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
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The Welsh Government has announced that Bangor University has been awarded a grant of £8.2m over three years for the CAL:ON Cymru project, which...
The Local Government Association (LGA) has announced its participation in a new Department for Education (DfE) project to design a Centre for...
A round-up of the latest news from the Care Quality Commission (CQC), including one urgent and emergency service rated as requiring improvement and...
Latest Local Government Practice Notes
Residential flat schemes—leasehold v commonholdThe Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002 (CLRA 2002) gives developers of new residential schemes a...
Residential flat schemes—the concurrent leaseIn the context of residential flat schemes, a concurrent lease is a lease of the reversion that is...
Achieving best consideration on disposal and General Disposal Consent 2003Duty to achieve best consideration on disposal of land held by principal...
How to effect service of a creditor's bankruptcy petition on the debtor and what happens if service cannot be effectedOnce a bankruptcy petition and...
Education trackerThis Lexis+® UK Local Government Education tracker contains a record of news, consultations, legislations and developments covering...
Latest Local Government Precedents
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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
Code of conduct
The ethical standards framework governing the conduct of local authority members as laid down by the Localism Act 2011, s 27(1), (2), the Local Government Act 2000, Part III and the Local Authorities (Model Code of Conduct) Order 2007 (SI 2007/1159).
Section 111
This refers to section 111 of the Local Government Act 1972 which is an important local government subsidiary power.
Total place
A programme which maps total public spending in a local area and identifies efficiencies through local public sector collaboration (as described in the April 2009 final report of H.M. Treasury's Operational Efficiency Programme).
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