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In brief for week ending 18 October 2017
This is the latest in our series of quarterly education update blogs which will enable readers to catch up on the most important cases, issues or developments in education law from July to September 2017. Please feel free to submit a comment below or send us an Ask query if you have any views on the cases, issues, or legal developments that are covered or if you think we have missed something that should be brought to the attention of education law practitioners.
In this post, we look at:
- Legislative developments.
- Case law.
- Government guidance and policy statements.
- House of Commons Library briefing papers.
This is a public children law update blog to give readers a snapshot of the important cases, issues and developments from July to September 2017. Please feel free to submit a comment below or send us an Ask query if you have any views on the cases, issues, or legal developments that are covered or if you think we have missed something that should be brought to the attention of child care law practitioners.
In this post, we look at the following:
- Public Law Reform Project.
- Treatment of criminal findings.
- Special guardianship orders.
- Kinship placements.
- Issuing proceedings.
In brief for week ending 11 October 2017
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In brief for week ending 4 October 2017
Make sure that you have not missed a key development in your area of the law by reading our In brief review of the latest Practical Law Local Government email. Continue reading
Meeting of the Lawyers in Local Government Adult Social Care and Health SAA group (London)
On 29 September 2017, Thomson Reuters was pleased to host a meeting of the Lawyers in Local Government (LLG) Adult Social Care and Health SAA for the London region. The group provides a focus of professional knowledge and expertise aimed at contributing to the development of law and best practice in adult social care and health. The group also assists with developing training and networking opportunities for local authority lawyers specialising in this area of law. Continue reading
On 13 July 2017, the UK government introduced the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill 2017-19 (the Bill) to Parliament. It survived its second reading in September, but now that we are approaching the Committee stage, things are likely to get more interesting. Daniel Greenberg, Westlaw UK General Editor of Annotated Statutes and Insight Encyclopaedia, looks at what could happen next. Continue reading
Amongst the seismic political debates surrounding the passing of the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill 2017-19 (Bill), it is arguable that the Bill’s effects on local authorities have not received the publicity that they deserve. Continue reading
August and September’s case digest, after a quiet period for the courts, includes an ECJ ruling holding that a tenderer can be excluded from a tendering procedure when a member of its bidding consortium loses its accreditation from a third party, and a High Court judgment lifting an automatic suspension.
Please feel free to submit a comment below or send us an Ask query if you have any views on the cases covered, or think that we have missed a case that should be brought to the attention of public procurement practitioners. Continue reading
In brief for week ending 27 September 2017
Make sure that you have not missed a key development in your area of the law by reading our In brief review of the latest Practical Law Local Government email.