Publications
Care and attention given restricted meaning
07.06.2013
Sian Davies
Judgment was given yesterday by the Supreme Court in R(SL) v Westminster City Council [2013] UKSC 27, writes Siân Davies
The case concerned an Iranian failed asylum seeker who received in-patient psychiatric care as he suffered from depression and post traumatic stress disorder. Upon discharge, he was assessed as independent in all self-care skills, with no cognitive or motor difficulties and was sociable and able to form positive relationships. SL did, however, need continuing supervision from a “care co-ordinator” who put in place links with counselling groups and regular meetings with a “befriender” which took place away from SL’s home.
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ASBO clause can prohibit 'harassment, alarm and distress'
07.06.2013
Kuljit Bhogal
The Divisional Court has ruled that Anti-Social Behaviour Orders which contain a prohibition on causing ‘harassment, alarm and distress’ are lawful despite the decision in Heron v Plymouth City Council [20059] EWHC 3562 to the contrary.
The Council had made five ASBO applications in respect of youths who were engaging in Anti-Social Behaviour on their housing estate. The behaviour involved the youths congregating in a play area on the estate and causing nuisance and annoyance by riding on grassed areas with the mopeds and quad bikes.
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Who is an Ordinary Homeless Person?
07.06.2013
Catherine Rowlands
When determining who is in priority need for housing, local authorities must decide the difficult question of whether a person is more vulnerable than the “ordinary homeless person”: R v Camden LBC ex parte Pereira (1998) 31 HLR 317. For the first time, the Court of Appeal has given some guidance as to the characteristics of that mythical creature.
Craig Johnson applied to Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council as homeless and claimed to be in priority need as he was vulnerable: he was a recidivist offender, a recovering drug user and also claimed to suffer from depression and crippling knee pain. Solihull accepted that he used drugs, but felt that he could stay clear of them, but held that in any event, if he relapsed into drug use, this would not be unusual for a homeless person. He was not, therefore, more vulnerable than the ordinary homeless person.
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Flexible tenancies: top tips for drafting tenancy agreements
01.05.2013
Jon Holbrook
Last summer Jon Holbrook’s articles on flexible tenancies were published by the New Law Journal. Click here to access:
- In a fix? Flexible tenancies for local authorities, NLJ, 29 June 2012
- In a fix (2)? Flexible tenancies for housing associations, NLJ, 13 July 2012
Having assisted a number of local authorities and housing associations Jon offers his top tips for landlords drafting flexible tenancy agreements.
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Planning Time Limits Compatible with EIA Directive
29.04.2013
Clare Parry
In Ardagh Glass v Chester City Council [2009] EWHC 745, HHJ Mole QC (sitting as a High Court Judge) mooted the possibility that the time limits for enforcement in the Town and Country Planning Act 1990[1] may be incompatible with the EIA Directive[2], and may have to be disapplied so that EIA development could never become lawful without having first been subject to environmental assessment in accordance with the Directive.
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Decison Letters
18.04.2013
Mary Cook
Daux Avenue: Deux Avenue DECISION
Buckingham: Buckingham DECISION
Malmesbury: Land South of Filands, MALMESBURY, Wiltshire Decision letter
Tetbury: 13-02-13_Highfield_Farm_Comb
When a house is (arguably) not a home (Local Government Lawyer)
12.03.2013
Estelle Dehon
When does the use of a dwelling house for commercial holiday lettings amount to a material change of use? Ian de Prez and Estelle Dehon explain the background to a key ruling by the Court of Appeal.
For full article, please click here.
Volume 25 (Licensing) of the Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents
08.02.2013
Peter Miller
Volume 25 (Licensing) of the Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents has recently been reissued. The Encyclopaedia provides expert commentary and an extensive range of precedents
Westlaw Insight [2012]
01.12.2012
Matt Hutchings | Damien Welfare | Harriet Townsend | Jack Parker | Robin Green | Hugh Flanagan | James Findlay QC | Emma Dring
Local Authorities: England
Local Government Boundary Commission
A novel approach
08.10.2012
Jon Holbrook
In an article in Inside Housing Jon Holbrook argues that landlords can use an expansive injunction to protect all their land from squatters. Click here for the full text
Volume 18 (Highways and Housing) of the Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents
03.09.2012
Peter Miller | Robin Green
Volume 18 (Highways and Housing) of the Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents has just been reissued. The Encyclopaedia provides expert commentary and an extensive range of precedents for non-contentious work. Peter Miller was the principal contributor to the Highways title and Robin Green was the principal contributor to the Housing title.
An end to the tenancy for life?
13.07.2012
Jon Holbrook
Jon Holbrook of Cornerstone Barristers considers the profound effect that flexible tenancies could have on tenants of social housing. Flexible tenancies enable local authorities and housing associations to avoid granting tenancies for life.
