to Welsh councils returns to pre-pandemic levels, Ombudsman data shows
    • Government adjusts timing of changes to postal vote handling rules
    • LLG issues guidance to members on holding local authority meetings during period of mourning
    • Judges and lawyers pay tribute to Queen Elizabeth II
    • NALC stands by advice on council meetings and notice periods during period of national mourning after King's Counsel expresses alternative view
    • Chief executive at Thurrock takes leave of absence as Government intervention gets underway
    • Public and regulatory law specialist Melanie Carter joins Bevan Brittan
    • Survey finds officers and councillors "not especially positive” about future of local government scrutiny
    • Electoral watchdog calls for urgent action to prevent abuse and intimidation of candidates
    • County councils call on Government to speed up devolution
    • Reviewing council constitutions
    • Oversight Committee finds Greater London Authority Code of Conduct has “potential gaps” after reviewing findings of investigation into conduct of Boris Johnson while London Mayor
    • Levelling-Up Secretary to create “many more mayors”, boost house building, and “crack down” on local government mismanagement
    • Thurrock allowed to obtain Public Works Loan Board funding after its ability to use intra-authority borrowing market contracts significantly
    • Counsel General for Wales condemns “anti-democratic” UK Government Bills and failure to address issues preventing access to justice
    • Welsh Government launches consultation on Bill aimed at repealing redundant provisions across statute book
    • Weakness in council cultures and governance “common factor” leading to recent auditor interventions: Grant Thornton
    • Peers say system of impact assessments for Government legislation is “failing Parliament and the public”
    • Council admits decision to cancel talk over views of speaker was procedurally unlawful
    • Association of Electoral Administrators seeks clarification of impact of coronation of King Charles III on election timetable
    • CIPFA “struck” by adversarial language between members and officers at unitary, calls for action plan to address significant governance problems
    • Welsh Government to trial automatic voter registration in local government elections
    • "Deeply embarrassing" error forces council to cancel all meetings
    • MPs say Electoral Commission may not have enough time to publish guidance on voter ID rules ahead of 2023 local elections
    • Watchdog urges Levelling Up Secretary to rethink position on local government standards, citing “clear frustration” within councils at limited powers to tackle poor behaviour
    • Audit Wales criticises councils that only review handful of National Fraud Initiative matches they receive
    • Gove made Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
    • Minister orders external review into "outlier" council over levels of commercial debt from property transactions
    • MPs say devolution plans in Levelling Up White Paper do not go far enough
    • MPs make urgent call to fix “confusing and opaque” governance structures in England
    • Watchdog criticises shortcomings in local government audits
    • Council leaders in Kent claim region is at “breaking point”, condemn Home Office plan to allocate more asylum seekers
    • External auditor issues council with s24 notice over statement of accounts delay
    • Gove appoints Finance Commissioner at Liverpool as government intervention expanded
    • Boundary Commission for England launches final public consultation on reshaping constituency map
    • High Court judge quashes planning permission for apparent bias, finds monitoring officer “went wrong in law”
    • Local council bodies produce guide for councils and councillors on use of social media
    • Leaders of Tory-run county councils demand changes to funding or statutory obligations, warning of potential bankruptcy
    • Public Services Ombudsman for Wales makes changes to Code of Conduct complaints process and guidance
    • Solar farm company owing £655m to council enters administration
    • Council fails in bid to secure injunction against local website over confidential reports but nets undertaking on future publication
    • Chancellor announces extra £7.5bn to be spent on adult social care after hearing “very real concerns” from councils
    • Autumn statement 2022: key measures
    • Autumn Statement 2022: reaction from the sector
    • County leaders urge Government to speed up devolution as report suggests their areas lag behind in foreign investment
    • Council admits to being “financially and operationally unsustainable”, issues s114 notice
    • Independent governance review criticises undervaluing of legal advice at city council
    • Council, law firm and university launch LA company best practice network
    • New legal duty to require local bodies to consider how decision-making impacts members of Armed Forces community
    • External auditors issue critical report on governance at combined authority
    • Almost half of councils not confident in ability to train staff for introduction of voter ID
    • Spending watchdog calls on Government to address “remaining barriers” in shared services strategy
    • New toolkit in ‘Debate Not Hate’ campaign aims to tackle councillor abuse
    • “Grave financial situation” at Thurrock as report shows £470m funding gap
    • Ombudsman urges councils “to take a rights-based mindset” when developing their services
