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The following Local Government news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on The High Court’s approach for appeals against teaching prohibition orders (Vanhove v Secretary of State for Education and TRA)
Maladministration—complaintsSection 23 of the Local Government Act 1974 (LGA 1974), creates the role of the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman...
What is the purposive approach to statutory interpretation?Purposive (teleological) constructionThe purposive approach has its roots in legal systems...
Use of consultants in public procurementThere are basically two types of consultants that are used in public procurement:•consultants with technical...
Licensing committeesThis Practice Note sets out the law and practice in relation to the duties and responsibilities of a licensing authority under the...
Offences relating to hackney carriages and private hire vehiclesHackney carriages and private hire vehiclesA 'hackney carriage' is a vehicle which is licensed to 'ply for hire', that is to provide a taxi service and wait on taxi ranks for customers. See Practice Note: Taxi licensing.Anyone who plies
Rights of appeal against licensing decisionsStatutory rights of the appealStatutory rights of appeal only extend to decisions to refuse to grant or renew a licence against the attachment of conditions to a licence (although none may be attached to a hackney carriage driver’s licence) or against the
Taxi touting or soliciting for hireThis Practice Note covers several topics relating to potential offences committed when a taxi or private hire vehicle ‘touts’ or solicits for business. These are:•terminology•offence under the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (CJPOA 1994)•statutory
Micklefield clausesWhat is a Micklefield clause?It is common for employee share plans to provide that, on termination of employment (or when an employee is given or receives notice of termination of employment), subsisting share awards will be forfeited and subsisting share options will lapse.It is
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