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In this issue: Governance Planning Social housing Children’s social care Social care Healthcare Education Environmental law and climate change Local government finance Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Governance Equality Act 2010 provisions refer to biological sex, regardless of gender recognition certificate (For Women Scotland v Scottish Ministers) The Supreme Court ruled that, within the Equality Act 2010 (EqA 2010), the words ‘man’, ‘woman’ and ‘sex’ denote biological sex. Treating the relevant provisions as embracing ‘certificated sex’ by virtue of a gender recognition certificate (GRC) would render them incoherent and unworkable, and thus cannot be done. For sex discrimination claims, an individual has the protected characteristic of biological sex only. The relevant parts of the EqA 2010 fall within section 9(3) of the Gender Recognition Act 2004 (GRA 2004), and so displace the section 9(1) rule that a person with a GRC is, for all purposes, of the acquired...

In this issue: Children's social care Education Governance Local government finance Social housing Social care Healthcare Planning Environmental law and climate change New and updated content Latest Q&A Children's social care Court rejects application for deprivation of liberty order (Blackburn With Darwen Borough Council v BM) In Blackburn With Darwen Borough Council v BM [2025] EWHC 745 (Fam), the Family Division refused the local authority’s inherent jurisdiction application to authorise a child’s deprivation of liberty. The court determined that consent from those holding parental responsibility amounted to sufficient authorisation. The matter concerned a 15-year-old autistic child with significant learning disabilities. It was held that, where a child is accommodated under section 20 of the Children Act 1989 with parental agreement, and the parents take a child-focused approach to the care plan and work effectively with the local authority, an order is unnecessary. The court was satisfied there was a genuine agreement by...

In this issue: Public procurement Social housing Education Healthcare Children's social care Governance Planning Local government finance Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Public procurement Procurement Policy Note introduces optional standard carbon reduction contract schedule The Cabinet Office has issued Procurement Policy Note 01/24: Carbon Reduction Contract Schedule (PPN 01/24), offering contracting authorities advice on a new optional, standardised carbon reduction schedule for inclusion in government contracts. PPN 01/24 covers all central government departments, their executive agencies, and non-departmental public bodies. Other public sector contracting authorities may choose to adopt the guidance as well. It takes effect straightaway. Implementation is immediate across applicable bodies. See: LNB News 19/03/2024 37. Social housing Suitability of accommodation and support animals (AB v Westminster CC) The claimants are a couple, each living with multiple significant physical and mental impairments. Their situation was serious. The second claimant is a wheelchair user. They...

This review outlines the principal updates to the Immigration Rules (the Rules) contained in HC 877 that will most concern business immigration advisers. HC 877 was laid on 11 March 2016, accompanied by an Explanatory Memorandum (EM). This notice excludes amendments to Tier 2 of the Points-Based System (PBS) recommended by the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) in its January 2016 report, as the Home Office has not yet issued a formal response to the MAC review. Revisions to the Immigration Rules for Tier 2 are expected in the summer or autumn. Be aware that two sets of corrections were placed on the opening pages of HC 877 in March 2016, before the Statement took effect. You can jump to individual subjects swiftly via the Contents bar. Implementation Unless specified otherwise, the amendments apply to applications submitted on or after 6 April 2016. Applications filed before this date will be determined under the Rules in force as at 5 April 2016. Definitions Apart from definition changes that...

FORTHCOMING CHANGE: The Charities Act 2022 (CA 2022) obtained Royal Assent on 24 February 2022, and, as outlined in Charities Act 2022: implementation plan document, its measures are scheduled to commence in three specified and defined tranches across three phases, on 31 October 2022, on 14 June 2023 and in early 2024, respectively. For an overview of the CA 2022 provisions already brought into effect to date, see Charities Act 2022: information about the changes being introduced. The CA 2022 delivers the majority of the proposals from the Law Commission’s 2017 report, ‘Technical Issues in Charity Law’. For a synopsis (as at 9 April 2021) of the recommendations that have been accepted, see News Analysis: Government response to Law Commission report ‘Technical Issues in Charity Law’. This Practice Note is relevant solely to England, as such; there are no academies in Wales at all. Academy schools are established under the Academies Act 2010 (AcA 2010) legislation. An academy school is owned and operated by a corporate entity—typically a company...

FORTHCOMING CHANGE: The Charities Act 2022 (CA 2022) secured Royal Assent on 24 February 2022. As detailed in the Charities Act 2022: implementation plan, its provisions are intended to take effect in three defined tranches over three stages: on 31 October 2022, on 14 June 2023, and in early 2024. For a digest of the CA 2022 measures already commenced, see Charities Act 2022: information about the changes being introduced. CA 2022 enacts the bulk of the recommendations from the Law Commission’s 2017 report, ‘Technical Issues in Charity Law’. For a summary (as at 9 April 2021) of the recommendations that have been accepted, see News Analysis: Government response to Law Commission report ‘Technical Issues in Charity Law’. A school within the maintained sector can move to independent academy status under the Academies Act 2010. Conversion takes place once the Secretary of State for Education makes a conversion order. To effect conversion, the school site must be transferred from the current owner to the Academy Trust, which is the...

The Academies Act 2010 (AcA 2010) The Academies Act 2010 (AcA 2010) and regulations made under it authorise and set out provisions for the transfer of land from the local authority to the Academy Trust. Although Schedule 1 to the AcA 2010 permits an absolute transfer, guidance issued by the Department for Education in its Land Transfer Advice (April 2013) indicates that, in the overwhelming majority of instances, the transfer should ordinarily proceed by means of a 125-year lease to the Academy Trust, thereby safeguarding public land...