OneLondonauthority, Barnet, has already drafted a tenancy strategy that explains how it proposes to secure a better match between housing needs and resources. This might mean, for example, that households with above median earnings in Barnet may not remain as council tenants.
With reforms of this kind landlords need to understand how the schemes are intended to work. Jon Holbrook’s two articles in the New Law Journal give guidance on the legal framework.
For articles please click below:
In a fix 1 Flexible tenancies for local authorities NLJ 29 June 2012
In a fix 2 Flexible tenancies for housing associations NLJ 13 July 2012
Corporate Liability: Work Related Death and Criminal Prosecutions - Third Edition
02.07.2012
Gerard Forlin QC
The new edition of this essential text on corporate manslaughter is now available to order
Corporate Liability: Work Related Death and Criminal Prosecutions, Third Edition is the only book to provide, in a single source, an expert guide to general procedure and practice surrounding this topic.
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Are the EIRs too broad, and is it time to revisit the concept of ‘remoteness’?
28.04.2012
Damien Welfare
Freedom of Information
Interim Orders in Healthcare Regulation and the approach of the Administrative Court to Delay
12.04.2012
Tom Cosgrove
In an article published in the Association of Regulatory and Disciplinary Lawyers Spring Bulletin Tom Cosgrove and Zoe Whittington consider the approach of the Administrative Court in dealing with the increasing number of requests for extensions of interim orders by health care regulators. The article explains the powers available to healthcare regulators and reviews a number of recent cases in the Administrative Court which address delay.
To read article in full, please see from page 2: ARDL - Spring 2012
More light on article 8: exceptions to the rule
12.04.2012
Catherine Rowlands
Catherine Rowlands examines the circumstances where a successful defence relying on Article 8 might arise in Local Government Lawyer.
Robust Decision Making and Judicial Review
04.04.2012
Jennifer Oscroft | Bryan McGuire QC
Powerpoint Slides and Notes from talk given at the SLG Weekend 2012 in Warwick.
For Notes ROBUST DECISION MAKING AND JR_BRYAN MCGUIRE AND JENNIFER OSCROFT_CORNERSTONE BARRISTERS_NOTES
Aviation and Planning Policy – Current and Future Flight Paths
27.03.2012
Simon Bird QC
Aviation and Planning Policy – Current and Future Flight Paths, by Simon Bird QC and Hugh Flanagan.
First published in the Journal of Planning and Environmental Law by Sweet & Maxwell.
Betting offices: are controls sufficient?
22.03.2012
Philip Kolvin QC
In 2008, the Labour Government published Fair Rules for Strong Communities. It was a high level affair, carrying the imprimatur of four separate government departments and a foreword by the Prime Minister Gordon Brown. It promised tough new rules on alcohol, sex and gambling.
To read full article out of Journal of Licensing March 2012, Click here: Betting Offices are controls sufficient
Store Wars
21.03.2012
James Findlay QC
Supreme Court rejects Tesco challenge and determines that the interpretation of planning policy is a matter of law and not to be left to the discretion of local planning authorities. Also, provides guidance on approach to “suitability” in the context of the sequential test.
IMPORTANT GUIDANCE PROVIDED ON ASSESSMENT OBLIGATION
01.03.2012
Sian Davies
Guidance given on the obligation to assess under s.47 National Health Service And Community Care Act 1990
NM v Islington LBC and Northamptonshire CC (Interested Party)
Islington has succeeded in defeating a claim for Judicial Review brought by a prisoner seeking to require it to carry out an assessment of his needs so as to promote his prospects of release by the Parole Board. In the course of a judgment on a test case, Sales J gave important general guidance on when a section 47 NHSCCA duty to assess will arise writes Sian Davies.
Budget Cuts and the Equality Duty
01.03.2012
Jon Holbrook
This case summary by Jon Holbrook explains why the Administrative Court dismissed a challenge based on the equality duty to an element of Lambeth's annual budget.
Predetermination and the Localism Act
28.02.2012
Simon Bird QC
Section 25(2) of the Localism Act 2011 provides:
"A decision-maker is not to be taken to have had, or to have appeared to have had, a closed mind when making the decision just because:
(a) the decision-maker had previously done anything that directly or indirectly indicated what view the decision-maker took, or would or might take, in relation to a matter, and
(b) the matter was relevant to the decision."
The full article can be found here: PREDETERMINATION AND LOCALISM ACT
Local Government - the replacement standards regime
28.02.2012
Simon Bird QC
Chapter 7 of the Localism Act 2011 sweeps away the standards machinery put in place by the Local Government Act 2000 following Nolan and replaces it with a general duty to promote and maintain high standards of conduct, locally devised codes of conduct and local determination in relation to alleged breaches.
