http://www.ftb.eu.com/ Some of the cases FTB has recently been instructed on and general Chambers news items http://www.ftb.eu.com/2009%2Dnews%2Fcourt%2Dof%2Dappeal%2Dquashes%2Dplanning%2Dpermission%2Dfor%2Ddeposit%2Dof%2Dlarge%2Dquantity%2Dof%2Dwaste%2Don%2Dgolf%2Dcourse%2Easp menu-71908 R (The Friends of Basildon Golf Club) v Basildon District Council and Basildon Golf Centre Ltd http://www.ftb.eu.com/2009%2Dnews%2Fsecretary%2Dof%2Dstate%2Dfor%2Dwork%2Dand%2Dpensions%2Dv%2E%2Dpayne%2Dand%2Dcooper%2D%2D2010%2D%2Dewca%2Dciv%2D1431%2Easp menu-71994 Denis Edwards acted as junior counsel for the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions in the appeal from the judgment of Mr. Justice Cranston in July.  The Court of Appeal decided by a majority to dismiss the Secretary of State's appeal. http://www.ftb.eu.com/2009%2Dnews%2Findigo%2Dltd%2Dv%2E%2Dcolchester%2Dinstitute%2D%2D2010%2D%2Dewhc%2D3237%2D%28qb%2Easp menu-71863 Denis Edwards appeared for the claimant in the first case dealing with an application to lift the automatic stay imposed under regulation 47G of the Public Contracts Regulations, when a contract award decision is challenged during the standstill period.  The Court decided that despite the changes made to the Regulations by the amended Remedies Directive, the same principles applied to these applications as governed the award of interim injunctions.Click here to view the judgement. http://www.ftb.eu.com/2009%2Dnews%2Ftilianu%2Dv%2E%2Dsecretary%2Dof%2Dstate%2Dfor%2Dwork%2Dand%2Dpensions%2D%2D2010%2D%2Dewca%2Dciv%2D1397%2Easp menu-71861 Denis Edwards acted as junior counsel for the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions in resisting the Claimant's appeal.  The Court of Appeal decided that an unemployed EU citizen who was previously a self-employed person in the UK does not retain that status or the status of a worker under Article 7(3) of Directive 2004/38/EC so as to be entitled to claim social security benefits in the UK.  This is one of the first cases decided by the UK courts on the meaning of Article 7 of the Residence Directive. http://www.ftb.eu.com/2009%2Dnews%2Feia%2D%2Dsea%2Dand%2Daa%2D%2Dpresent%2Dproblem%2Easp menu-71579 Click here to see an article on this topic by Robert McCracken QC as seen in [2010] JPL. http://www.ftb.eu.com/2009%2Dnews%2Fmediaton%2Din%2Dplanning%2Easp menu-71580 Click here to see an article on this topic by Craig Howell Williams QC as seen in Solicitors Journal. http://www.ftb.eu.com/2009%2Dnews%2Fr%2E%2D%28on%2Dthe%2Dapplication%2Dof%2Dsavva%29%2Dv%2Dkensington%2Dand%2Dchelsea%2Drlbc%2Dqueen%2Ds%2Dbench%2Ddivision%2D%28administrative%2Dcourt%29%2Easp menu-71203 This case concerned two significant issues of community care law (i) the operation of the local authority's resource allocation systems (RAS) for calculating personal budgets and (ii) the giving of reasons in personal budget decisions. http://www.ftb.eu.com/2009%2Dnews%2Fftb%2Ddelighted%2Dto%2Dannounce%2Dnew%2Dassociate%2Dmember%2Easp menu-70984 FTB is delighted to be able to announce that Simon Phillips QC has accepted FTB's invitation to be an associate member at these Chambers. http://www.ftb.eu.com/2009%2Dnews%2Fsecretary%2Dof%2Dstate%2Drefuses%2Dappeal%2Dfor%2Dwind%2Dfarm%2Don%2Daccount%2Dof%2Drisk%2Dto%2Dbats%2Easp menu-70885 Following a six-week public inquiry, planning permission has been refused for an eight-turbine wind farm at Linton, on the Cambridgeshire / Essex border. http://www.ftb.eu.com/2009%2Dnews%2Frichard%2Dhoney%2Delected%2Dto%2Dcpa%2Dcommittee%2Easp menu-70877 Richard Honey has been elected as a member of the committee of the Compulsory Purchase Association.  http://www.ftb.eu.com/2009%2Dnews%2Fftb%2Dis%2Dtop%2Dplanning%2D%2Denvironmental%2Dand%2Dlicensing%2Dset%2Din%2Dchambers%2Dand%2Dpartners%2Easp menu-70876 FTB is delighted to see that we have retained our positions in the rankings in the Chambers & Partners 2010/2011 edition in the major fields of planning, environmental and licensing.  We are the only set to achieve this hat-trick; which reinforces that one of Chambers' strengths is our ability to provide what is effectively a ‘one-stop-shop' for those promoting complex and controversial developments.  We also feature in administrative and public law, local government, energy and health & safety and education expertise law. http://www.ftb.eu.com/2009%2Dnews%2Fftb%2Dpublic%2Dlaw%2Dworkshop%2Din%2Dsolicitors%2Djournal%2Easp menu-70875 FTB has been commissioned by the Solicitors Journal to provide the public law section the SJ's new Workshop series.  The workshop articles are short and give practical advice.  The public law workshops will appear on a monthly basis and will be written exclusively by members of FTB. The series will cover all aspects of current public law issues ranging from such topics as planning, public procurement and housing to education, mental health and rating.  