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Court of Appeal overturns judgment on use of appeal planning officers
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Court of Appeal overturns order discharging mother as party in Court of Protection proceedings
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Court of Appeal quashes “legally flawed” decision by review officer that applicant was not in settled accommodation in period after earlier finding of intentional homelessness
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Court of Appeal quashes council direction requiring travellers to leave site
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Court of Appeal quashes grant of permission for poultry-rearing facility over incomplete EIA
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Court of Appeal quashes homelessness review decision over failure to address issue of mental health properly
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Court of Appeal quashes planning permission for only having consideration of part of site
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Court of Appeal refuses claimant parents permission to appeal Welsh sex education ruling
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Court of Appeal refuses council and claimants permission for appeal over Kent stroke services reconfiguration
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Court of Appeal refuses councils permission to appeal ruling on free local newssheets
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Court of Appeal refuses developer permission to appeal in dispute over planning enforcement and equalities duties
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Court of Appeal refuses Epping Forest permission to appeal to Supreme Court over asylum hotel interim injunction
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Court of Appeal refuses Government bid to appeal in Holocaust Memorial planning case
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Court of Appeal refuses leave to appeal in ‘authority to prosecute’ case
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Court of Appeal refuses parish permission to appeal in row over 1,500-home development
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Court of Appeal refuses permission for appeal over council approval of plan to build 110-home development
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Court of Appeal refuses permission for challenge to school site closure
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Court of Appeal refuses permission to appeal in dispute over sale by council of part of park to Premier League football club
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Court of Appeal refuses permission to appeal in long-running battle over £600m procurement of incinerator
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Court of Appeal refuses Valuation Office Agency permission to appeal ruling on rateable valuation of council-run museum
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