All relevant local authorities : "must promote and maintain high standards of conduct by members and co-opted members of the authority".
The full article can be found here: LOCAL GOVERNMENT REPLACEMENT STANDARDS REGIME
Assets of Community Value
28.02.2012
Simon Bird QC
Assets of Community Value (ACV) are a creation of Chapter 3 of the Localism Act. What has driven the Government to legislate for them is not at all clear and the cases in which the new provisions will be of real practical value are likely to few in number. The reality is that they will encourage unrealistic and unrealisable local expectation to the detriment whilst imposing an unwelcome additional administrative burden on local authorities.
The full article is here: ASSETS OF COMMUNITY VALUE
Neighbourhood Development Plans
28.02.2012
Simon Bird QC
A new section 38A is inserted into the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 which allows any “qualifying body” to:
“initiate a process for the purpose of requiring a local planning authority in England to make a neighbourhood development plan”.
The draft NPPF advises that NDPs give communities direct power to plan the areas in which they live and they may be used to develop a shared vision for their neighbourhood and to set planning policies for the development and use of land. There are, however, restrictions.
The full article can be found here: NEIGHBOURHOOD PLANNING NDP April 2012
Neighbourhood Development Order
28.02.2012
Simon Bird QC
A Neighbourhood Development Order (NDO) is an order which grants planning permission in relation to a particular neighbourhood area specified in the order (a) for development specified in the order; or (b) for development of any class specified in the order. Planning permission may be granted unconditionally or subject to such conditions or limitations as are specified.
Click here for the full article: NEIGHBOURHOOD PLANNING NDO April 2012
Community Right to Build Orders
28.02.2012
Simon Bird QC
Community Right to Build Orders (CRBOs) are a species of Neighbourhood Development Order (NDO) provision for which is made by Section 61Q and Schedule 4C of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.
The full article can be found here: NEIGHBOURHOOD PLANNING CRBO April 2012
Aviation and Planning Policy – Current and Future Flight Paths
20.02.2012
Hugh Flanagan
Aviation and Planning Policy – Current and Future Flight Paths, by Simon Bird QC and Hugh Flanagan.
First published in the Journal of Planning and Environmental Law by Sweet & Maxwell.
Independent Social Workers and Age Assessments
02.02.2012
Jon Holbrook
Jon Holbrook recently grilled three independent social workers who gave evidence for the claimant, an Afghan asylum seeker, in an age assessment case.
They had sought to support the claimant’s claimed age of 16 whereas Solihull’s social workers had concluded that he was probably 20. In what is understood to have been the first fully contested age assessment case in the Upper Tribunal the Tribunal concluded in favour of Solihull.
Corporate Liability: Work Related Deaths and Criminal Prosecutions, (2nd edition)
16.01.2012
Gerard Forlin QC
The Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007, has created a new offence of corporate manslaughter. This new edition of Corporate Liability: Work Related Deaths and Criminal Prosecutions is the only book to provide, in a single source, an expert guide to general procedure and practice surrounding this topic.
The 2nd edition covers crucial recent high profile cases and contains invaluable new commentary on international and European perspectives as well as new chapters covering Local Authorities, Scotland and Ireland.
National and International Developments in health and safety
16.01.2012
Gerard Forlin QC
This article focuses on three areas:
- significant recent statutory changes;
- case law of potentially wider relevance; and
- international developments.
National and International Developments in health and safety
First Published by Corporate LiveWire
The dispossessed?
02.09.2011
Jon Holbrook
In today’s New Law Journal Jon Holbrook assesses the ability of councils to bring possession proceedings against tenants involved in the recent riots.
The dispossessed?, 2 September 2011 New Law Journal
Developments in health and safety
01.08.2011
Gerard Forlin QC
Developments in health and safety, Archbold Review August 2011
This article covers three main areas; recent statutory developments, case law developments, and international developments.
Possession claims post Pinnock & Powell, Valuable possession Reply
06.05.2011
Jon Holbrook
Possession claims post Pinnock & Powell, Valuable possession Reply, NLJ 6 May 2011 6 May 2011 New Law Journal
Health and Safety Law Report - International trends
16.04.2011
Gerard Forlin QC
Global Business Magazine, April 2011
High fines anticipated for corporate manslaughter
16.03.2011
Gerard Forlin QC
Counsel Magazine, March 2011
Come in number 43
04.03.2011
Gerard Forlin QC
Come in number 43, New Law Journal, 4 March 2011
Gerard Forlin QC & Louise Smail assess the impact of Rule 43.
Recent decisions of the First-Tier Tribunal and Information Commissioner
28.02.2011
Damien Welfare
Freedom of Information
Death knell for companies?
