Local government weekly highlights—30 November 2023

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This week’s edition of local government weekly highlights includes coverage of the Supreme Court decisions in R (on the application of Imam) v LB Croydon which considered when a mandatory order against the LHA to enforce the duty owed to a homeless person under section 193(2) of the Housing Act 1996 should be granted, and Wolverhampton CC v London Gypsies and Travellers in which the Supreme Court upheld the courts power to grant newcomer injunctions. It also contains analysis of the Court of Appeal decision in Kyle v Coventry CC on the reasonable to occupy test in intentional homelessness; Brookhouse Group Limited v Lancashire County Council on declaration of ineffectiveness pursuant to regulation 98(2) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015; and the decision in R (TFL) v London Tribunals on parking penalties. Case reports include Campbell v NHS Business Services Authority concerning the NHS Pension Scheme; the Administrative Court’s decision in R (IAB and others) v Secretary of State for the Home Department that redaction...