As we finalise the programme for our Annual Seminar, we are delighted to announce two guest speakers: Joanna Averley, the Government’s Chief Planner and Head…
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The case revolved around a s.73 application to vary a condition which required housing types, standards and floor plans to be in accordance with approved…
No5’s Planning and Environment group invite you to join them for their Bristol Planning Seminar on Monday 22nd September 2025. The morning will cover essential updates…
This lunchtime seminar, aimed at property, planning and environmental practitioners, at all levels will be split into two topics of discussion: PRIVATE NUISANCE AND THE…
Thank you to all who attended the Local Planning Authority Seminar Yesterday. We hope it was both informative and enjoyable for you all.
Project Genesis Ltd v Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities [2024] EWHC 368 (Admin) Jack represented the SoS throughout the proceedings in…
House v Waverley Borough Council and Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities [2023] EWHC 3011 (Admin) Jack Smyth successfully represented the Secretary…
Bruce v Wychavon District Council [2023] EWCA Civ 1389 Jack Smyth represented the successful council after the Court of Appeal upheld the 4th committal order made by the…
Jack Smyth represents the Secretaries of State. This is a judicial review claim brought in respect of the government’s new policy of moving asylum seekers…
On Monday 3rd October, The Planning and Environment Group presented a webinar on ‘Case Law Update Octobeer 2022 WATCH ON VIMEO
London Borough of Barking and Dagenham v Persons Unknown and others [2022] EWCA Civ 13 On 13 January 2022, the Court of Appeal handed down its…
No5’s Howard Leithead discusses the judgment in Greenpeace Limited v The Advocate General [2021] CSIH 53 Greenpeace Limited (“Greenpeace”) appealed to the Court of Session (Inner House,…
Originally broadcast on the 20th September 2021, Jack Smyth, Howard Leithead and Sioned Davies gave a webinar on Statutory Nuisance. Statutory Nuisance is a legislative means of remedying a…
On 12 May 2021, Nicklin J handed down judgment in the case of London Borough of Barking and Dagenham v Persons Unknown [2021] EWHC 1201…
Re: Canterbury City Council v Persons Unknown [2020] EWHC 2122 (QB) This was the first injunction hearing since the Court of Appeal’s judgement in Bromley…