The London Borough of Wandsworth has won an appeal over an order requiring it to pay nearly £35,000 in damages and costs to a woman seriously injured by a cricket ball in Battersea park.

Hampshire County Council has been criticised by the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman after it failed to meet an elderly man’s needs when his finances ran short.

The High Court has thrown out a claim by a recycling company that Durham County Council priced it out of business through unlawful state aid.

Brighton and Hove City Council told a woman's family she would have to move to a cheaper care home when her money ran out, without assessing whether moving would harm her, the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has found.

This tracker is intended to be used to track key developments, legislation, guidance, parliamentary briefing notes and other sources of interest relating to Brexit relevant to local government lawyers. It is arranged alphabetically by topic and is designed to provide an easy reference point for relevant content for lawyers to support preparation for and implementation of the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union.

Matthew Alderton examines how public bodies reduce the scope for an irrationality challenge.

The Divisional Court recently rejected a challenge to radical new permitted development. Gary A Grant summarises the judgment.

In the second of a two-part series, Kieran McGaughey completes his 10 top tips for contracting via the procurement process.

Mark Radford looks at the question of whether or not foster carers can be employees following a recent Employment Appeal Tribunal case.

The Court of Appeal has provided clarity for the test of a ‘fit and proper’ licence holder for houses in multiple occupancy (HMOs), write Simon Kiely and Christian Grierson.

Rebecca Rees and Scott Dorling look at potential solutions to some of the significant issues facing the social and affordable housing sector.