Where it was proposed to convert a building, consisting of seven flatlets, into a single family house, the resulting loss of residential accommodation was a planning consideration that could not…
The background to Skerritts of Nottingham Ltd v Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions [2000] EGCS 43 was an enforcement notice directed against the erection of…
It may recalled that, regardless of the merits of a judicial review application, courts have a discretion, under section 31(6) of the Supreme Court Act 1981, to refuse leave (or…
In exercising its discretion whether to refuse relief to an otherwise successful applicant for judicial review, a court will always be slow to conclude that no harm has been done…
An obviously roadworthy car has been standing on some waste land for the past 10 days. For anyone minded to appropriate the car, it would be dangerous, for obvious reasons,…
In the background to the Euro-problem that arose in R v Durham County Council, ex parte Huddlestone [2000] EGCS 39 stand the host of official bodies (agencies), to be found…