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Local Councils

Whether it’s being a panel firm looking after a council’s Social Housing interests, dealing with profit-making organisations owned by a council or training Care Home managers employed in council operated homes, the firm act for a number of regional councils in the UK and have the expertise to help.

Key team contacts

David Marsden
0845 606 1291
david.marsden@mablaw.com

Joe Kwok
01923 690037
joe.kwok@mablaw.com

Laura Seaman
01923 215053
laura.seaman@mablaw.com

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ICO fines Midlothian Council £140,000 for sending details about children and carers to wrong people

1 February 2012 | Paul Gershlick

The Information Commissioner’s Office has fined Midlothian Council £140,000 for sending sensitive personal data about children and carers to the wrong people on five separate occasions in the first...

Tags on this discussion: data data breach data breaches data controller data protection data protection act Data Protection Act 1998 data protection directive data protection laws Data Provider data security DPA fine ICO ICO fine Information Commissioner Information Commissioner's Office misuse of data personal data sensitive personal data

Looking for a mortgage? Why not try your local council

9 December 2011 | Richard John

There could be some further good news for potential homebuyers from an unexpected source. Following on from the Government’s recent introduction of a new-build indemnity scheme to help purchasers...

Tags on this discussion: buyers Council of Mortgage Lenders First-time buyers homebuyers Lloyds TSB local authorities Local Council Local Lend a Hand mortgages new-build new-build indemnity scheme purchasers

Councils need counselling for better data protection

28 November 2011 | Paul Gershlick

There have been 1,035 cases of personal data loss by 132 councils in the past three years. These are the findings of Big Brother Watch, after it had submitted a freedom of information request to ascertain...

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Localism Bill set to receive Royal Assent

14 November 2011 | David Marsden

The Localism Bill is set to receive Royal Assent very shortly after the House of Commons accepted all the amendments made to it by the House of Lords. The Bill, which was introduced to Parliament in...

Tags on this discussion: community infrastructure levy developers Infrastructure Planning Commission local planning authorities Localism Bill LPA neighbourhood development orders neighbourhood development plans Planning regional strategies social housing

Owners of second homes in England may lose council tax discounts

31 October 2011 | Richard John

The Government has launched a consultation today on new proposals that would give local councils the power to reduce or remove council tax relief on second homes and empty homes. In the consultation...

Tags on this discussion: annex consultation council council tax discount empty property granny annex local authorities second home

Cornwall to trial a new shared equity scheme for first-time buyers

11 October 2011 | Richard John

Getting more first-time buyers onto the property ladder is something that this (and the previous) Government have been trying to do for the past few years. The Coalition Government’s new FirstBuy Scheme...

Tags on this discussion: Construction Cornwall developers First-time buyers FirstBuy housebuilders local authorities residential property shared equity

Information Commissioner’s Office consults on new guidance for what information must be disclosed by public bodies

5 October 2011 | Paul Gershlick

The Information Commissioner’s Office – the UK’s privacy and information regulator – is consulting on amendments to its guidance as to what information public bodies must disclose and when. Under...

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Access works did not constitute lawful implementation of a planning permission

22 August 2011 | David Marsden

In the recent case Greyfort Properties v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, the Court of Appeal has rejected an attempt by a developer to use a planning permission granted 37 years...

Tags on this discussion: breach of condition Certificate of Lawful Use or Development Court of Appeal developer Greyfort Planning planning applications planning permission time limits

Government unveils new ‘guarantee’ to reduce planning bureaucracy

9 August 2011 | Michael Oberwarth

As part of its ongoing programme to simplify the planning system, the Government has unveiled proposals for the creation of a planning ‘guarantee' which would ensure that no application for planning...

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Government consults on reforming the registration of new town and village greens

9 August 2011 | David Power

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has published a consultation paper on its proposals to reform the law relating to the registration of towns and village greens. Section...

Tags on this discussion: consultation Defra Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs developers greens Landowners Planning town and village green application TVG village greens

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