25.02.2011
Gerard Forlin QC
Death knell for companies?,New Law Journal, 25 February 2011, Vol 161, Issue 7454
Opening hours under the Licensing Act 2003
05.02.2011
Philip Kolvin QC
Opening hours under the Licensing Act 2003 (Journal of Licensing, 2011)
Hope & Glory webinar
05.02.2011
Philip Kolvin QC
A webinar produced in association with Local Government Lawyer, written and presented by Philip Kolvin QC, dealing with the effect of the Court of Appeal’s important decision in Hope and Glory.
Seminars and Workshops
05.02.2011
Paul Shadarevian
He continues to give seminars, speak at conferences and provide practical workshops for chamber’s clients and organizations such as the East of England RTPI conference. Subject matter has included government reform of planning obligations, the law relating to and the drafting and negotiation of planning obligations and the preparation for and the giving of evidence at public local inquiries, the conduct of local planning authorities and material considerations at development control stage.
Planning Seminars for CLT
01.01.2011
Richard Ground
Richard regularly speaks at Planning Seminars for CLT.
A question of compatibility
29.09.2010
Jennifer Oscroft
Jenny Oscroft considers the High Court’s recent judgment in Wilson v London Borough of Harrow, an example of a Gateway A challenge on the compatibility of domestic law (the rule in Hammersmith v Monk) with Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights and the Human Rights Act 1998.
Jowitt’s Dictionary of English Law
01.07.2010
Damien Welfare
Contributing editor to Jowitt’s Dictionary of English Law (3rd edition, 2010)
Gambling for Local Authorities
01.06.2010
Michael Bedford
Contributor to Kolvin’s Gambling for Local Authorities (June 2010)
Gambling for Local Authorities: Licensing, Planning and Regeneration
14.05.2010
Clare Parry
Clare is a contributor to Gambling for Local Authorities: Licensing, Planning and Regeneration.
Publicity Threat Looms
26.02.2010
Gerard Forlin QC
Publicity Threat Looms, New Law Journal, 26 February 2010
Following the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 (Commencement No. 2) Order 2010 (SI 2010/276) Publicity Orders can now be handed to firms and public bodies where gross corporate health and safety failures have caused a person’s death.Gerard comments that the provisions will have a bigger impact on small and localised organisations not already ‘caught’ by coverage in the national press.
New Model Army
05.02.2010
James Findlay QC
New Model Army, MJ 3105, 22
An explanation of some key changes implemented by the new model code of conduct for members
The Overhaul of the Licensing Act 2003
05.02.2010
Philip Kolvin QC
A webinar produced in association with Local Government Lawyer, written and presented by Philip Kolvin QC, dealing with the overhaul of the Licensing Act 2003 proposed in the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill, together with other proposed changes affecting the night time economy.
Click here to view the webinar
Bias, Predetermination and the Code
05.02.2010
Simon Bird QC
Contributor to Bias, Predetermination and the Code [2010] (Feb) LGL
Effective Judicial Review: a cornerstone of good governance
05.02.2010
Emma Dring
Co-authored with Prof. Christopher Forsyth a chapter in “Effective Judicial Review: a cornerstone of good governance” (2010, OUP)
Sex Licensing
19.01.2010
Philip Kolvin QC
The author of Sex Licensing (Institute of Licensing, 2010)
- Leading text on the licensing of sex establishments.
- Click here for further details
- For a recent review, click here
Gambling for Local Authorities, Licensing, Planning and Regeneration
05.01.2010
Philip Kolvin QC
The editor of Gambling for Local Authorities, Licensing, Planning and Regeneration (Institute of Licensing, 2nd edition, 2010
- Click here for further details
- Click here for a selection of reviews of the first edition
- For a review of the second edition, click here
The Mandatory Code - a lawyer writes
01.01.2010
Philip Kolvin QC
The Mandatory Code - a lawyer writes (Licensing Review, 2010)
The Licensing Act 2003 - Evidence and Inference
01.01.2010
Philip Kolvin QC
The Licensing Act 2003 - Evidence and Inference (Licensing Review, 2010)
Tolley's Claims to the Possession of Land
01.01.2010
Bryan McGuire QC
Bryan was until recently editor in chief of Tolley's Claims to the Possession of Land.
Halsbury’s Laws
01.01.2010
Alun Alesbury
Alun was responsible for the section Property in and Rights on Highways in the Highways volume of Halsbury’s Laws (4th edition, original version)
Butterworth’s Planning Law Service
01.01.2010
Paul Shadarevian
Original joint author and joint Consultant Editor of Butterworth’s Planning Law Service.
Jowitt’s Dictionary of English Law
01.01.2010
Harriet Townsend | Wayne Beglan
Contributing editor to Jowitt’s Dictionary of English Law (3rd edition, 2010)
Butterworths Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents
01.01.2010
Peter Miller
Contributor to Butterworths Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents
Local Government Group
01.01.2010
Richard Ground
Richard spoke at this conference hosted by LGG covering:
- The historical context of the planning system
- The meaning of development
- The law and procedure of determining planning applications
- Section 106 obligations
- The enforcement of planning control
Feedback from the conference included “excellent”; “well written and presented”; and “the workshop was an excellent idea, as well as a great ice breaker”.
