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Flawed Consultation Gives Energy Companies Victory over Regulator
Rhion Jones comments: This is a highly technical but important case where the inadequacies of stakeholder consultation jeopardised a public policy that matters to millions of people. In this article,…
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Nottingham consults as it declares climate emergency
On 13 January 2020, Nottingham City Council Deputy Leader, Cllr Sally Longford, formally declared a Climate and Ecological Emergency and launched a consultation into the council’s own action plan, which…
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Scottish council acted ‘unlawfully’ by failing to consult over closure of day centre
The father of a man with severe physical and learning disabilities has successfully challenged a Scottish local authority’s decision to close an adult daycare centre after a judge found that…
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Where did all the stroke responses go?
A Department of Health (DoH)claim that 6,000 responses to last year’s Stroke Consultation came from Fermanagh and Tyrone has been branded “ridiculous” by a member of the Fermanagh Stroke Support…
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A Council consultation failure with lessons for all Scotland
McHattie v South Ayrshire Council, [2020] CSOH 4 This is in many ways a straightforward, open-and-shut case prompting the question of why on earth did the Council waste public money…
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NI wind turbine challenge ‘fatally undermined’
A government department responsible for heritage sites did not go to court over a controversial planning decision at an ancient monument because its grounds for an injunction had been “fatally…
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Forecasting the impacts…
Starting a project and launching straight into a consultation without considering the likely positive and negative impact(s) of the project looks something like this… Risky. Impact assessments may not be…
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Consultation lawful despite misrepresentation of consultee views
Is the Rotherham case an outlier or an outrage? Last May, Mrs Justice Jefford heard what, in part, she admitted was a ‘finely balanced’ issue. The claimant was a 27-year…
Read morePetition demands co-design and co-production of respite centre closure options
More than 300 people have signed an e-petition against the closure of respite services for adults living with learning disabilities in Hemel Hempstead and across the county. Hertfordshire County Council…
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