Local Government weekly highlights—3 August 2023

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This week's edition of Local Government weekly highlights includes expert analysis of the Provider Selection Regime, as well as the government’s consultation on the reform of local and minerals and waste plans. Case analyses include Dukes Bailiffs Ltd v Breckland Council, a public procurement case in which the court dismissed the core part of the claimant’s claims following an application by the defendant authority for summary judgment; Reading BC v Holland, which considered whether the local authority landlord had breached the Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED) in seeking an eviction; and David Hamon and others v University College London, which looked at alternative dispute resolution in group litigation. Other highlights include details of the latest updates to Licensing Act guidance. Case reports include the decision in R (Hillingdon) v Mayor of London on ULEZ, and Uber v Sefton BC on the statutory interpretation of terms of Pt II of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976 (LG(MP)A 1976), for licensed operators. The weekly highlights also...