    • Council and external auditors at loggerheads over lawfulness of commercial property investment spree
    • Government Draft Statement proposing greater oversight of Electoral Commission needs to be “fundamentally rewritten”, MPs say
    • Labour calls for legal requirement on taking decisions “as close as meaningfully and practicably possible” to people affected by them
    • Report on £437k settlement payment to chief executive finds approval was lawful but criticises failings in officer report, absence of legal advice and poor record keeping
    • Concerns expressed at continued delay in Government response on local authority remote meetings
    • LGA calls for delay of introduction of voter ID requirements ahead of May 2023 elections
    • Ex-leader of London borough fails in High Court challenge over naming in Ombudsman report
    • Backlog of delayed opinions undermining financial management, governance and accountability, audit appointments body warns
    • Ombudsman annual report reveals two-thirds of complaints upheld after detailed investigation
    • Guidance for LGA Code of Conduct revised to support local councils
    • Financially troubled Thurrock Council issues section 114 notice
    • Watchdog calls for updated, strengthened structures for maintaining standards
    • Government agrees devolution deal for North East
    • Ex-leader of London borough to appeal High Court dismissal of judicial review challenging his naming in Ombudsman report
    • Councils threaten legal action over Norfolk devolution plans
    • Ombudsman finds fault with ‘number of aspects’ of council investigation into member conduct
    • Council Zoom meeting disrupted by ‘extremely inappropriate content’, prompting security review
    • Government dismisses call from MPs to start work on setting out long-term strategy to rationalise electoral law ahead of next general election
    • Peers express concern at ‘respectable legal argument’ threshold guidance for government lawyers on legal risk
    • Standards watchdog issues report on how public sector leaders can maintain ethical organisational practices
    • Government moves to expand intervention at Thurrock after concluding financial position result of “deeper systemic weakness"
    • Spending watchdog warns on backlog of audit opinions in local government
    • MPs call for review of statutory notice guidance amid warning that local papers face continued decline
    • Government issues Best Value Notice for combined authority over continued concerns about governance arrangements
    • Government sets expectations in Best Value Notice to unitary council beset with governance problems
    • Michael King to step down as Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman next month
    • VWV bolsters public sector team with hire of former local authority strategic director
    • Gove green lights above-threshold council tax rises at Croydon, Thurrock and Slough to tackle continued financial woes
    • Auditors call for further debate on effectiveness of standards regime in report on former council leader and procurement
    • Ex-Supreme Court judge named as independent member of standards watchdog
    • Council removes parish and town councillor contact details following abuse reports, as Nicola Bulley case continues
    • Welsh Ombudsman issues rare special report over park authority due to three-year delay in resolving complaint
    • Councillors vote against livestreaming public meetings pending consultation with residents and “further investigation into cost”
    • President of National Association of Local Councils tables amendments to Bill that would allow holding of remote meetings
    • External auditor finds “significant failing in governance” involved in council office purchase
    • Corporate peer challenge recommends council conduct monthly ‘golden triangle’ meetings
    • Council hints at possible section 114 notice as it wrestles with “mountain of unsustainable debt”
    • LGA leader repeats warning that councils may be “overwhelmed” by voter ID requirements in May elections
    • Liverpool housing firm failure caused by lack of clear policy strategy and robust delivery and business plans, report finds
    • Select committee criticises government dismissal of call for cross-party commission on reforming governance in England
    • Council publishes 2021 report that revealed “organisational dysfunction” at senior level
    • Select committee launches inquiry on auditing council finances amid growing number of local authorities issuing section 114 notices
    • Government hands new responsibilities for local audit over to Financial Reporting Council
    • Counter Fraud Profession Strategy unveiled in bid to “upskill” public sector professionals
    • Court of Appeal upholds decision by Ombudsman to disclaim jurisdiction over two complaints
    • Council issues statement after councillor was misgendered during meeting and received online abuse
    • Investigation into removal "without due care" of significant city statue finds council officers failed to follow agreed procedures
    • LGA should change focus to respond to growth in mayoral combined authorities and devolution deals, report finds
    • Twelve councils reportedly at risk of failing to deliver statutory duties amid financial pressures, research shows
    • Inquiry finds city council legal leadership failed to question "what it was right or proportionate” to do in tree protest dispute
    • Lawyers and democratic services officers criticise Government refusal of freedom of information request on remote meetings ‘call for evidence’
