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21.02.2012
Gerry Forlin QC will be speaking at the following international conferences:
Bar Council’s Korea and Singapore trip, taking place between 26 and 30 March
ALAANZ -Aviation - 1st-3rd April - Queenstown, New Zealand
Safety in Action 2012 - 16th-19th April - Melbourne, Australia
20.02.2012
Bryan McGuire QC and Ranjit Bhose represented two different local authorities in a two day hearing in the Administrative Court of a judicial review claim brought by NM, who is currently in prison. The case raises interesting issues around the duties of local authorities to carry out assessments under s.47 NHS and Community Care Act 1990.
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20.02.2012
Matt Hutchings and Bryan McGuire QC have submitted an application for permission to appeal to the Supreme Court in the above case on behalf of Mr Tiller, who was also represented by Matt Hutchings in the Administrative Court. Mr Tiller is a disabled man who lives in sheltered accommodation owned by the local authority. His case is that the LA breached its duty under s.49A Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (DDA) to ‘have due regard’ to various disability equality aims when it decided to replace the existing 24 hour on-site warden service with a service based on -site service during office hours only.
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20.02.2012
Two members of Cornerstone Barristers have been separately instructed by local authorities to advise on the content of proposed Local Development Orders under section 61A of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 and on the procedure to be followed in having them adopted. Paul Shadarevian is advising on a prospective LDO for London Gateway deep-sea container port, whilst Emma Dring is advising on a group of planned LDOs to encourage economic growth in the energy, offshore engineering and ports sectors in the Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft Enterprise Zone.
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17.02.2012
Jon Holbrook will be speaking about Flexible Tenancies under the Localism Act 2011 on Thursday 23 February in Central London (SHLA February flyer).
The organisers, the Social Housing Law Association, have agreed that our guests may attend this event for the discounted membership rate of £25 (£10 for trainees) even if they are not SHLA members.
To take up this offer please email your name to Vicky at Resolutions, with "Jon Holbrook Guest, Flexible Tenancies & the Localism Act 2011" in the subject title. Payment will need to be made to SHLA on the door.
To submit questions in advance, or for further information, email info@shla.org.uk or visit www.shla.org.uk
13.02.2012
Samuel Smith’s Old Brewery (Tadcaster) Limited v. Secretary of State for Energy and National Grid Electricity Transmission Systems Plc [2012] EWHC 46 (Admin)
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09.02.2012
On 9 February 2012 the Secretary of State refused permission for a major Energy Recovery Facility at Twinwoods Business Park Bedfordshire. The decision considered the IPC’s development consent granted to Covanta Rookery South Limited at Rookery Pit and the emerging Waste Core Strategy.
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03.02.2012
Members of chambers acted for Metal and Waste Recycling Ltd (M & W) the successful party in Hertfordshire County Council v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and Metal and Waste Recycling Ltd (decision of Ouseley J delivered on01/02/2012).
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02.02.2012
On 1st February 2012, a teenager from Edmonton became the first person to be committed to prison for breach of a ‘Gang Injunction’ which had been obtained against him by the London Borough of Enfield: For BBC news article, click here. Following a contested committal hearing at the West London County Court, the teenager was found to have committed 3 breaches of the injunction during an incident of serious public disorder involving known gang members, threats of violence and the presence at the scene of bladed articles. The court held the breaches warranted an immediate custodial sentence of 15 months. There had been 9 previous breaches of the injunction in its interim and final form. Counsel for the London Borough of Enfield was Jennifer Oscroft. Kuljit Bhogal and Sian Davies had also acted for Enfield in order to secure the Gang Injunction, which was the first of its kind obtained under new legislative provisions, and for the committal of the earlier breaches.
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