Freedom of Information Journal
01.01.2010
Damien Welfare
Member, Editorial Board, Freedom of Information Journal
Business and Human Rights: privatisation in the public sector
05.07.2009
Matt Hutchings
British Institute of Human Rights Policy Seminar Series, July 2009: shared a platform with Andrew Dismore MP and Professor Dawn Oliver on “Business and Human Rights: privatisation in the public sector”
Recent Decisions of the Information Commissioner
05.06.2009
Damien Welfare
Recent Decisions of the Information Commissioner (Freedom of Information, 5(6) 2009)
Cracking down on disruption: Premises closure orders
30.03.2009
Kelvin Rutledge QC
‘Cracking down on disruption: Premises closure orders' for the Solicitor’s Journal
Premises licensing hearings under the Gambling Act 2005
01.03.2009
Philip Kolvin QC
Premises licensing hearings under the Gambling Act 2005, for ABB, March 2007.
Cracking down on disruption
24.02.2009
Kuljit Bhogal
Cracking down on disruption SJ 153/7 (24 February 2009)
Sex Licensing
05.02.2009
Philip Kolvin QC
Sex Licensing (ACSeS Journal, 2009), describing the Policing and Crime Act provisions.
The procurement process and freedom of information
29.01.2009
James Findlay QC | Damien Welfare
The procurement process and freedom of information (Seminar in association with Trowers & Hamlin, 29 January 2009).
James Findlay QC and Damien Welfare spoke on: Overview of existing regulatory framework; Impact of this on your bid documentation; Practical issues after bidding; Issues after contract; Protecting your information and their complete slides from the day can be found here.
The Soul of Licensing
01.01.2009
Philip Kolvin QC
The Soul of Licensing (Licensing Review, 2009), an article arguing for a policy-driven approach to licensing decisions.
Judicial Review and Support for Persons From Abroad
01.01.2009
Kelvin Rutledge QC
The Local Government Group’s Judicial Review and Support for Persons From Abroad
The Climate Change Act 2008 — will it do the trick?
01.01.2009
Harriet Townsend
Article published in the Environmental Law Review, The climate change act 2008 — will it do the trick?, 2009 Enviro LR 11 2 (116)
The Climate Change Act 2008: Something to be Proud of After All?
01.01.2009
Harriet Townsend
Article published in the Journal of Planning and Environment Law, 2009, entitled The Climate Change Act 2008: Something to be Proud of After All? [2009] JPL 842. Click here for the full text article.
This material was first published by Thomson Reuters (Legal) Limited in Journal of Planning and Environment Law, “The Climate Change Act 2008: Something to be Proud of After All?” by Harriet Townsend [2009] J.P.L. 842, and is reproduced by agreement with the Publishers.
Burnett-Hall on Environmental Law
01.01.2009
Richard Ground
Contributor to Burnett-Hall on Environmental Law (2nd Edition) Richard Burnett-Hall and Brian Jones), Sweet & Maxwell, published in 2009 and chosen to contribute to the 3rd Edition.
Burnett-Hall on Environmental Law
05.12.2008
Michael Bedford
Contributor to Burnett-Hall on Environmental Law (December 2008)
Housing and Human Rights/Discrimination
05.12.2008
Matt Hutchings
HLPA annual conference December 2008: Housing and Human Rights/Discrimination
Human Rights and Property Law
05.11.2008
Matt Hutchings
Prop Bar Association annual conference November 2008: Human Rights and Property Law
When a Tragedy Becomes a Crime: Prosecutors Probe Air Disasters
08.09.2008
Gerard Forlin QC
When a Tragedy Becomes a Crime: Prosecutors Probe Air Disasters, Wall Street Journal, September 2008
Child's play - the meaning of 'risk' after R v Porter
18.08.2008
Gerard Forlin QC
Child's play - the meaning of 'risk' after R v Porter, NLJ 18 August 2008, 1102
Recent Decisions of the Information Commissioner
04.06.2008
Damien Welfare
Recent Decisions of the Information Commissioner (Freedom of Information, 4(6) 2008)
The Climate Change Bill
01.04.2008
Harriet Townsend
Article published in the Journal of Planning and Environment Law, April 2008, entitled The Climate Change Bill 4 JPL 2008, 450. Click here for the full text article.
This material was first published by Thomson Reuters (Legal) Limited in Journal of Planning and Environment Law, “The Climate Change Bill" by Harriet Townsend [2009] J.P.L. 450, and is reproduced by agreement with the Publishers.
