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Monthly Archives: 30th May 2014
ARDL Seminar: The Work of the Adjudication Function of the SRA
This is an opportunity to hear from the SRA’s Director & Chief Adjudicator, Nabila Zulfiqar and a panel Adjudicator, Christine Forde. Adjudicators make formal regulatory decisions on a wide range… Read more »
110 dwellings permitted on allotments
Peter Village QC and James Strachan QC have successfully persuaded an Inspector to allow an appeal and grant planning permission for the development of allotment land in Nottingham for up… Read more »
Court of Appeal dismisses MPA challenge but finds Wikileaks cable admissible
The Court of Appeal rejected the Chagoissians challenge to the Government’s decision to ban fishing around the Chagos islands and to establish a Marine Protection Area, but did rule a… Read more »
Peter Village QC succeeds in defeating microlight objection
Peter Village QC has succeeded in overturning a refusal of planning permission by Stratford on Avon District Council for some 85 houses. Permission was refused on the grounds of the… Read more »
High Court rejects challenges to London Ashford Airport
Peter Village QC and James Strachan QC have successfully defended two challenges to the planning permission granted by the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and the Secretary… Read more »
Charles Cory-Wright QC and Jonathan Bellamy successfuly represent Everton FC in its defence of a multi-million pound clinical damages claim by a former Youth Academy and Philippine youth international player
The claim against the club and its employed physiotherapist was dismissed. The claimant succeeded, but only for very limited damages, against the other defendant, the club’s GP who was engaged… Read more »
Biodiversity offsetting and housing land supply
In the last Planning Newsletter we referred to the appeal in respect of housing development at Thaxted, where objections relating to biodiversity effects had been overcome by provision of an… Read more »
Cross-border clients
Timothy Lyons QC is giving this lecture to STEP in Geneva. To find out more, and to register, please use this link.
Deprivation of Liberty after Cheshire West: key questions for social workers and medical practitioners
This purpose of this document is to provide for social workers and those working in front-line clinical settings a brief overview of the law and principles relating to the assessment… Read more »
Richard of York
Richard Harwood OBE QC discusses the judgment in R (Plantagenet Alliance) v Secretary of State for Justice where a challenge to the burial of Richard III’s remains in Leicester Cathedral… Read more »
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