It has been widely reported in the media that hundreds of drivers who have been convicted of drug driving offences could see their convictions being…
Howard Leithead successfully prosecutes shopkeeper who refused to close his shop during lockdown in a trial at Kidderminster Magistrates Court. The Defendant, Alasdair Walker-Cox, was…
This analysis was first published on Lexis®PSL on 09/07/2021 and can be found here Planning analysis: The Court of Appeal considered how to measure the…
This analysis was first published on Lexis®PSL on 30 April 2021. Planning analysis: The High Court quashed a planning inspector’s decision to allow an enforcement…
This analysis was first published on Lexis®PSL on 31 March 2021. Planning analysis: In considering challenges under sections 288 and 289 of the Town and…
This article was first published by Lexis®PSL on 22/01/2021. Planning analysis: The High Court quashed a decision to grant a planning permission under section 73…
This article was first published by Lexis®PSL on 11/01/2021. Planning analysis: The High Court held that it was not an abuse of process to bring…
This analysis was first published on Lexis®PSL Local Government analysis: In deciding a challenge to an experimental traffic order (ETO), the High Court accepted that…
This analysis was first published on Lexis®PSL on 26 November 2020 and can be found here (subscription required). Planning analysis: The High Court dismissed a…
With the ever-up-to-date-team of Leanne Buckley-Thomson, Howard Leithead and Oliver Lawence they have packaged up a short and quick fire review of what has made…
With the ever-up-to-date-team of Leanne Buckley-Thomson, Howard Leithead and Oliver Lawence they have packaged up a short and quick fire review of what has made…
The Business and Planning Act 2020: how amendment to the Town and Country Planning 1990 Act, may change the mix of appeal procedures; what might…
Planning Appeals and a Business and Planning Act 2020 amendment to the 1990 act There is, generally, a right to cross-examine. It was established in…
Oxton Farm v Harrogate BC [2020] EWCA Civ 805 Court of Appeal holds that it was not essential for a local planning authority to…
From No5 Barristers’ Chambers, in the Planning Podcast, Richard Kimblin QC is joined by Scott Stemp and Howard Leithead, planning and environmental barristers at No5. They consider Covid-consequences for planning…