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Local Government weekly highlights—20 August 2020

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Published on: 20 August 2020

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This week's edition of Local Government weekly highlights is predominantly focused on latest legislation, guidance and news on coronavirus (COVID-19) including its impact on healthcare, governance, education, children’s social care, social care and social housing. It includes case analysis on Hackney London Borough Council v Powlesland which held that the paragraph 2A(a) exemption from the stay on possession claims in CPR 55.6 applied to a claim against ‘known trespassers’; analysis on Chichester DC v Sullivan in which the court granted an injunction to remove gypsies from a site despite coronavirus concerns; and analysis on how possession claims will be undertaken after 23 August 2020 following the introduction of CPR 55.29 in response to coronavirus. It also includes non-COVID-19 related updates including analysis considering the relationship between DPAs and debarment in the UK and the way forward for companies concerned about the impact of alleged wrongdoing on their ability to bid for public contracts; case analysis on F P McCann v Department for Regional Development regarding...

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