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There are 6 posts tagged local government (this is page 1 of 1).

R (Bailey) v Brent: law against the cuts (and politics)

As a resident of Brent in north-west London, I’m not sure what I think about the Labour council’s planned library cuts. I’m not happy that any should be cut. I don’t want social care to be cut any more than it needs to be, either, or any of the other important things councils do. And […]

December 20, 2011 | 3 Comments

Supreme Court judgment: R (MacDonald) v Kensington & Chelsea

Because of bladder problems, Elaine McDonald needs to go to the toilet several times during the night; and because of mobility problems, she can’t get there safely on her own. Kensington & Chelsea have decided that her needs can be met by the use of incontinence pads, which is about £22,000 a year cheaper than […]

in Uncategorized | July 7, 2011 | 1,535 Words | 1 Webmention | 4 Comments

Lap-dancing clubs and human rights

I’ve written at Comment is Free today about the threat, made by lap-dancing club owners, to use the Human Rights Act to challenge the new legislation regulating them: It’s difficult to argue that firms should never enjoy convention rights – if they didn’t, media organisations like the Guardian would be unable to enforce freedom of […]

in Uncategorized | April 21, 2010 | 118 Words | Comment

Mrinal Patel case dropped

Harrow Council has abandoned its prosecution of Mrinal Patel today. No surprise there, then. I expressed myself in moderate terms while criminal proceedings were under way, but summonsing her under the Fraud Act 2006 always looked dodgy – it’s difficult to see how you can really call a school place property. I agree with Harrow […]

in Uncategorised | July 3, 2009 | 375 Words | 6 Comments

A good week for Basildon

It was a jolly good week in court last week for Basildon Council. First, they won against the Equality and Human Rights Commission in this case about travellers in the Court of Appeal; then they followed it up with this win against the golf club in the High Court. All sections of society must tremble […]

in Uncategorised | January 26, 2009 | 71 Words | 3 Comments

The Southall Black Sisters case

Rahila Gupta in today’s Guardian writes about the victory of Southall Black Sisters in its judicial review a couple of weeks ago: Ealing Council had wanted to cut its support for the organisation in order to fund another means of domestic violence provision not targeted at black and Asian women. Well, it looks as though […]

in Uncategorised | July 28, 2008 | 355 Words | 2 Comments

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