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Court of Appeal rejects challenge over refusal by district judge to dismiss prosecution over HMOs used to house asylum seekers
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Court of Appeal rejects challenge to £31m decision by city council to retrofit sprinklers to tower blocks after Grenfell
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Court of Appeal rejects challenge to application of ‘tilted balance’ by two councils
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Court of Appeal rejects challenge to consultation on planned bed closures at Oxfordshire hospital
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Court of Appeal rejects challenge to decision by county to change status of track to bridleway
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Court of Appeal rejects challenge to environmental permit for waste incineration plant over error in supporting information
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Court of Appeal rejects challenge to grant of planning permission for farm buildings development near River Wye
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Court of Appeal rejects challenge to lawfulness of discriminatory allocation of housing on ground of religion
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Court of Appeal rejects challenge to Legoland planning permission over impact on 'veteran' trees
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Court of Appeal rejects challenge to refusal by council of application for outline planning permission for housing development
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Court of Appeal rejects claim by applicant for council jobs for whistleblower protection
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Court of Appeal rejects claim by mother Family Court should not have made placement order after her lawyers withdrew at advanced stage
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Court of Appeal rejects claim council infringed right to be protected from modern slavery
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Court of Appeal rejects claim for “former relevant child” status
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Court of Appeal rejects claim for negligence, breach of statutory brought by teacher over assault
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Court of Appeal rejects claim over failure to reassess educational needs of 22-year-old disabled man
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Court of Appeal rejects council bid for borough-wide injunction, issues guidance on tackling unauthorised encampments
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Court of Appeal rejects distinction between ‘aggressive’ and ‘passive’ begging when it comes to obtaining anti-social behaviour injunctions
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Court of Appeal rejects government appeal over river basin management plans
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Court of Appeal rejects legal challenge to grant of permission for schemes providing 721 homes
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