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Local authority duties: Up in the air
Sarah Erwin-Jones and Louise Fisher ask whether the Court of Appeal judgment on failure to remove cases may result in more claims against local authorities The Court of Appeal concluded that this was a complicated and developing area of law and the courts need to analyse all the evidence at trial before reaching a definitive …
Cases Referenced
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- Champion v Surrey County Council (2020) unreported, HHJ Roberts, Central London County Court, 26 June
- DFX & ors v Coventry City Council [2021] EWHC 1382 (QB)
- HXA & anor v Surrey County Council [2021] EWHC 250 (QB)
- HXA v Surrey County Council; YXA (a protected party by his litigation friend, the Official Solicitor) v Wolverhampton City Council [2021] EWHC 2974 (QB)
- HXA v Surrey County Council; YXA (a protected party by his litigation friend, the Official Solicitor) v Wolverhampton City Council [2022] EWCA Civ 1196
- Poole Borough Council v GN & anor [2019] UKSC 25