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Peterkin v Merton LBC
R. (on the application of National Association of Memorial Masons) v Cardiff City Council [2011] EWHC 922 (Admin)
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Wooldridge v Torridge DC [2011] EWHC 1238 (QB)
Welwyn Hatfield Council v. SoSCLG & Beesley [2011] UKSC 15

Supreme Court determine that deceit prevents acquisition of lawful use rights.  Also concerned new buildings and changes of use. Click here for further commentary in our News section

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Raw v. LB Lambeth [2010] EWHC 507 (Admin)
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Muffin Break and Othrs v Henry Boot Developments [2010] EWHC 358 (Ch)
Fraudulent misrepresentation, negligent misrepresentation, entire agreement clauses, rescission of contracts.
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Barber v. LB Croydon [2010] EWCA Civ 51; [2010] HLR 26; Times, March 24, 2010
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Welwyn Hatfield Council v. SoSCLG & Beesley [2010] EWCA Civ 26; [2010] PTSR 1296; Times, Feb 9, 2010
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McKenzie v. Waltham Forest LBC [2009] EWHC 1097 (Admin)
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Welwyn Hatfield Council v SoS for Communities & Local Government & Anor [2009] EWHC 966 (Admin)

Claim brought under s 288 of the Town and Country Planning Act challenging a decision of an inspector to grant a lawful development certificate in respect of the use of [...]

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Dixon v. LB Wandsworth (No. 2) [2009] EWHC 27 (Admin)
Case testing whether the rule in (1993) remains good law following the enactment of the HRA 1998.
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Glowzone v Brighton & Hove CC [2008] EWHC 2841 (Admin)

Wayne Beglan acted successfully for Brighton & Hove CC in this challenge to its parking regulation system. The challenge was based on (amongst other things) allegations of abuse of power [...]

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Lee v Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council [2008] EWCA Civ 1013

The appellant, a gypsy, claimed that her Article 8 rights had been infringed by the accepted failure of the authority to provide her with a pitch on an existing site [...]

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R Richards v Ipswich BC & SoS for Communities and Local Government [2008] EWCA Civ 378; [2008] 1 WLR 2387; [2008] 4 All ER 304

Wayne Beglan and James Findlay QC acted successfully for Ipswich BC in this joined hearing of two appeals regarding whether a women’s refuge constituted “accommodation” for the purposes of the [...]

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Nipyo v. LB Croydon [2008] EWHC 847 (Admin); [2008] ACD 52, Dobbs J

Wayne Beglan acted successfully for Croydon LBC. The case concerned whether the claimant had been afforded a reasonable opportunity to obtain accommodation and whether her personal circumstances, which were not [...]

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Dixon v Wandsworth LBC [2007] EWHC 3075 (Admin); [2008] EWCA Civ 595

Wayne Beglan acted successfully for the defendant; the court upholding Wandsworth LBC’s decision that the claimant was ineligible for housing accommodation. The decision provides guidance for local authorities in making [...]

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Green & Anor v London Borough of Croydon [2007] EWCA Civ 1367; [2008] HLR 28
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Tectonic House public inquiry (2007); (2008) s.288 challenge

Inquiry over three days in relation to the application of new government guidance in PPS7 to the creation of outstanding new homes in the countryside / green belt. The inquiry [...]

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Lambeth v SoSCLG & Another [2007] All ER (D) 466 (Nov); [2008] JPL 1004

High court planning challenge to inspector’s reasoning and approach to imposition of conditions. The case related to a planning authority’s ability to impose conditions to control use of premises in [...]

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Watchman v Ipswich Borough Council [2007] EWCA Civ 348; [2007] HLR 33
Ipswich BC has lawfully found the applicant to be intentionally homeless.
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R (Spiropoulos) v Brighton & Hove CC [2007] EWHC 342 (Admin)
Danesh v. R.B. Kensington & Chelsea [2006] EWCA Civ 1404; [2007] 1 WLR 69; [2007] HLR 17, C.A.
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Houghton v. Sheffield C.C. [2006] EWCA Civ 1799
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Lee v Penwith D.C. [2006] EWCA Civ 1672
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Ozbek v. Ipswich B.C. - C.A. [2006] H.L.R. 41; (2006) N.P.C. 51 : Times, June 7
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Bennett v. Croydon L.B. [2006] EWCA Civ 1292
Calgin v. L.B. Enfield [2006] All E.R. 116; [2006] H.L.R. 4
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Statham v. Brighton & Hove C.C. C.A.(B2 / 2005 / 2727)
Onuegbu v. Hackney L.B.C. [2005] EWHC 1277 (Admin); [2005] JHL D75
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Merton L.B.C. v. Richards [2005] H.L.R. 44
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Hall v. L.B. Wandsworth [2005] 2 All E.R. 192
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R (on the application of Tull) v Camberwell Green Magistrates Court & Anr [2004] EWHC 2780 Admin
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Brooks v. Croydon L.B.C. [2004] EWCA Civ 439
R (Enfield L.B.C.) v. Broxbourne B.C. [2004] EWHC 1053 Admin
Harrow L.B.C. v. G [2004] EWHC 17 (QB)
Orejudos v. R.B.K.C. [2003] EWCA Civ 1967; [2004] HLR 23
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Hijazi v. R.B.K.C. [2003] H.L.R. 72
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Merton L.B.C. v Williams [2003] H.L.R. 20
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Yumsak v. L.B. Enfield [2003] H.L.R. 1