
Birmingham settles historic equal pay claims
Birmingham City Council, UNISON and GMB have agreed to settle the outstanding equal pay claims brought by the two unions on behalf of members working for the local authority and Birmingham Children's Trust.
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Birmingham settles historic equal pay claims
LBLA names 13 firms to £72m legal services framework
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Birmingham settles historic equal pay claims
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Independent Social Workers and judicial review
October 22, 2025
Benjamin Tankel reports on a cautionary tale for Independent Social Workers in judicial review proceedings.

Navigating DOLS and 17-year-olds not in care
October 22, 2025
The High Court recently reviewed a local authority's application of Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) for a 17-year-old who was not under a care order. Graeme Bentley explores the important insights from the case, touching on the legal framework, the child's autonomy, and the role of parental consent in such situations.

Social services support for individuals with No Recourse to Public Funds
October 22, 2025
When can social services lawfully withdraw support from people with no recourse to public funds and what safeguards must they follow? Drawing on recent legal advice to a local authority, Hannah Moses unpacks the complex duties facing social services, the crucial role of Human Rights Assessments for failed asylum seekers, and demonstrates that the Localism Act 2011 provides only limited scope for…

High-risk contracts - what schools should know
Oct 22, 2025

Challenges for a local authority prosecutor
Oct 17, 2025
Who can show up?
Oct 17, 2025
Placement at home under a care order
Oct 17, 2025
The Welsh Language and the Court of Protection
Oct 17, 2025
ASB Case Reviews: updated statutory guidance
Oct 17, 2025
Martyn's Law marks a new chapter in school safety
Oct 17, 2025
Deprivations of liberty and young offenders
Oct 17, 2025
Revisiting Cheshire West
Oct 10, 2025
Public children law case update – Autumn 2025
Oct 10, 2025
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More Features

Compulsory purchase compensation reforms: the next stage
October 09, 2025
Barnabas Elbourn and David Richardson of Ashfords look at the direction of travel for limiting hope value and streamlining the compulsory purchase order process.

Climate legal risk and property: what local authorities need to know
October 09, 2025
Meena Kamath considers why climate risk is a legal issue for local government and how new clauses drafted by the Chancery Lane Project can help address it.

The £5bn Pride in Place programme – what does it mean for local authorities?
October 09, 2025
Alexander Rose sets out the main elements of the Pride in Place Programme, including potential sticking points in areas such as accountability that may emerge for local authorities supporting the delivery of the programme.

How not to control second homes
Oct 09, 2025

Twelve New Towns for the Future
Oct 09, 2025

Artificial intelligence in Education and EHC Plans
Oct 03, 2025
High Court on highway widths
Oct 03, 2025
Risk assessment – a safeguard to fairness
Oct 03, 2025
Parental obstruction of care
Oct 03, 2025
School exclusions – CCTV and police investigations?
Oct 03, 2025
Transparency in the Court of Protection
Oct 03, 2025
Tackling youth ASB in social housing
Oct 02, 2025
How AI could rewrite homelessness law
Oct 02, 2025
Key updates to the Administrative Court Guide
Sep 30, 2025
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Council agrees to quash permission for quarry project: report
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Council agrees to quashing of lawful development certificate for Dad’s Army railway station building
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Council agrees to quashing of planning permission for 110,000-bird poultry farm: report
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Council agrees to reconsider decision to de-register common land around historic racecourse buildings after judicial review challenge
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Council agrees to take steps to improve understanding among officers of Care Act 2014 duties
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Council agrees to train housing staff on Domestic Abuse Act 2021 and Homelessness Code of Guidance after Ombudsman investigation
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Council agrees to wholescale external review of housing service, pay out £20k after Ombudsman investigation into how child was left in pain for years
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Council allowed child protection plan to "drift without substantive action", Ombudsman finds
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Council and bus operator to pay out £109k in damages and costs to religious organisation over refusal to advertise rally
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Council and care home criticised after dispute sees son banned from visiting his mother
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Council and developer win appeal over quashing of planning permission for 210 homes
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Council and external auditors at loggerheads over lawfulness of commercial property investment spree
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Council and governing body of school win appeal over carbon monoxide exposure
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Council and guardian fail in appeal over refusal by judge of application for placement orders
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Council and Guardian win appeal over whether fact-finding hearing was unnecessary
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Council and ICB to pay more than £10k for SEN failures following investigation by Ombudsman
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Council and IRO criticised for three-year delay in making application for revocation of placement order
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Council and Jewish housing association defeat challenge over allocations
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Council and LEP fall victim to sophisticated £1.1m cyber fraud
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Council and minister criticise abuse at planning meeting
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