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tCI Commentary: Before launching our e-Learning course Consultation and Public Events in May, we wrote extensively about public meetings. We debated whether the public meeting was dead and explored when they go wrong. Critics and campaigners often cry out that they’re views are not heard, and at the Institute, we advocate Public Consultation Hearings as […]
“Shambles” NI public meeting gets postponed after 150+ turn up Read More »
Campaigners fighting to save two Bexhill nurseries from possible closure under proposed county council cuts handed in a petition signed by more than 1,100 people. Tuesday, July 23, nursery parents and district councillors delivered the document to the manager of Cygnets Nursery, as well as a letter calling for the suspension of the consultation due
Councillor voices concerns over lack of detail on impacts in consultation Read More »
A PETITION asking councillors to rethink closing three mental health centres on the Isle of Wight will be considered at full council on Wednesday. The Isle of Wight Council proposed closing the drop-in centres as part of budget proposals to save £145,000 in October last year. The centres are Parklands in Cowes, Riboleau in Ryde
6000+ sign petition for re-think on mental health centre closures Read More »
tCI Commentary: Frustrated campaigners fighting to retain A&E beds at Poole hospital got nowhere in the Court of Appeal on Wednesday. Behind this story are the dashed hopes of people who believe that the NHS has reduced their access to essential services, and having lost their legal challenge last year came to Court to argue
Campaigners fail to find flaws in Dorset’s NHS consultation Read More »
tCI Commentary: Three weeks ago, we published a comment on a judicial review following a decision to close a leisure centre in Caerphilly. This week another story concerning leisure centres has appeared in the news, this time in Lichfield, Staffordshire. The original decision was made behind closed doors and local people clearly value the service
A challenge against a ban on demonstrations outside an abortion clinic in west London has reached the Court of Appeal. Ealing Council was the first in the country to create a 100-metre protest-free “buffer zone” outside a Marie Stopes clinic following protests. Alina Dulgheriu, of the Be Here For Me campaign, argued the ban was
Protest ban outside a London abortion clinic reaches Court of Appeal Read More »
The Administrative Court in Cardiff has permitted a final hearing of Judicial Review proceedings to challenge the cutback of education for young people with special educational needs in Cornwall. The Judicial Review claim was issued in early June by Keith Lomax of Watkins Solicitors, acting on behalf of the children. He argued that Cornwall Council
Another council to be taken to Court over cuts to SEN Read More »
The High Court has thrown out a legal bid to save wildlife along the route of the new Oxford to Cambridge Expressway. The Berks, Bucks and Oxon Wildlife Trust (BBOWT) had argued against the chosen route of the line, saying that it would have a ‘devastating impact’ on habitats. Following the decision campaigners said the
High Court dismisses legal challenge for Oxford-Cambridge Expressway route Read More »
Ministers are under pressure to draw up stronger rules on how thoroughly schools must consult before becoming academies after a flurry of legal objections from parents. Under the Academies Act 2010, the governors of a maintained school that wants to become an academy must consult formally with “such persons as they think appropriate”. Government guidance
tCI Commentary: If you read last week’s newsletter, you’ll remember an article we wrote about attending a judicial review. Only a week later and the judgment has been handed down. We’ll be analysing it over the course of the next week and provide you with a commentary of our thoughts. Article: Campaigners fighting Buckinghamshire County
Bucks County Council wins court battle over children’s centre plans Read More »
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