    • Spring Budget 2023: Hunt unveils “refocused” Investment Zone programme and business rates deals for mayoral combined authorities
    • Spring Budget 2023: key measures
    • Spring Budget 2023: reaction from the sector
    • Council puts brakes on decision to refer former monitoring officer to SRA as it mulls legal advice
    • House of Commons Library issues briefing on pre-election period of sensitivity
    • Commissioners at Liverpool praise improvement but warn of risks to progress including senior officer upheaval and change in governance
    • Gove “minded to intervene” at Croydon, expands intervention at Thurrock
    • Council calls for Government review into collapse of Coventry City of Culture Trust
    • Former council chief exec appointed Interim Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman
    • Mayors “energetic” about increasing scrutiny for Mayoral Combined Authorities given ‘trailblazer deals’, Gove claims
    • Gove claims fewer than 1% of voters could be turned away in May elections as result of voter ID requirements
    • London borough backs legal action to recover six-figure settlement paid to former chief executive
    • MPs and peers call for “greater human rights focus” in Ombudsperson system but rule out dedicated Human Rights Ombudsperson
    • Spending watchdog accuses public bodies of not knowing how much fraud they face
    • District council wins ‘Legal Services Innovation’ category at LexisNexis Legal Awards 2023
    • Centre for Governance and Scrutiny issues advice on call-in, schemes of delegation and council constitutions
    • Local Government Association calls for measures in Online Safety Bill to tackle low level abuse of councillors
    • Equalities watchdog updates technical guidance on public sector equality duty in England
    • Review of disclosure and barring regime calls for enhanced criminal record checks for councillors on certain committees
    • Supreme Court refuses permission to appeal rejection of legal challenge over government usage of private communication channels
    • Welsh councillor suspended after responding to email in German
    • Councils call for voters to show "respect and civility" towards candidates and officers at upcoming local elections
    • CIPFA publishes report on public body sustainability reporting strategies
    • Concerns over likely accuracy of turnout data raised by Levelling-Up Committee Chair ahead of voter ID changes
    • Review calls for changes and additional resources at council over length of time taken to address code of conduct complaints
    • Council leader hits out after being cleared of electoral malpractice
    • Ombudsman criticises London borough after resident “unfairly threatened” with court action for non-payment of council tax
    • Elections watchdog to conduct analysis of implementation of voter ID
    • Council leader "appalled" at abuse of polling station staff over voter ID requirements
    • Government to amend sunsetting provisions of retained EU law legislation amid “risks of legal uncertainty”
    • Council that found 864 uncounted postal votes after declaring result refers mishap to Electoral Commission
    • Court gives green light for judicial review over failure of trust port to hold seven consecutive elections
    • New unitary expresses concern at procedure adopted by abolished predecessor authority over CIL grant payments
    • Court of Appeal finds Ombudsman decision to withdraw report was unlawful, but dismisses appeal by developer
    • Tribunal dismisses councillor appeal over request to see legal advice obtained by own authority
    • London borough ditches committees in favour of cabinet and scrutiny system
    • Law Commission to recruit new Commissioner for Public Law and the Law in Wales
    • Government issues draft regulations for postal and proxy voting safeguards
    • Minister threatens city council with commissioners after improvement board finds some good progress but also lack of urgency
    • LLG names three firms to Monitoring Officer Defence Panel
    • Investigation finds councillor breached code of conduct at planning committee, appeared to have predetermined view
    • Gove asks commissioners to take reins at council £1.9bn in debt
    • Judicial review challenge settled in “sleeping councillor” planning case
    • LGA initiative looks to create assurance framework for local government
    • Standards watchdog acknowledges “potentially huge benefits” of AI to public sector, but calls for “clear standards and greater transparency”
    • Woking Borough Council issues section 114 notice in face of £1.2bn budget deficit
    • Councils express concern at proposed change to reporting of value of infrastructure assets
    • Ministers using disappearing WhatsApp messages could face criminal sanctions: Information Commissioner
    • Ombudsman reminds councils about good complaint handling after investigations find “significant issues”
    • Gove appoints director of law at county council to independent panel on Teesworks "corruption" allegations
    • “Dereliction in leadership" and inadequate governance behind financial collapse at Thurrock, Best value inspection finds
    • Former Ombudsman receives CBE for services to local government
    • MPs call for Corporate Governance Code revamp to fix lack of transparency on non-executive directors in Government
    • At least 14,000 people could not vote in May elections because of voter ID requirement, Electoral Commission says
    • Association of Electoral Administrators call for “urgent review” of electoral landscape
    • Bill of Rights officially scrapped by Government
