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- CONDITION PROTECTING HABITATS UPHELD
- Charity not entitled to rates relief for wifi/Bluetooth boxes
- London Legal Walk 20 May 2013
- Village Green Case to be Heard by Supreme Court
- NPPF and Inconsistent Policies
- IMPORTANT NEW CASE ON PCOS
- High Court Quashes Secretary of State's Decision for Failure to Take Account of Guidance
- HIGH COURT ALLOWS APPEAL AGAINST AN ENFORCEMENT NOTICE ON THE BASIS THAT THE INSPECTOR FAILED TO CONSIDER WHETHER THE OPERATIONAL DEVELOPMENT WAS PART AND PARCEL OF THE UNLAWFUL CHANGE OF USE
- Richard Humphreys QC and Charles Mynors appointed to panel of neighbourhood plan examiners
- The public inquiry into the proposed Harbour Revision Order for Great Yarmouth
- IMPORTANT DECISION ON PROPORTIONALITY IN PLANNING CASES
- Simon Phillips QC appointed to new SFO Counsel List.
- Largest Road Scheme in Northern Ireland Quashed
- Islam in English Law
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- Croydon Independent Appeal Panel concedes at the eleventh hour.
- THAMES TIDEWAY TUNNEL: APPLICATION ACCEPTED
- LORD CHIEF JUSTICE WELCOMES ROBERT McCRACKEN TO NORTHERN IRELAND BAR
- HINKLEY POINT C NEW NUCLEAR POWER STATION APPROVED
- Michael Humphries QC's advice to the National Infrastructure Planning Association (NIPA) on the Infrastructure Planning (Fees) Regulations 2010 was quoted yeste
- FIRST CHALLENGE TO A NEIGHBOURHOOD AREA DESIGNATION DISMISSED BY THE HIGH COURT
- Richard Humphreys QC, acting for London Oxford Airport, has successfully resisted an appeal by Bolsterstone Innovative Energy Ltd
- FTB Kingsland Cup Finalists announced
- Michael Humphries QC named as one of only 2 barristers in Planning Magazine’s first ‘Power 100’.
- PLANNING MEDIATION SERVICES PANEL – CRAIG HOWELL WILLIAMS QC
- High Court critical of lack of reasons
- Mark Westmoreland Smith and Sarah Sackman appointed to the Attorney General's C Panel
- Chambers congratulates Michael Humphries QC on being made an Honorary Member of the CPA
- Manchester Ship Canal Victory in Court of Appeal
- Question of being ‘concerned in the organisation or management of entertainment’ for the purpose of identifying the provision of regulated entertainment under Schedule 1 of the Licensing Act 2003
- Design of Sheltered Accommodation not Acceptable
- Lake District and Yorkshire Dales Inquiry Announced
- New TVG Decision
- Windfarm permission quashed
- SECRETARY OF STATE MAKES CROSSRAIL (KENSAL GREEN) ORDER
- Local businessman, Nigel Smith is fined a record £250,000 for payment within 30 days for ‘flagrant’ breach of planning laws
- Religion in the Workplace: The Decision of the European Court of Human Rights in Eweida and others v United Kingdom (The ‘British Airways Cross’ case)
- ENVIRONMENTAL LAW BOOK PUBLISHED
- High Court dismisses challenge to planning permission, despite Secretary of State’s failure to defend Inspector’s decision
- Law and Religion in Africa: Comparative Practices, Experiences and Prospects
- CONDITION PROTECTING HABITATS UPHELD
- Charity not entitled to rates relief for wifi/Bluetooth boxes
- London Legal Walk 20 May 2013
- Village Green Case to be Heard by Supreme Court
- NPPF and Inconsistent Policies
- IMPORTANT NEW CASE ON PCOS
- High Court Quashes Secretary of State's Decision for Failure to Take Account of Guidance
- HIGH COURT ALLOWS APPEAL AGAINST AN ENFORCEMENT NOTICE ON THE BASIS THAT THE INSPECTOR FAILED TO CONSIDER WHETHER THE OPERATIONAL DEVELOPMENT WAS PART AND PARCEL OF THE UNLAWFUL CHANGE OF USE
- Richard Humphreys QC and Charles Mynors appointed to panel of neighbourhood plan examiners
- The public inquiry into the proposed Harbour Revision Order for Great Yarmouth
- IMPORTANT DECISION ON PROPORTIONALITY IN PLANNING CASES
- Simon Phillips QC appointed to new SFO Counsel List.
- Largest Road Scheme in Northern Ireland Quashed
- Islam in English Law
- S.106 PREVENTING RESIDENT FROM HOLDING A PARKING PERMIT UNLAWFUL
- Croydon Independent Appeal Panel concedes at the eleventh hour.
- THAMES TIDEWAY TUNNEL: APPLICATION ACCEPTED
- LORD CHIEF JUSTICE WELCOMES ROBERT McCRACKEN TO NORTHERN IRELAND BAR
- HINKLEY POINT C NEW NUCLEAR POWER STATION APPROVED
- Michael Humphries QC's advice to the National Infrastructure Planning Association (NIPA) on the Infrastructure Planning (Fees) Regulations 2010 was quoted yeste
- FIRST CHALLENGE TO A NEIGHBOURHOOD AREA DESIGNATION DISMISSED BY THE HIGH COURT
- Richard Humphreys QC, acting for London Oxford Airport, has successfully resisted an appeal by Bolsterstone Innovative Energy Ltd
- FTB Kingsland Cup Finalists announced
- Michael Humphries QC named as one of only 2 barristers in Planning Magazine’s first ‘Power 100’.
