When Buckinghamshire decided to close over half its children’s centres, campaigners went to the High Court to fight a Judicial Review. This week, they lost, and the Council won its case. Reading the judgment from R (ex parte L) v Buckinghamshire CC, however, one is struck by the way in which the Council structured its […]
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It is not often that barristers hit the headlines as they argue a case in the High Court. But heads were turned this week by the words of Sir James Eadie QC, defending the Government in the action brought against it by those claiming that Special Educational Needs and Disability services (SEND) have been consciously under-funded.
Yesterday, I observed the second and final day of the judicial review substantive hearing F v Buckinghamshire County Council. I was only able to hear the final points and submissions (we had our tCI member exclusive webinar on the first day of the hearing), but the morning’s arguments by both barristers raised interesting questions concerning
Attending a judicial review Read More »
Campaigners have won their case against Caerphilly Council on the grounds that the decision to close Pontllanfraith Leisure Centre had not met the requirements of the Equality Act 2010. This controversy has raged for several years. In 2017, the Council consulted on its closure but backed down following a public consultation. This time around it
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The changes which will be brought about by the Hackitt Review will have a wide-reaching impact – but the sector needs clarity in the short term as well, writes Eamon McGoldrick Last week saw the publication of Building a Safer Future, which is a government consultation on proposals for reform of building safety management following the Hackitt
The Hackitt Review changes will be significant but we need clarity now Read More »
The cry of frustration uttered by so many stakeholders… This is scarcely a sentiment confined to the National Health Service, but it was NHS England Chief Executive, Simon Stevens who raised the issue in his frank admission last week. Hospital beds had become ‘overly pressurised’ he said, reflecting on the 10% reduction over the last
When consultees say, “ I told you so…! ” Read More »
Twitter and other social media platforms represent a large and largely untapped resource for social data and evidence. In this post, Wasim Ahmed updates his recurring series on the Impact Blog, to bring you the latest developments in digital methods and methodologies for researching Twitter and other social media platforms. This post builds upon the 2015, and 2017 editions of
Using Twitter as a data source: an overview of social media research tools (2019) Read More »
Rhion Jones’ observations on this year’s Waterfront Conference One of the joys of June for me is being invited to chair the Annual Waterfront Conference on Consultation and Stakeholder engagement in the Infrastructure and Planning sector. Those attending come from major consultancies, developers and planners in road, rail, airports and energy – mostly pretty clued-up
‘Community’ theme dominates Infrastructure consultation Conference Read More »
On Monday, the Welsh Government published its long-awaited Bill to abolish Community Health Councils (CHCs). The Health and Social Care (Quality and Engagement) (Wales) Bill replaces 40-year old CHC machinery for patient and public involvement with a new ‘Citizen Voice’ for health and social care. Insofar as the replacement body will cover both the NHS
Wales to abolish Community Health Councils – can it avoid the mistakes made in England? Read More »
On the occasion of launching our latest edition of Latest Law this week, we have sought to respond to a question posed by an Institute member. The individual was fully aware of the Gunning Principles, the doctrine of legitimate expectation, Equality legislation and the rest. But she was wondering whether the string of High Court cases
Are the Courts making public consultations more difficult to organise? Read More »
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