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The "exclusivity principle" in a planning context

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • January 27 2011

The Court of Appeal has held that the service of a breach of planning condition notice is a "purely public" act, so the correct way of challenging such a notice is by way of judicial review proceedings

Development or not development?

  • Shepherd & Wedderburn LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • October 26 2012

On 27 July 2012, the High Court handed down its judgment in R (Valley Action Group Ltd) v Bath and North East Somerset Council and another (2012) regarding whether a local authority was wrong when considering what constituted “development” under the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 and if the application did constitute development, whether it required an environmental impact assessment

R (Weaver) v London & Quadrant (2009)

  • Mills & Reeve LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • November 5 2009

In a majority ruling, the Appeal Court judges backed a High Court decision a year ago that housing associations are public bodies and susceptible to claims under the Human Rights Act

Town and village greens: recent significant cases for landowners

  • Mills & Reeve LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • February 3 2011

Land can be registered as a new town or village green (TVG) "if for not less than twenty years a significant number of the inhabitants of any locality, or of any neighbourhood within a locality, have indulged in lawful sports and pastimes on it as of right"

Civil litigation costs: sousa vs london borough of waltham forest council

  • Fenwick Elliott Solicitors
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  • United Kingdom
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  • June 7 2011

Trees for which the London Borough of Waltham Forest Council (the "council") was responsible caused damage to Mr Sousa's property as a result of their roots encroaching from the pavement outside

Capital allowances and fixtures: is change good?

  • CMS Cameron McKenna
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  • United Kingdom
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  • July 29 2011

On 31 May 2011 HMRC published a consultation document proposing changes to the capital allowances regime in relation to fixtures

A complete defence?

  • Guildhall Chambers
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  • United Kingdom
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  • September 12 2012

The main advantage from the landlord’s point of view of an assured shorthold tenancy is that once the fixed term has expired possession can be recovered without having to establish any of the grounds set out in Schedule 2 of the Housing Act 1988

Local authorities and road traffic

  • Mills & Reeve LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • May 31 2008

In this case, which is of interest in a practical rather than legal sense, the respondent individual had claimed damages against the appellant highway authority arising out of the collapse of a cellar roof

Harvey v Plymouth City Council 29.7.10

  • Kennedys
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  • United Kingdom
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  • September 15 2010

Occupier not liable for serious injuries following fall over a tripping hazard at night; there was no implied consent to the Claimant's activities at the time

Planning reforms: ideals versus reality

  • Mills & Reeve LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • October 31 2011

It is hard to escape the fact that our planning system is in the throes of a dramatic reform, given that these proposed reforms have managed to make front page news and been at the centre of many recent debates during the party conference season