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16 February 2011
Issue: 7453 / Categories: Case law , Law digest
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Public authority

R (on the application of Luton Borough Council and others) v Secretary of State for Education [2011] EWHC 217 (Admin), [2011] All ER (D) 133 (Feb)

The Administrative Court allowed the claimant local authorities’ claims for judicial review of the secretary of state’s decision to end certain projects undertaken as part of the previous administration’s “building for schools” scheme, where the decision making process had breach the claimants’ legitimate procedural expectation of consultation, and where he had failed to discharge his duties under the equality legislation.

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Bell Yard Kysen—Liz Giles

Bell Yard Kysen—Liz Giles

Bell Yard Kysen appoints senior legal PR and ex-government communications adviser, Liz Giles

Clarke Willmott—Lee Edwards

Clarke Willmott—Lee Edwards

Clarke Willmott boosts Southampton commercial property team with addition of partner Lee Edwards

Lime Solicitors—four promotions

Lime Solicitors—four promotions

Lime Solicitors announces four promotions

NEWS
Witness evidence can be compromised by AI before a solicitor sees the draft, leaving safeguards focused on authorship incomplete
Possession claims are entering a new digital era, with procedural traps awaiting practitioners who assume familiar rules still govern every step
A polished legal defence may owe more to artificial intelligence than legal merit—and creditors risk paying the price in delay and expense
An indemnity costs battle with a £20m gap could reopen an important question: what weight should an approved budget carry?
The Environment Agency can prosecute offences beyond environmental legislation where proceedings support its statutory functions, the Divisional Court has confirmed
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