Local Government in UK Law
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Anns v Merton London Borough Council
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First one has to ask whether, as between the alleged wrongdoer and the person who has suffered damage there is a sufficient relationship of proximity or neighbourhood such that, in the reasonable contemplation of the former, carelessness on his part may be likely to cause damage to the latter—in which case a prima facie duty of care arises.
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Bushell v Secretary of State for the Environment
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What is fair procedure is to be judged not in the light of constitutional fictions as to the relationship between the Minister and the other servants of the Crown who serve in the Government Department of which he is the head, but in the light of the practical realities as to the way in which administrative decisions involving forming judgments based on technical considerations are reached.
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Save Britain's Heritage v Number 1 Poultry Ltd
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The single indivisible question, in my opinion, which the court must ask itself whenever a planning decision is challenged on the ground of a failure to give reasons is whether the interests of the applicant have been substantially prejudiced by the deficiency of the reasons given.
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Tesco Stores Ltd v Secretary of State for the Environment and Others
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If there is one principle of planning law more firmly settled than any other, it is that matters of planning judgment are within the exclusive province of the local planning authority or the Secretary of State.
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Pyx Grainite Company Ltd v Ministry of Housing and Local Government
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It is a principle not by any means to be whittled down that the subject's recourse to Her Majesty's courts for the determination of his rights is not to be excluded except by clear words. That is, as Mr. Justice McNair called it in Francis v. Yiewsley and West Drayton Urban District Council [1957] 2 Q.B. 136, a "fundamental rule" from which I would not for my part sanction any departure.
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Edinburgh Council (City of) v Secretary of State for Scotland
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In the practical application of section 18A it will obviously be necessary for the decision-maker to consider the development plan, identify any provisions in it which are relevant to the question before him and make a proper interpretation of them. His decision will be open to challenge if he fails to have regard to a policy in the development plan which is relevant to the application or fails properly to interpret it.
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Pyx Grainite Company Ltd v Ministry of Housing and Local Government
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Although the planning authorities are given very wide powers to impose "such conditions as they think fit", nevertheless the law says that those conditions, to be valid, must fairly and reasonably relate to the permitted development. The planning authority are not at liberty to use their powers for an ulterior object, however desirable that object may seem to them to be in the public interest.
- Local Government Reorganisation
- Spanish Local Government
- Early Scottish Local Government
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Open Government - Local Government Style
Central Government refuses to accept the need for freedom of information or open government laws affecting its administration. In 1985, however, the Local Government (Access to Information) Act was...
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ICO Issues New £250,000 Fine to Scottish Local Government Body
On 11 September 2012, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) announced that it had fined the Scottish Borders Council £250,000 under the Data Protection Act 1998 (the DPA) following the dis...
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UK local government pension scheme – end of an era
The UK government has announced today probably the longest awaited policy change in the LGPS investment world, with a proposal to remove the limits on asset allocation that have been in place since...
- Under Unprecedented Pressure: The Local Government & Social Care Ombudsman's Report On COVID And Care
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Chapter IEIM400930
.... . . NRFI: Government Entity. Government entities are Non-Reporting Financial Institutions ... the Government of Wales Act 2006. . • Local Government Authorities as per:. Section 33 of the Local Government Act ......
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Chapter SDLTM25030
......Government. A Northern Ireland Department. Parliament. The Northern Ireland Assembly Commission. Local government. A district council within the meaning of the Local Government ......
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Chapter EIM65900
.... . . The guidance on the taxation of local government councillors and civic dignitaries is arranged as follows. . ......
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Chapter EIM65815
...... There are no special tax arrangements for payments to employees of local authorities for using their own car for work. All mileage allowance ... from the National Employers Organisation for Local Government Services, formerly Local Government Management Board, and from the ......