Recent Decisions of the Information Commissioner
05.03.2008
Damien Welfare
Recent Decisions of the Information Commissioner (Freedom of Information, 5(3) 2008)
The Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007
05.02.2008
Gerard Forlin QC
The Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007, Archbold News, February 2008
Recent Decisions of the Information Commissioner
05.02.2008
Damien Welfare
Recent Decisions of the Information Commissioner (Freedom of Information, 5(2) 2008)
When does a tree preservation order protect
01.01.2008
James Findlay QC | Ryan Kohli
J Findlay and R Kohli, When does a tree preservation order protect [2008] JPL 615
Review of Parking Documentation and Notices
01.01.2008
Stephen Sauvain QC
In 2007-8 Stephen Chaired the Independent Committee on the Review of Parking Documentation and Notices
Halsbury's Laws of England
01.01.2008
Ranjit Bhose QC
A contributor to Vol.35 Halsbury's Laws of England (Protection of Environment & Public Health).
Housing Law; Lime Legal’s Allocation & Homelessness
01.01.2008
Kelvin Rutledge QC
Annual conference: Jordan’s Housing Law; Lime Legal’s Allocation & Homelessness
Decision making and probity
08.11.2007
James Findlay QC
Decision making and probity, Local Government Training Program, 1/11/2007
Climate Change Bill
01.11.2007
Harriet Townsend
Article published in Croner’s Environment Magazine (November 2007) entitled Climate Change Bill. Click here for the article as published by Croner’s Environment Magazine, November 2007.
The Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Bill – Governance Issues, Local Government Training Program
01.11.2007
Damien Welfare
The Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Bill – Governance Issues, Local Government Training Program (Nov 2007)
Worth the wait?: Ten years of wrangling have failed to settle the corporate manslaughter debate
17.08.2007
Gerard Forlin QC
Worth the wait?: Ten years of wrangling have failed to settle the corporate manslaughter debate, NLJ 17 August 2007, 1165
Neighbour hell: Is this the end for disruptive residential premises?
27.07.2007
Kuljit Bhogal
Neighbour hell: Is this the end for disruptive residential premises?, NLJ 27 July 2007, 1075
Rethinking possession orders
13.04.2007
Jon Holbrook
Rethinking possession orders, 13 April 2007, New Law Journal
Public Sector Housing Law Conference
28.02.2007
Sian Davies
Jordans Public Sector Housing Law Conference 28th February 2007
Halsbury’s Laws of England
05.02.2007
Philip Kolvin QC
Editorial Panel, Halsbury’s Laws of England (Public Health Volume)
The sliding snail or, an update on the law of negligence after Donoghue v Stevenson
02.02.2007
Jon Holbrook
The sliding snail or, an update on the law of negligence after Donoghue v Stevenson, 2 February 2007 New Law Journal
Information Tribunal: Exemption Decisions
01.02.2007
Damien Welfare
Information Tribunal: Exemption Decisions (On sections 36 and 40, Freedom of Information Act), Freedom of Information Journal (Jan/Feb 2007)
Gambling for Local Authorities, Licensing, Planning and Regeneration
19.01.2007
Morag Ellis QC
Author of the Chapter on Planning Gain in Gambling for Local Authorities, Licensing, Planning and Regeneration (Institute of Licensing, 2007).
Click here for further details
Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents
01.01.2007
Robin Green
Principal contributor to the Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents, vol. 18 (Housing) 2007 Reissue
When does a tree preservation order not protect?
01.01.2007
James Findlay QC
When does a tree preservation order not protect? [2007] (Feb) JPL 194
2007 Henry Stuart conference
01.01.2007
Anthony Porten QC
Anthony Porten QC was featured in Planning magazine in their review of the 2007 Henry Stuart conference.
Click here for the full article.
Halsbury's Laws
01.01.2007
Bryan McGuire QC
Bryan was an assistant editor on the Damages section of Halsbury's Laws (4th Edition Re - Issue)
A Guide to Health and Safety Prosecutions
01.01.2007
Gerard Forlin QC
M. Appleby and Gerard Forlin, A Guide to Health and Safety Prosecutions (2007, Thomas Telford Ltd)
Seeking and enforcement of possession orders
01.01.2007
Jon Holbrook
Seeking and enforcement of possession orders, Speech to CLT January 2007
Fairness: Meeting the Standard
01.01.2007
Matt Hutchings
Fairness: Meeting the Standard (2007) 10 JHL 14
Gambling for Local Authorities, Licensing, Planning and Regeneration
01.01.2007
Josef Cannon
Contributor to Gambling for Local Authorities, Licensing, Planning and Regeneration (Institute of Licensing, 2007)
Paragraph 3 of Schedule 3 to NIAA 2002 – EU and human rights
01.11.2006
Sian Davies
Support for Persons from Abroad (November 2006 – my subject “Paragraph 3 of Schedule 3 to NIAA 2002 – EU and human rights”)
Interested Parties
01.10.2006
Sian Davies
Local Government Group seminar on Judicial Review (October 2006 – subject “Interested Parties”)
The Vauxhall Tower decision – opening-up submissions to Ministers
01.10.2006
Damien Welfare
The Vauxhall Tower decision – opening-up submissions to Ministers, Freedom of Information Journal (Sept/Oct 2006)
European Nationals: the new housing eligibility test
01.09.2006
Jon Holbrook
European Nationals: the new housing eligibility test, September 2006 Legal Action
In Possession, Blogging the Law
04.08.2006
Kelvin Rutledge QC
'In Possession, Blogging the Law’ for the Solicitor’s Journal
A Problem For Housing or Social Services?
