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Judge rules council and CCG failed lawfully to assess s.117 after care services for claimant
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Judge rules council breached ECHR rights of orthodox Jewish 15-year-old boy - but not his brother - over proposal for respite placement accommodation
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Judge rules council should receive “substantial” sum as waste management dispute rumbles on
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Judge rules on dispute between councils over designation after one-year-old child placed with maternal grandmother
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Judge rules on interaction between obligations of council and Home Secretary regarding accommodation of asylum seekers with eligible care needs
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Judge rules out notifying consular authorities of adoption proceedings in "unusual case"
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Judge rules plan need not be professionally drawn in gypsy site case
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Judge rules procurement claimant was not economic operator at relevant time in dispute over largest ever contract let by council
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Judge rules terminally ill woman could leave care home to live with family despite COVID-19 restrictions
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Judge says she cannot “wave a magic wand” in deprivation of liberty case concerning teenager
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Judge strikes out claim against council after claimant applies for more than ten extensions of time
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