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Government to appeal High Court judgment quashing hospital downgrade 27 Aug 2013 | 04:00 am
The Government is to appeal a High Court ruling that the Health Secretary acted unlawfully when he approved a reduction in the services offered at Lewisham Hospital.
Councils win permission for JR over withdrawn PFI credits for waste project 27 Aug 2013 | 04:00 am
The High Court has given two Yorkshire councils leave to bring a judicial review of a decision by DEFRA to withdraw £62.1m of private finance initiative credits from the authorities’ waste project.
Legal services framework to be set up for transport authorities in the North 27 Aug 2013 | 04:00 am
West Yorkshire's Metro is to set up a three-year legal services framework for transport authorities in the North.
"Are there regulations on keeping crocodile in back garden?" council asked 27 Aug 2013 | 04:00 am
A call asking whether there were any regulations on keeping a crocodile in a back garden has been named as the number one most bizarre request made to local authority customer services in the last 12 ...
Equal pay law firm Stefan Cross Solicitors to close: report 23 Aug 2013 | 07:48 pm
A law firm that specialised in high-profile equal pay claims against local authorities is to close, it has been reported.
New guidance to formally open up planning appeal hearings to filming 23 Aug 2013 | 07:34 pm
Communities Secretary Eric Pickles is to publish new guidance that will formally open up planning appeal hearings “to be filmed, tweeted and reported”.
Latest ICO fine for data breach highlights issues with pivot tables 23 Aug 2013 | 06:46 pm
The Information Commissioner’s Office has fined a London council £70,000 after it released personal details of more than 2,000 residents online following a freedom of information request.
Borough to pay out after planning error devalues properties 22 Aug 2013 | 05:43 pm
A London borough has agreed to compensate householders whose properties may have been devalued by a planning error.
Judge quashes planning permission for former Beaverbrook estate 22 Aug 2013 | 05:02 pm
A decision by a district council to grant planning permission for an exclusive golf and hotel development in the Surrey Hills has been quashed by a High Court judge.
Best practice guidelines issued on gaining employee support for mutuals 22 Aug 2013 | 01:01 pm
The TUC and Co-operatives UK have agreed a joint set of best practice guidelines aimed at ensuring that public service mutuals are based on employee support.
