Tag Archives: Judicial Review

Judges rule Labour’s Palestine Action ban ‘disproportionate’

Croydon-based campaigners against the genocide in Gaza and Britain’s role in arming the Israeli Defence Force were vindicated today when High Court judges issued a ruling that said that the Home Secretary’s ban on Palestine Action was unlawful. The Palestine … Continue reading

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Judicial Review will determine whether we have free speech

CROYDON COMMENTARY: Since he was arrested, twice, on terrorism charges simply for expressing an opinion, campaigner DAVID WHITE, pictured right, has been out on bail. Today he and thousands of others get their days in court  “You are being arrested … Continue reading

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Acting without listening is not sustainable way to create change

Has this week’s High Court non-event been just the latest example of Perry’s porkie pies – where the ‘listening’ Mayor cocks a deaf ‘un to residents? Political Editor WALTER CRONXITE looks back at what the Tory Mayor was saying four … Continue reading

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High Court judge dismisses LTN case brought against council

Croydon Mayor Perry uses a legal objection to stop a residents’ group from having their day in court. By STEVEN DOWNES A case claiming that Croydon’s Low Traffic Neighbourhood schemes are an unlawful cash-cow, taxing motorists who fail to follow … Continue reading

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Mayor Perry on trial: LTN admission could cost council millions

CROYDON IN CRISIS: A High Court case claims the authority has misused its powers over Low Traffic Neighbourhoods, with lawyers for the council expected to defend the Mayor’s manifesto U-turn by claiming that ‘election promises are not a binding contract’. … Continue reading

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Private tenant takes Lambeth to High Court over S21 eviction

Labour-controlled Lambeth Council is being taken to the High Court accused of unlawfully renting homes in the private sector under insecure assured shorthold tenancies and of having made a decision which will see these tenants made homeless – using the … Continue reading

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High Court judge finds against council in disability tax case

Croydon’s lawyers have been reproached by a senior judge (again), as they ‘surrendered’ their case over their poorly implemented Council Tax Reduction scheme and were ordered to pay costs and damages For the second time in four months, Croydon Council’s … Continue reading

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Croydon’s Council Tax scheme to face High Court challenge

CROYDON IN CRISIS: Errors in applying Council Tax exemptions for the elderly and disabled, as well as carers and students, has led to a Judicial Review to be heard tomorrow A judge in the High Court will hear a case … Continue reading

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Council planning approvals being ‘sold’ for £1,500 per flat

STEVE WHITESIDE, a former council planner, has been carefully monitoring development applications around the borough over several years. In the course of that work, he has observed a systemic move by the council to attach money-spinning legal agreements to approved … Continue reading

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Residents demand High Court review of Riesco china sale

Having already been told that they have behaved unethically, Croydon Council and senior councillors such as Steve O’Connell, Dudley Mead and Tim Pollard now look set to have a High Court judge rule on whether they have acted unlawfully over … Continue reading

Posted in 2014 council elections, Art, Community associations, Croydon Council, David Lean Cinema Campaign, Dudley Mead, Education, Fairfield Halls, History, Inside Croydon, Museum of Croydon, Riesco Collection, South Croydon Community Association, Steve O'Connell, Tim Pollard | Tagged , , , , , , , | 3 Comments