Ashford Borough Council has paused proposals for the creation of Ashford Town Council, in light of the Government’s review of Local Government Reorganisation (LGR). The borough council decided in July ...

The High Court has ruled that information withheld from a child’s parents in Forced Marriage Protection Order (FMPO) proceedings should also be withheld for a short period from the parents in the ...

Salford City Council has secured a fresh hearing after winning an appeal over a decision by the First-tier Tribunal (FTT) not to confirm a financial penalty imposed on the director of a company that ...

Southwark Council has appointed Justin Morley as its new Director of Law and Governance and Monitoring Officer. Morley, who has more than 20 years of experience in local government, joins from Ealing ...

Lawyers at Irwin Mitchell have sent a formal pre-action letter to the council on behalf of four affected young people and campaign group ‘Measure what Matters’. The group warn ...

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

At least four councils have refused to update their constitutions to account for the National Scheme of Delegation, which will see more planning decisions delegated to officers. The four local ...

The lack of transparency around public authorities' use of artificial intelligence (AI) in decision-making is creating barriers for those wishing to challenge decisions through judicial review, the ...

Not enough was done by the government to protect people in care settings in the early stages of the pandemic, leading to more than 43,000 recorded deaths involving Covid-19 in care homes between March ...

The Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) has written to the Minister of State for Social Care, Alison McGovern, to say its members remain concerned about the implications in practice of the Supreme ...

The Regulator of Social Housing has withdrawn its decision to de-register a housing association from the register of social housing providers, following a High Court challenge.

The nominated judge also found that in standing as a candidate in a local election, Judge Juss had breached the expectation that fee-paid judges refrain from political activity that could compromise ...