The Supreme Court has granted ministers and HS2 Limited permission to appeal a ruling that certain tunnelling works did not have planning permission. The court said the issue in the case was: ...

The Law Society of England and Wales has called for clear accountability for agentic AI in justice, amid concerns that “AI is moving faster than the rules needed to govern it”. In a report, The Future ...

The Court of Protection has concluded that a 16-year-old boy is not being deprived of his liberty in the latest ruling in the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s ruling in the AGNI case earlier this year ...

The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman has officially changed its name to the Public Service Ombudsman after research suggested that its old name was “confusing for people”. The new name took ...

East Herts Council has urged the Government to legislate for stronger planning enforcement and police powers in relation to intentional unauthorised development, including giving councils' improved ...

Lincolnshire County Council has launched a legal challenge over the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero’s approval of Beacon Fen Energy Park. The scheme is a proposed 700+ hectare ...

The Office for Students, the independent regulator of higher education in England, has appointed five firms to a panel providing legal services worth an estimated £1.125m over five years. The contract ...

The report calls for the introduction of 'Mayoral Infrastructure Investment Partnerships', a new model of progressive public-private partnership that mayors can use to build the i ...

The High Court has rejected a claim brought by a former US film maker against Rochdale Council over control of a grade II* listed stately home. Hopwood Hall in Middleton, Greater Manchester, is owned ...

Liverpool City Region Combined Authority, Homes England and its subsidiary, the National Housing Bank, have signed a Place Delivery Agreement (PDA), the first of its kind in England. The agreement is ...

A Planning Court judge has refused a campaign group permission to apply for judicial review over the grant of planning permission to Championship side Oxford United for a new stadium. Cherwell ...

It will be led by a President of the Business and Property Division, replacing the role of the Chancellor of the High Court. The Courts and Tribunals Judiciary said: “Bringing together specialist ...