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Linden Homes Ltd v Bromley Borough Council [2011] EWHC 3430 (Admin)
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Carver Industrial Chemicals v Thurrock BC [2011] P.A.D. 59
Hertfordshire CC v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government [2011] EWHC 1572 (Admin)
R. (on the application of Salford Estates) v Salford City Council [2011] EWHC 2135 (Admin)
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Save Historic Newmarket Ltd v Forest Heath District Council [2011] EWHC 606 (Admin)
Western Power Distribution Investments Ltd v Cardiff CC [2011] EWHC 300 (Admin)

Judicial review of the Council’s decision to designate land as a local nature reserve under section 21 of the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949. The land [...]

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London Thames Gateway Development Corporation CPOs

Advising and Appearing at inquiry for the London Thames Gateway Development Corporation to secure CPOs made under section 142 of the Local Government Planning and Land Act 1980 and an [...]

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Prem (Rooster) Ltd v Local Government [2009] All ER (D) 111 (Jun)
City and Country Residential Ltd v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and another [2009] All ER (D) 32 (Jun)
Former Powergen Site Inquiry, Ashford [2008]

Mark Lowe QC and Tom Cosgrove appeared on behalf of a developer in a major inquiry. The inquiry considered a ‘trail blazing’ mixed use proposal and covered a wide range of [...]

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The Mayor of London v The London Borough of Enfield [2008] EWCA 202

Planning and Compensation – Against the decision to serve a direction requiring local authority to make further provision for waste recycling facilities.

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Morland, R (on the application of) v Persimmon Homes (Wessex) Ltd [2006] EWHC 1243 (Admin)
The extent to which an developer was able to vary proposals the subject of a Masterplan.
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Williamson v Mid Suffolk District Council [2006] EWLands LCA 73 2002
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The British Beer and Pub Association & Ors v Canterbury City Council [2005] EWHC 1318 (Admin)
The first judicial review under the Licensing Act 2003.
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Davey v Aylesbury Vale District Council & Anor [2005] EWHC 359 (Admin)
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Lough & Anor v First Secretary of State & Anor [2004] EWCA Civ 905
Human Rights Convention and Planning inquiries.
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Newham v Kibata [2003] EWCA Civ 1785

Human Rights – Housing

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Maali, R (on the application of) v Lambeth [2003] EWHC 2231 (Admin); [2004] HLR 12
Assessment of need for a transfer.
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Kensington and Chelsea v O'Sullivan & Anor [2003] EWCA Civ 371

Human Rights – Housing

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Henry Boot Homes Ltd. v Bassetlaw District Council [2002] EWCA Civ 983
Conditions precedent and implementation of planning permissions.
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London Borough of Lambeth v "A" [2002] EWCA Civ 1084
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London Borough of Merton v Williams [2002] EWCA Civ 980
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Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council v 1. Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions & Anor [2002] EWHC 1383 (Admin)
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J S Bloor (Northampton) Ltd. & Anor v Warwickshire County Council [2002] EWHC 334 (Admin)
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Lichfield Securities Ltd, R (on the application of) v Lichfield District Council & Anor [2001] EWCA Civ 304
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Mowan v Wandsworth & Anor [2000] EWCA Civ 357
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Thames Water Utilities Ltd v London Borough Of Bromley [2000] EWHC Admin 301
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R v Kensington & Chelsea London Borough Council, ex parte Lawrie Plantation Services Ltd, House of Lords (1999) 1 WLR 1415 : (1999) 3 All ER 929 : (2000) 79 P & CR 467 : (1999) EGCS 100 : Times, July 12, 1999

Mark Lowe QC and Tom Cosgrove were instructed by the planning authority in this case in the House of Lords. This case considered whether a company’s use of flats to accommodate [...]

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Michael Shanley Group Ltd v Secretary Of State For Environment, Transport & Regions & Anor [1999] EWCA Civ 1885
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Bloomfield v Secretary Of State For Environment [1999] EWCA Civ 1593
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