About Local Government Law
Local authorities are facing a period of unprecedented change and uncertainty. Lawyers are required to guide elected officials, council workers and the public through this process often with little support or guidance.
Social housing
This gold standard content set covers all aspects of social housing from homelessness, tenancy management, shared ownership and right to buy together with regulating housing provision.
Education
Education is central to the governments skills agenda to drive innovation and growth. Every aspect of education law is covered from early years foundation stage to further and higher education with a dedicated special educational needs topic.
Public procurement
Public bodies are subject to the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. We give full coverage of public contracts, from issues to consider before procurement, to dealing with contract award challenges.
Local authorities
Local authorities are facing unprecedented financial challenges, inevitable rationalisation and prioritisation of service provision. Lawyers are key in ensuring that difficult decisions are taken and implemented lawfully
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Latest Local Government News
The Local Government Association (LGA) has criticised the government's fast-track review of the Alcohol Licensing Act 2003, arguing that the proposed...
Lawyers in Local Government (LLG) has announced the launch of a new Professional Body for Monitoring Officers, with its official name and logo set to...
The Welsh Government has published a written statement responding to the Children’s Commissioner for Wales’ 2024–25 Report, outlining actions across...
Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has announced that the government has launched a £170m HIV Action Plan aimed at ending new HIV...
The Health and Social Care Committee has published an Independent Expert Panel (IEP) report evaluating England's palliative and end of life care...
Latest Local Government Practice Notes
Exclusion and limitation of liabilityThis Practice Note considers exclusion and limitation of liability in business-to-business (B2B) contracts. It...
Ill-treatment and wilful neglect—care worker and care provider offencesThis Practice Note analyses the care worker offences brought in by sections 20...
Injunctions restraining breach of planning control—procedural aspectsSection 187B of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (TCPA 1990) provides that...
Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL)—duty to pass CIL receipts to parish and community councilsContextCommunity Infrastructure Levy (CIL) is a charge...
Powers to stop up and divert highways and footpathsPurposeHighways can be stopped up if the area of highway is no longer needed, or when the land is...
Latest Local Government Precedents
Social media—training materialsThese social media training materials consist of template PowerPoint slides that can be used as the basis of one or...
Confidentiality agreement—one-way—pro-discloserThis Agreement is made on [date]Parties1[Insert name of party][ of [insert details] OR a company...
Confidentiality agreement—mutualThis Agreement is made on [date]Parties1[insert name of party] [of [insert details ] OR a company incorporated in...
Confidentiality agreement—one-way—pro-recipientThis Agreement is made on [date].Parties1[Insert name of party] [of [insert address] OR a company...
Collaboration agreementThis Agreement is made on [date]Parties1[insert name] [of OR a company incorporated in [England and Wales] under number [insert...
Latest Local Government Q&As
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What is the purposive approach to statutory interpretation?
Housing disrepair for local authority landlords—a practical guide
Housing disrepair for local authority landlords—a practical guideThis Practice Note discusses disrepair claims in relation to social housing, setting...
What are the grounds for judicial review?
Obstruction of highways
Obstruction of highwaysThe fundamental public right upon a highway is to pass and re-pass, and the obstruction of a highway is usually a criminal...
School land and premises
School land and premisesOwnership of school land and premisesThe ownership of school sites and playgrounds, school buildings and school playing fields...
If a person owns land which abuts a public highway are there any statutory or other provisions which deal with that landowners right to gain access onto the highway?
Structure of local government
Structure of local governmentCoronavirus (COVID-19): This Practice Note contains guidance on matters that have temporarily been altered to assist in...
Teachers and staff in maintained schools
Teachers and staff in maintained schoolsWho is the employer?The employer will depend upon the status of the school. The employer is:•the local...
Collaborative procurement in the public sector—a short introduction
Collaborative procurement in the public sector—a short introductionThis Practice Note is a short introduction to the legal considerations that arise...
The standstill period
The standstill periodWhat is the standstill period?When a contracting authority reaches its decision on the award of a public contract subject to the...
Maladministration—complaints
Maladministration—complaintsSection 23 of the Local Government Act 1974 (LGA 1974), creates the role of the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman...
Arms length management organisations (ALMOs)
Arms length management organisations (ALMOs)An arms length management organisation (ALMO) is a not-for-profit company that provides housing services...
Abandoned vehicles
Abandoned vehiclesAbandoned vehicles offencesSection 2 of the Refuse Disposal (Amenity) Act 1978 (RD(A)A 1978) makes it a criminal offence to abandon,...
If a restrictive covenant is expressed to be made pursuant to section 33 of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982, can a council as covenantee release a covenantor from the said restrictive covenant at any time using the usual standard deed of release of covenant?
Public procurement—private sector considerations
Public procurement—private sector considerationsPublic procurement is a buying process essentially similar to its private sector counterpart. However,...
Tattoos, sunbeds and minors
Tattoos, sunbeds and minorsTattooing of minorsIt is an offence to tattoo a person under the age of 18 except where the tattoo is performed for medical...
Use of consultants in public procurement
Use of consultants in public procurementThere are basically two types of consultants that are used in public procurement:•consultants with technical...
Highways, street works and statutory undertakers
Highways, street works and statutory undertakersStreet works at common lawAt common law it is a nuisance to interfere with the surface of a highway....
Associated legal terms
District council
The lower tier in two-tier authorities, responsible for delivery of local services such as housing, planning and waste collection. They are established by the Local Government Act 1972 Sch 1, Pt I, Sch.3 and the English Non-metropolitan Districts (Definition) Order 1972 (SI 1972/2039). 'District', without more, means, in relation to England, a metropolitan district or a non-metropolitan district: Local Government Act 1972 (LGA 1972), s 270(1); 'non- metropolitan district' means any district other than a metropolitan district: LGA 1972, s 270(2).
Personal interest
A member has a personal interest in any business of their authority that relates to, or is likely to affect, a registrable interest, or is likely to affect the well-being or financial position of the member, their family or close associates more than it would affect the majority of people in the ward or electoral division affected by the decision, or in the authority's area.
Unitary authority
A local authority which itself conducts the functions which would otherwise be discharged separately in non-metropolitan areas by county councils and by district councils.
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