    • Councillors seek government help to repair fractured member-officer relationships after senior member was jailed
    • Welsh Senedd splits Senedd expansion and gender equality legislation into two
    • “Overwhelming majority” of councils want hybrid meeting powers, LGA survey finds, as wait for outcome of call for evidence continues
    • Birmingham facing serious funding issue after identifying bill for equal pay dispute has reached £760m
    • LGA to increase focus on governance, scrutiny and assurance issues in future Corporate Review Challenges
    • Gove launches Oflog in bid to improve council scrutiny and performance
    • Eight in ten councillors reported experiencing intimidation or abuse in their role in last year, finds LGA
    • LGA Conference: calls for improved communication between Home Office and councils over asylum seekers
    • Councillor handed suspension over “misleading information” during legal crowd funding campaign
    • City council launches independent review into tree felling controversy
    • County councils call for swift abolition of Local Enterprise Partnerships
    • Lords pass amendment to Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill that would allow councils to hold remote meetings
    • Draft guidance for new online campaigning rules published
    • East of England council team uncovers 66 cases of fraud, saving almost £4m in local authority funds
    • Ombudsman sees significant rise in proportion of Education and Children’s Services complaints, with uphold rate reaching record level
    • LGA produces case studies on protecting councillors from abuse
    • Ombudsman “encouraged” by response of city council to complaints-handling review
    • Commissioners set to “step back” from Sandwell after seeing improvements in member-officer relationships and finances
    • Parish council hit with slew of resignations after tempers flare at meeting to discuss poll on dissolution
    • Council defeats Court of Appeal challenge over rule in constitution on councillor voting and deferred planning applications
    • External assurance review finds “unrealistic” budget and a governance culture at council that needs “significant improvement”
    • Ombudsman publishes updated planning guidance for local authorities
    • Government confirms it is "minded to" to transfer Local Enterprise Partnerships functions to local authorities
    • Court allows election petition despite candidate declared winner in error later resigning
    • Solicitors Regulation Authority dismisses referral of council monitoring officer with no action taken
    • Electoral Commission falls victim to cyber-attack, warns organisations involved in elections to be cautious
    • Councillor hits out at "archaic rule" after being kicked off council for not attending meetings for six months
    • Woking reveals plan to conduct staffing restructure and series of governance reviews in bid to tackle financial position
    • LGA survey finds 63% of councils have adopted Model Councillor Code of Conduct in whole or in part
    • NALC and LGA invite more local councils to participate in corporate peer challenge
    • North East council seeks to address £11.5m overspend amid section 114 notice fears
    • BBC research finds £5.2bn ‘black hole’ in the budgets of top-tier councils
    • LGA responds to Government consultation on revised best value duty guidance
    • Complaints about Welsh councils fall but housing associations and health boards see sharp rises - Ombudsman
    • Charges against ex-elected Mayor over declaration of pecuniary interests dropped
    • Ombudsman rules out investigating council that decided not to take action over use of hotel to house asylum seekers
    • Election administrators share concern over potential for postal vote problems at upcoming elections
    • City council warns it may have to issue section 114 notice in letter pleading for financial support
    • One in ten municipal authorities facing section 114 notices: research
    • Districts call for guidance to make clear government intervention will only be “last resort”
    • Equalities watchdog issues guidance for local authorities on making “better investment decisions”
    • Government names preferred candidate for next Local Government Ombudsman 
    • Birmingham issues section 114 notice amid "unprecedented financial challenges"
    • County councils call for fast-tracking of devolution deals and devolved powers to support adult education
    • Panel appointed as part of Government intervention at Liverpool completes report
    • Mayor temporarily steps down after image showed him socialising with councillor who had been arrested
    • Councils warn on “significant” intervention powers contained in Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill
    • Government undertakes to provide better explanations of proposed laws in response to criticisms by Lords committee
    • More councils set to issue section 114 notices, credit ratings firm warns
    • Electoral administrators "haunted by spectre of next general election" as voter ID adds to burdens, research suggests
    • Birmingham monitoring officer says it is "extraordinarily difficult to define council statutory functions"
    • Government acknowledges need for urgent action to tackle backlog in local government audits
    • North East council to set up independent improvement advisory board, close development company
    • County council to consider ditching bid to join combined authority
    • Auditor General for Wales raps two local councils for not meeting financial and governance responsibilities