NEWS
Jan 28, 2021
Traders threaten city council with legal challenge over pedestrianisation plan
Independent traders in a Bristol street have threatened legal action against the city council over a pedestrianisation plan.
Jan 21, 2021
Law firm awarded £640k contract to provide planning advice on bypass
Law firm Burges Salmon has been appointed to a £642,950 contract to advise North Somerset Council on a major transport scheme.
Jan 20, 2021
Taxi drivers win High Court challenge over Streetspace plan
London’s taxi trade has hailed High Court rulings in which it won on four out of five grounds under which it challenged Mayor Sadiq Khan’s Streetspace plan.
Jan 07, 2021
Court of Appeal criticises both sides in Blue Badge parking dispute where claimant costs exceeded £60,000
The Court of Appeal has imposed a costs order against a London borough and criticised both sides for the way a dispute over a parking Blue Badge ended up in the courts.
Dec 23, 2020
High Court judge allows legal challenge but declines to quash experimental traffic order
A High Court judge has allowed a legal challenge to the introduction of an experimental traffic order (ETO) in the City of London, but refused to quash the ETO.
Dec 22, 2020
County facing legal challenge over decision to respond as statutory consultee - in capacity as highways authority - to application for planning permission
The High Court has granted permission to judicially review the decision of Norfolk County Council to formally respond as statutory consultee, in its capacity as highways authority, to an application for planning permission, it has been reported.
Dec 15, 2020
DfT calls in Pinsent Masons for Stonehenge judicial review
The Department for Transport has appointed law firm Pinsent Masons to provide legal support in relation to the judicial review challenge over government plans to build a dual carriageway beneath the Stonehenge World Heritage Site.
Dec 10, 2020
Judge considers 18th century legislation to resolve bridleway row
A High Court judge has had to consult legislation dating back to the 18th century in a dispute over a bridle road in Somerset.
Dec 08, 2020
Council facing judicial review over removal of trial cycle lane
A campaign group, in collaboration with the Environmental Law Foundation, plans to bring a judicial review challenge against a London council's decision to dismantle a temporary cycle lane before its trial period had ended.
Dec 08, 2020
Council defeats legal challenge over decision to rename square called after Elizabethan sailor with slave trade links
A district judge has rejected a legal challenge over a decision by Plymouth City Council to change the name of a square from an Elizabethan sailor associated with the slave trade, Sir John Hawkins, to a black footballer, Jack Leslie.