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22 January 2016
Issue: 7683 / Categories: Case law , Law digest , In Court
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Town & country planning

R (on the application of Bonsall) v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and another; Jackson v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government [2015] EWCA Civ 1246, [2015] All ER (D) 91 (Dec)

The Court of Appeal, in dismissing appeals against planning enforcement notices, held that, the enactment of the planning enforcement order provisions in the Localism Act 2011 had not removed the effect of the Supreme Court’s decision in Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government [2011] 4 All ER 851 in relation to the time limits for enforcement action, pursuant to s 171B of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, in cases of deliberate concealment.

 

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Gateley Legal—Jack Kelly

Gateley Legal—Jack Kelly

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Gibson Dunn adds employee benefits and executive compensation practice in London with partner Richard Surtees

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Laytons ETL—Alec Cameron

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