01.07.2006
Sian Davies
Seminars presented with Bryan McGuire for the Solicitors In Local Government Group in July 2006 in London and in November 2006 in Barnsley (London Branch and Yorkshire and Humberside Branch) on the subject “A Problem For Housing or Social Services?”
Understanding the Environmental Information Regulations
01.06.2006
Damien Welfare
Understanding the Environmental Information Regulations (Freedom of Information, May/June 2006)
Right to possession is trump card. Human rights law cannot triumph over landlords seeking to evict trespassers
17.03.2006
Jon Holbrook
Right to possession is trump card. Human rights law cannot triumph over landlords seeking to evict trespassers, 17 March 2006 Inside Housing
Which local authority is responsible, division of responsibility between local authorities and the NHS
16.01.2006
Sian Davies
LGG Community Care seminar 16th January 2006 (subject “Which local authority is responsible, division of responsibility between local authorities and the NHS”)
Reform of Law relating to Town and Village Greens
05.01.2006
Morag Ellis QC
Society for Advanced Legal Studies paper on Reform of Law relating to Town and Village Greens.
Corporate Manslaughter
01.01.2006
Gerard Forlin QC
Corporate Manslaughter, Solicitors Journal, January 2006
The Church Electoral Roll: Some Vagaries of the Church Representation Rules
01.01.2006
David Lamming
The Church Electoral Roll: Some Vagaries of the Church Representation Rules (2006) 8 Ecc LJ 438
Homelessness Law: Interim Accommodation and the EEA National
01.01.2006
Kelvin Rutledge QC
‘Homelessness Law: Interim Accommodation and the EEA National’ for the Journal of Housing Law
Support for Adults and Children from Abroad
01.11.2005
Sian Davies
Bexley Council, in-house training on Support for Adults and Children from Abroad, November 2005
Corporate Manslaughter Bill: a new dawn?
01.06.2005
Gerard Forlin QC
Corporate Manslaughter Bill: a new dawn?, Archbold News, June 2005
A Provisional View
05.02.2005
Philip Kolvin QC
An article dealing with a matter of fundamental importance to gambling operators under the Gambling Act 2005, the answer to which will determine their approach to licensing requirements for new projects under the Act.
Putting the Boot into Development Control, A User’s Guide to Recent Caselaw
05.01.2005
Morag Ellis QC
Article, with Robert Thomas, “Putting the Boot into Development Control, A User’s Guide to Recent Caselaw” [2005] JPEL 735
Licensed Premises: Law and Practice
05.01.2005
Philip Kolvin QC
The managing editor of Licensed Premises: Law and Practice (Tottel, 2005), heading an editorial team of 30 writers drawn from leading players in the industry, local government, academia and the police.
Contributor to Licensed Premises: Law & Practice
05.01.2005
Gerard Forlin QC
Contributor to Licensed Premises: Law & Practice, Tottel 2005
Tolley's Handbook of Disaster and Emergency Management: Principles & Practice
05.01.2005
Gerard Forlin QC
Contributor to Tolley's Handbook of Disaster and Emergency Management: Principles & Practice, LexisNexis 2005 (2nd Edition)
Atkins Court Forms
01.01.2005
Harriet Townsend
Sole contributing editor to Atkins Court Forms on Licensing 2005.
In-house training for review officers
01.01.2005
Sian Davies
Norwich City Council, in-house training for review officers, 2005
Licensed Premises: Law & Practice
01.01.2005
Asitha Ranatunga
‘Licensed Premises: Law & Practice’ (Tottel Publishing: 2005) by P.Kolvin
Author and Co-author of Chapters on ‘Closure Orders’ and ‘Offences’ respectively.
