The High Court has granted the Good Law Project permission to challenge the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero's decision to exclude onshore wind from its policy on energy infrastructure.

A new pilot funded by the Department for Education (DfE) establishing a multi-disciplinary clinical hub to examine and report on cases of suspected inflicted head injuries has been described by senior family lawyers as concerning.

A judicial review claim has been issued on behalf of a child against Devon County Council, challenging its decision to enter into a ‘safety valve agreement’ with the Department for Education.

Surrey County Council's decision to grant planning permission for an onshore oil drilling project was unlawful for failing to consider the downstream greenhouse gas emissions that will occur from the eventual use of the oil as fuel, the Supreme Court has ruled.

Councillors at Wrexham County Borough Council have obtained permission to appeal a High Court order which forced the local authority to adopt a local development plan (LDP) that councillors had previously voted against on two separate occasions.

Birmingham City Council has succeeded on one of six grounds argued in the High Court in a dispute over support from the Secretary of State for Transport for a highways maintenance contract set up under the private finance initiative (PFI).

A tenant who alleged wrongful eviction by Clarion Housing Association has lost a High Court action in which His Honour Judge Simpkiss said he could not rely on any evidence given by the claimant unless backed up by “some other solid evidence”.

A Sudanese refugee has failed in a High Court case brought against the London Borough of Haringey over whether he should have been found accommodation and against the Home Office over how it gives notice of the cessation of their asylum support.

The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is facing a judicial review challenge after failing to launch a review of the Government's Environmental Improvement Plan (EIP) in the wake of a damning report from the Office for Environmental Protection (OEP).

A group of claimants are challenging Devon County Council’s decision to close the North Devon Link drop-in services, including on the basis that the local authority failed to have regard to mandatory considerations including its duties under the Care Act 2014 and Health and Social Care Act 2012.

The Equalities and Human Rights Commission has appointed 117 barristers to a framework agreement.

East Cambridgeshire District Council has successfully defended a driver’s appeal over the revocation of a private hire and hackney carriage licence.

The Supreme Court will next week (20 June) hand down its ruling in a landmark case about environmental impact assessments and downstream greenhouse gas emissions.

Cheshire East Council faces prosecution by the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) after a man was killed by a falling tree in one of its parks.

A study by the Nuffield Family Justice Observatory (NFJO) has found that 34% of parents who are at risk of having their babies removed from their care have learning disabilities or difficulties, which are often not identified until court.

The High Court will next week (18 and 19 June) hear a judicial review claim challenging the Government's plan to adapt to existing and predicted climate impacts.

A man who sold goods in the streets of Birmingham did not break the law as he was protected under an 1871 act by being a pedlar, the High Court has found.

Middlesbrough Council faces legal action over its new selective licensing policy under which landlords must pay £998 for each property they own in the area, the BBC has reported.

The lead judge to the Planning Court and a senior Family Division judge are among four new Lord Justices of Appeal.

A High Court judge has rejected a legal challenge over the Transport Secretary’s decision to cut funding for investment in "active travel" schemes.

Northumberland County Council has successfully defended a legal challenge brought by an unincorporated association of care home operators regarding the weekly fees paid by the local authority to care home operators.

Reading Borough Council has been forced to abandon a statutory review against the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Michael Gove, after it failed to serve its application to other parties in time.

The GMB has demanded that Brighton & Hove Council settle equal pay claims that the union says cover roles across the local authority and could be worth “tens of millions of pounds”.

A group of parents have issued a judicial review challenge to the proposed closure of two children’s centres in Hackney, arguing that the council’s consultation process was “unfair and unlawful”.

The First Tier Tribunal “materially erred in law” in its determination of reasonable adjustments claims brought by parents in relation to their daughter.

The London Borough of Barking and Dagenham has lost an appeal after a landlord was acquitted by magistrates of failing to observe an enforcement notice.

Derbyshire County Council has demanded a £93.5m payment from Derby City Council in a dispute over the costs of the mothballed Sinfin energy-from-waste plant.

The High Court has issued its final ruling in the long-running case brought by charity ECPAT UK against Kent County Council and the Home Office concerning unaccompanied asylum-seeking (UAS) children entering the UK in Kent on small boats.

A Slovakian national has won a case against the London Borough of Islington over whether his status under agreements between the UK and the European Union entitled him to homelessness support.