The series will also focus on practical procedural issues such as costs, time limits and mediation.  FTB's appointment reflects its outstanding depth and breadth in the field of public law. The series was launched on 26 October with "Clocking Off" by Gregory Jones which examined the implications for time limits of judicial review of the European Court of Justice's decision in Uniplex. http://www.solicitorsjournal.com/story.asp?storyCode=17160&eclipse_action=getsession http://www.ftb.eu.com/2009%2Dnews%2Fhouse%2Dof%2Dfraser%2Dgranted%2Dleave%2Dto%2Dchallenge%2Dminister%E2%80%99s%2Drefusal%2Easp menu-70859 Lord Justice Girvan sitting in the High Court in Belfast has granted House of Fraser, operators of the Victoria Square shopping centre in Belfast, leave to bring judicial review proceedings against the decision by the Environment Minister not to require further environmental information in connection with the presence of bats and badgers on the site of the proposed Sprucefield shopping centre outside of Lisburn. Leave was also granted in respect of an additional claim that the minister had acted with apparent bias. http://www.ftb.eu.com/2009%2Dnews%2Fchallenge%2Dto%2Dgeneral%2Dvesting%2Ddeclaration%2Easp menu-70835 The decision of Wyn Williams J in R (Iceland) v Newport City Council [2010] EWHC 2502 (12 October 2010) is important because: http://www.ftb.eu.com/2009%2Dnews%2Fsection%2D18%2Dsuccess%2Dfor%2Dsevenoaks%2Easp menu-70833 Sevenoaks District Council have been successful in their arguments on an appeal against a certificate of appropriate alternative development issued by them in relation to land owned by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Southwark at St Lawrence Church and Presbytery, Edenbridge and limiting the amount of residential development on the land to 5 dwellings.  The land in question was taken for the Edenbridge Western Relief Road. http://www.ftb.eu.com/2009%2Dnews%2Fftb%2Dannounces%2Dnew%2Dtenants%2Easp menu-70794 FTB are delighted to announce that Ned Westaway and Rebecca Clutten have accepted invitations to join chambers. They both completed their pupillage with us and will join as junior tenants on 4th October 2010. http://www.ftb.eu.com/2009%2Dnews%2Fnine%2Dtrade%2Dgroups%2Dthreaten%2Dlegal%2Daction%2Dover%2Dlicensing%2Dshake%2Dup%2Easp menu-70790 A coalition of trade bodies is threatening legal action in a bid to challenge the Government's controversial proposals to ‘tear-up the licensing regime'. It has instructed Gerald Gouriet QC from these Chambers to act for them.  The various bodies have sent a joint submission raising their concerns to the Home Office, together with an Opinion from Gerald Gouriet as to the legality of the proposals. http://www.ftb.eu.com/2009%2Dnews%2Fplanning%2Dpermission%2Dfor%2Drose%2Denergy%2Dchallenge%2Dby%2Dcalni%2Easp menu-70770 Mr Justice Treacy, sitting in the high court in Belfast, granted leave on 27 September 2010 to bring judicial review proceedings brought by Sir George Bain former vice-chancellor of Queen's University, and Danny Moore (former CEO of Wombat) on behalf of The Communities Against the Lough Neagh Incinerator (CALNI) against the controversial decision by the Department of the Environment to approve Rose Energy plans to build the £100m chicken litter/biomass burner near Glenavy, County Antrim. http://www.ftb.eu.com/2009%2Dnews%2Fftb%2Dis%2D%2Denvironment%2Dand%2Dplanning%2Dchambers%2Dof%2Dthe%2Dyear%2D%2Easp menu-70767 We are proud to announce that FTB has been awarded the Environment/Planning Set of the Year. Members of Chambers received this prestigious award at the Chambers & Partners Bar Awards 2010. The award ceremony, which was held at The Hilton Hotel in London on Thursday 30th September, celebrated the very best of barristers' chambers. Our senior clerk Paul Coveney, who attended the awards ceremony, said "We are so pleased to receive the Environment/Planning Set of the Year Award. This has been down to a lot of hard work both by Members of Chambers and our staff who all should be congratulated for their contribution towards this wonderful achievement".  FTB had previously won the award in 2006, and last year James Pereira, of these Chambers, won Environment/Planning Junior of the Year. http://www.ftb.eu.com/2009%2Dnews%2Fnigel%2Dmayhew%2Dlecture%2Easp menu-70761 On Monday 27th September, Richard Glover QC gave the annual Nigel Mayhew Lecture to the City of Westminster and Holborn Law Society.  This annual lecture series on subjects of topical interest in the area of planning and environment law was instituted in memory of Nigel Mayhew, a highly regarded lawyer in the Government service, who died tragically young.  Richard's lecture was entitled: Pickled, Golden or Curate's, What Sort of Egg Will the Planning System Be Under the Coalition? Click here to view the lecture.