Licensed Premises: Law and Practice
01.01.2005
Josef Cannon
Contributor to Licensed Premises: Law and Practice (Kolvin (ed.); Tottel, 2005)
Bringing Companies to Account
01.11.2004
Gerard Forlin QC
Bringing Companies to Account, CD-Rom, November 2004
Bringing Companies to Account CPD for lawyers
01.09.2004
Gerard Forlin QC
Bringing Companies to Account CPD for lawyers, CD-Rom, September 2004
Planning Decisions Digest
05.02.2004
Vincent Fraser QC
Editor of the Planning Decisions Digest (Sweet & Maxwell)
Saving Open Space
05.01.2004
Philip Kolvin QC
Saving Open Space (GreenSpace, 2004). A guide to community campaigning.
Encyclopaedia of Highway Law
01.01.2004
Stephen Sauvain QC
Encyclopaedia of Highway Law: General Editor
Corporate Liability: Work Related Deaths and Criminal Prosecutions
01.01.2004
Gerard Forlin QC
Corporate Liability: Work Related Deaths and Criminal Prosecutions, by Gerard Forlin and Michael Appleby; First published 2004. (2nd edition published in August 2008)
Village Greens: Harmless Maypoles or a Trap for the Unwary?
01.01.2003
Morag Ellis QC
Article, “Village Greens: Harmless Maypoles or a Trap for the Unwary?” [2003] JPEL 1503
Alconbury a year on: Article 6 challenges face stiff uphill struggle after Court of Appeal Begum and Adlard adopts a schematic approach?
05.09.2002
Simon Bird QC
Alconbury a year on: Article 6 challenges face stiff uphill struggle after Court of Appeal Begum and Adlard adopts a schematic approach? [2002] (Sept) JPL 1045
The first quashing of a structure plan at modifications stage important for county and district councils
05.09.2002
Simon Bird QC
The first quashing of a structure plan at modifications stage important for county and district councils [2002] (Sept) JPL 1051
Alconbury a year on: Article 6 challenges face stiff uphill struggle after Court of Appeal Begum and Adlard adopts a schematic approach?
01.01.2002
James Findlay QC
Alconbury a year on: Article 6 challenges face stiff uphill struggle after Court of Appeal Begum and Adlard adopts a schematic approach? [2002] (Sept) JPL 1045
Joint Working Arrangements revisited after the Local Government Act 2000?
01.01.2002
Stephen Sauvain QC
Joint Working Arrangements revisited after the Local Government Act 2000? Journal of Local Government Law 2002
Emergency Planning
01.01.2002
Gerard Forlin QC
Numerous training videos for the Home Office on Emergency Planning
Human Rights and Judicial Review
01.01.2002
Tom Cosgrove
Thomas was the author of the local government section of ‘Human Rights and Judicial Review’ published by Butterworths Tolley
Periodicals
05.02.2001
Philip Kolvin QC
A writer for many periodicals, including the Racing Post, Local Government Chronicle, Licensing Review, Morning Advertiser, Current Law Week and Scottish Licensing Law Practitioner.
Hearings under the Licensing Act.
05.01.2001
Philip Kolvin QC
The producer of a LACORS training video on hearings under the Licensing Act.
Human Rights and Judicial Review: Case Studies in Context
01.01.2001
Ranjit Bhose QC
Joint editor of Human Rights and Judicial Review: Case Studies in Context (Butterworths, 2001).
Law Relating to Local Government DETR Research Report
01.11.2000
Stephen Sauvain QC
Law Relating to Local Government DETR Research Report (with Colin Crawford, Andrew Coulson and Michael Clarke November 2000
Halsburys Laws
01.01.2000
Philip Kolvin QC
Co-author of the Environmental Law volume of Halsburys Laws (Butterworths 2000)
Restrictions on the Grant of Planning Permissions: Recognising the Limitations
01.01.1998
Anthony Porten QC
Restrictions on the Grant of Planning Permissions: Recognising the Limitations, [1998] JPL Jan, 1
County and District Joint Working Arrangements
01.01.1998
Stephen Sauvain QC
County and District Joint Working Arrangements, Journal of Local Government Law 1998
Bridges: responsibility to repair them
01.01.1997
Stephen Sauvain QC
Bridges: responsibility to repair them, 1997 ROWLR s.5.1, p. 31 et seq. (with Ross Crail)
Current Law Statutes
01.01.1996
Philip Kolvin QC
Commentary on Security Services Act 1996 for Current Law Statutes
Principles and Practice of Forensic Psychiatry
01.01.1995
Philip Kolvin QC
Co-author of chapters and articles on social and parenting factors affecting criminality, in Principles and Practice of Forensic Psychiatry (Churchill Livingstone); The Power of Longitudinal Data (Cambridge University Press); and British Journal of Psychiatry (1986- 1996).
Coastal Zone Planning and Protection
05.06.1993
Graham Stoker
Coastal Zone Planning and Protection, June 1993 JPL, 521
Current Law annotations
01.01.1991
Stephen Sauvain QC
New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 - Current Law annotations