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Oct

2010

Public Law

Resources for those with limited resources

We are seeing already an increase in legal challenges to spending decisions by public authorities and we expect to see more in the coming months. For the lawyers there is a long line of cases giving (not always clear) guidance on when and how to allocate limited funds in, for example, the fields of social care, health services and housing. What the… Read more »

Posted by Christine O'Neill

On October 26, 2010

Oct

2010

Public Law

Powerful ideas

From pre-devolution discussions about how to maintain the (illusion of?) sovereignty of the Westminster Parliament to the Calman Commission – the extent of the Scottish Parliament’s powers has long been a subject which has excited public lawyers. The current proposals to implement the findings of the Calman Commission are not just a matter of academic… Read more »

Posted by Brodies Blog

On October 26, 2010

Oct

2010

Planning & Environment

Philosophy corner: the meaning of “matter”

Neil blogged several weeks ago about the difficulty knowing how reporters might apply the “no new matters” rule for appeals (s47A of the 1997 Act), which has an equivalent for local reviews (s43B of the 1997 Act). The key problem is to know whether “new matters” means “new evidence” or “new issues”. Earlier this year a dispute arose… Read more »

Posted by Planning & Environment

On October 21, 2010

Oct

2010

Planning & Environment

Land and freedom? Land and competition!

A familiar situation: a supermarket secures a number of sites in a town not with the intention of developing them all, but with a view to excluding a rival. The impact on planning policy is obvious: applying the sequential test, the most suitable sites for a rival development may be excluded, and stores will develop further out… Read more »

Posted by Planning & Environment

On October 21, 2010

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