About Local Government Law
Local authorities are facing a period of unprecedented change and uncertainty. Lawyers are required to guide elected officials, council workers and the public through this process often with little support or guidance.
Social housing
This gold standard content set covers all aspects of social housing from homelessness, tenancy management, shared ownership and right to buy together with regulating housing provision.
Education
Education is central to the governments skills agenda to drive innovation and growth. Every aspect of education law is covered from early years foundation stage to further and higher education with a dedicated special educational needs topic.
Public procurement
Public bodies are subject to the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. We give full coverage of public contracts, from issues to consider before procurement, to dealing with contract award challenges.
Local authorities
Local authorities are facing unprecedented financial challenges, inevitable rationalisation and prioritisation of service provision. Lawyers are key in ensuring that difficult decisions are taken and implemented lawfully
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Latest Local Government News
The Health and Social Care Committee (HSCC) has launched an inquiry titled ‘Delivering the Neighbourhood Health Service: Estates’ to investigate...
The Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (MHCLG) has published ‘A National Plan to End Homelessness’, which sets out new parliamentary...
Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) have published a thematic review examining the experiences of children with special educational needs...
Ofqual has launched a consultation on its proposed regulatory approach for on-screen assessment in GCSEs, AS and A levels in England. The consultation...
The Department for Education (DfE) has launched a 12-week consultation on establishing a Child Protection Authority in England, running until 5 March...
Latest Local Government Practice Notes
Building Schools for the Future/Priority School Building Programme [Archived]ARCHIVED: This Practice Note has been archived and is not maintained.This...
Disputed bankruptcy petitionsConditions for making a bankruptcy orderWhen hearing a bankruptcy petition and deciding whether a bankruptcy order should...
Commercial service charges—the importance of following proceduresWhere a certificate is required to ascertain the service charge then it has been held...
Environment Act 2021—snapshotTitleEnvironment Act 2021Key dateRoyal Assent: 9 November 2021SubjectEnvironmental principles, governance, regulation,...
Brexit—impact on environmental lawAs a result of the 23 June 2016 UK referendum on membership of the EU, which voted with a 52% majority voting in...
Latest Local Government Precedents
Rights in databases—training materialsThese training materials consist of template PowerPoint slides that can be used as the basis of one or more...
IP evaluation and option agreement—pro-licensorThis Agreement is made on [insert date]Parties1[insert licensor name] [of OR a [company OR partnership...
IP evaluation and option agreement—pro-licenseeThis Agreement is made on [insert date]Parties1[insert licensor name] [of OR a [company OR partnership...
Product safety teamsheet1Internal teamPerson in charge of Product Safety[Name and contact details of person in the organisation with overall...
Product safety incident plan (PSIP)1Management commitmentPerson with responsibility for the Product Safety Incident Plan (PSIP)[Insert name and...
Latest Local Government Q&As
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What is the purposive approach to statutory interpretation?
Housing disrepair for local authority landlords—a practical guide
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?
Obstruction of highways
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...
School land and premises
School land and premisesOwnership of school land and premisesThe ownership of school sites and playgrounds, school buildings and school playing fields...
If a person owns land which abuts a public highway are there any statutory or other provisions which deal with that landowners right to gain access onto the highway?
Structure of local government
Structure of local governmentCoronavirus (COVID-19): This Practice Note contains guidance on matters that have temporarily been altered to assist in...
Teachers and staff in maintained schools
Teachers and staff in maintained schoolsWho is the employer?The employer will depend upon the status of the school. The employer is:•the local...
Collaborative procurement in the public sector—a short introduction
Collaborative procurement in the public sector—a short introductionThis Practice Note is a short introduction to the legal considerations that arise...
The standstill period
The standstill periodWhat is the standstill period?When a contracting authority reaches its decision on the award of a public contract subject to the...
Maladministration—complaints
Maladministration—complaintsSection 23 of the Local Government Act 1974 (LGA 1974), creates the role of the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman...
Arms length management organisations (ALMOs)
Arms length management organisations (ALMOs)An arms length management organisation (ALMO) is a not-for-profit company that provides housing services...
Abandoned vehicles
Abandoned vehiclesAbandoned vehicles offencesSection 2 of the Refuse Disposal (Amenity) Act 1978 (RD(A)A 1978) makes it a criminal offence to abandon,...
If a restrictive covenant is expressed to be made pursuant to section 33 of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982, can a council as covenantee release a covenantor from the said restrictive covenant at any time using the usual standard deed of release of covenant?
Public procurement—private sector considerations
Public procurement—private sector considerationsPublic procurement is a buying process essentially similar to its private sector counterpart. However,...
Tattoos, sunbeds and minors
Tattoos, sunbeds and minorsTattooing of minorsIt is an offence to tattoo a person under the age of 18 except where the tattoo is performed for medical...
Use of consultants in public procurement
Use of consultants in public procurementThere are basically two types of consultants that are used in public procurement:•consultants with technical...
Highways, street works and statutory undertakers
Highways, street works and statutory undertakersStreet works at common lawAt common law it is a nuisance to interfere with the surface of a highway....
Associated legal terms
Commission for Local Administration in England
An independent body established by the Local Government Act 1974 (LGA 1974) to investigate: alleged or apparent maladministration in connection with the exercise of an authority's administrative functions; an alleged or apparent failure in a service which it was an authority's function to provide; and an alleged or apparent failure to provide such a service.
Maladministration
Something that happened in connection with action taken by or on behalf of one of the authorities subject to investigation, being action taken in the exercise of administrative functions of that authority which caused injustice to a member of the public.
Metropolitan district
A single-tier authority established by the Local Government Act 1972 with responsibility for the delivery of all services in their area. Metropolitan districts are described in the Local Government Act 1972 Sch 1 Pt I, by reference to existing administrative areas, and their names are prescribed by the Secretary of State in the Metropolitan Districts (Names) Order 1973 (SI 1973/137). ). 'District', without more, means, in relation to England, a metropolitan district or a non-metropolitan district: Local Government Act 1972 s.270(1); 'non- metropolitan district' means any district other than a metropolitan district: s.270(2).
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