- PLANNING MEDIATION SERVICES PANEL – CRAIG HOWELL WILLIAMS QC
- High Court critical of lack of reasons
- Mark Westmoreland Smith and Sarah Sackman appointed to the Attorney General's C Panel
- Chambers congratulates Michael Humphries QC on being made an Honorary Member of the CPA
- Manchester Ship Canal Victory in Court of Appeal
- Question of being ‘concerned in the organisation or management of entertainment’ for the purpose of identifying the provision of regulated entertainment under Schedule 1 of the Licensing Act 2003
- Design of Sheltered Accommodation not Acceptable
- Lake District and Yorkshire Dales Inquiry Announced
- New TVG Decision
- Windfarm permission quashed
- SECRETARY OF STATE MAKES CROSSRAIL (KENSAL GREEN) ORDER
- Local businessman, Nigel Smith is fined a record £250,000 for payment within 30 days for ‘flagrant’ breach of planning laws
- Religion in the Workplace: The Decision of the European Court of Human Rights in Eweida and others v United Kingdom (The ‘British Airways Cross’ case)
- ENVIRONMENTAL LAW BOOK PUBLISHED
- High Court dismisses challenge to planning permission, despite Secretary of State’s failure to defend Inspector’s decision
- Law and Religion in Africa: Comparative Practices, Experiences and Prospects
- CONDITION PROTECTING HABITATS UPHELD
- Charity not entitled to rates relief for wifi/Bluetooth boxes
- London Legal Walk 20 May 2013
- Village Green Case to be Heard by Supreme Court
- NPPF and Inconsistent Policies
- IMPORTANT NEW CASE ON PCOS
- High Court Quashes Secretary of State's Decision for Failure to Take Account of Guidance
- HIGH COURT ALLOWS APPEAL AGAINST AN ENFORCEMENT NOTICE ON THE BASIS THAT THE INSPECTOR FAILED TO CONSIDER WHETHER THE OPERATIONAL DEVELOPMENT WAS PART AND PARCEL OF THE UNLAWFUL CHANGE OF USE
- Richard Humphreys QC and Charles Mynors appointed to panel of neighbourhood plan examiners
- The public inquiry into the proposed Harbour Revision Order for Great Yarmouth
- IMPORTANT DECISION ON PROPORTIONALITY IN PLANNING CASES
- Simon Phillips QC appointed to new SFO Counsel List.
- Largest Road Scheme in Northern Ireland Quashed
- Islam in English Law
- S.106 PREVENTING RESIDENT FROM HOLDING A PARKING PERMIT UNLAWFUL
- Croydon Independent Appeal Panel concedes at the eleventh hour.
- THAMES TIDEWAY TUNNEL: APPLICATION ACCEPTED
- LORD CHIEF JUSTICE WELCOMES ROBERT McCRACKEN TO NORTHERN IRELAND BAR
- HINKLEY POINT C NEW NUCLEAR POWER STATION APPROVED
- Michael Humphries QC's advice to the National Infrastructure Planning Association (NIPA) on the Infrastructure Planning (Fees) Regulations 2010 was quoted yeste
- FIRST CHALLENGE TO A NEIGHBOURHOOD AREA DESIGNATION DISMISSED BY THE HIGH COURT
- Richard Humphreys QC, acting for London Oxford Airport, has successfully resisted an appeal by Bolsterstone Innovative Energy Ltd
- FTB Kingsland Cup Finalists announced
- Michael Humphries QC named as one of only 2 barristers in Planning Magazine’s first ‘Power 100’.
- PLANNING MEDIATION SERVICES PANEL – CRAIG HOWELL WILLIAMS QC
- High Court critical of lack of reasons
- Mark Westmoreland Smith and Sarah Sackman appointed to the Attorney General's C Panel
- Chambers congratulates Michael Humphries QC on being made an Honorary Member of the CPA
- Manchester Ship Canal Victory in Court of Appeal
- Question of being ‘concerned in the organisation or management of entertainment’ for the purpose of identifying the provision of regulated entertainment under Schedule 1 of the Licensing Act 2003
- Design of Sheltered Accommodation not Acceptable
- Lake District and Yorkshire Dales Inquiry Announced
- New TVG Decision
- Windfarm permission quashed
- SECRETARY OF STATE MAKES CROSSRAIL (KENSAL GREEN) ORDER
- Local businessman, Nigel Smith is fined a record £250,000 for payment within 30 days for ‘flagrant’ breach of planning laws
- Religion in the Workplace: The Decision of the European Court of Human Rights in Eweida and others v United Kingdom (The ‘British Airways Cross’ case)
- ENVIRONMENTAL LAW BOOK PUBLISHED
- High Court dismisses challenge to planning permission, despite Secretary of State’s failure to defend Inspector’s decision
- Law and Religion in Africa: Comparative Practices, Experiences and Prospects
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