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The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has announced a £343 million plan to open 159 new NHS mental health facilities across England. The...
This week's edition of Local Government weekly highlights includes the latest developments on local government reorganisation (LGR), with MHCLG...
Ofsted has announced that Catalyst Care Limited and its directors, Davidson Lynch-Shyllon and Miriam Ekathor, were convicted following Ofsted's first...
The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman (LGSCO) has published a report entitled ‘No Second Chances: What Complaints Teach Us About End of Life...
What is the purposive approach to statutory interpretation?Purposive (teleological) constructionThe purposive approach has its roots in legal systems...
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?We have focused on judicial review in the High Court in England and Wales. Having conducted a comprehensive...
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...
Teachers and staff in maintained schoolsThis Practice Note explains who the employer of the school’s teaching and non-teaching staff will be:•the local authority (LA)•the school governing body•the trustee or proprietorIt also deals with requirements when employing head teachers, teachers and support
School land and premisesOwnership of school land and premisesThe ownership of school sites and playgrounds, school buildings and school playing fields depends for the most part on the type of school in question.Community schoolsThe land and premises at ‘community’ schools belong to the local
If a rentcharge is shown as being informally exonerated on title information, does this apply to the current registered owner? Or does the informal exoneration only apply to the parties to the document which informally exonerated the rentcharge?This Q&A considers the situation where, at some point
Strike out—making an application to strike out a statement of caseA strike out order can be made either following an application by the parties or on the court's own initiative. This Practice Note deals with the scenario of the order being made following a party's application.Making an application
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