On Friday 27 June 2014, Mr Justice Ouseley gave permission to Ash Parish Council to bring a judicial review of Guildford Borough Council’s decision to grant planning permission for 400 homes in Ash on a large greenfield site: R(Ash Parish Council) v Guildford Borough Council, CO/1871/2014). The Judge held that it was arguable that the...
Ashley Bowes, together with City University’s Dr John Stanton are to appear in a forthcoming edition this year of Sweet & Maxwell’s Public Law journal analysing the new general power of competence for local authorities. The new power, which was enacted at s.1 Localism Act 2011, enables local councils to do “anything an individual may...
Rights of Way Success
8 January 2014
Ashley Bowes has successfully represented the British Horse Society in a two-week long public inquiry, which saw the Secretary of State refuse to downgrade a Restricted Byway running between Cade Street and Warbleton in East Sussex to footpath status. The effect of which would have seen horse-riders ousted from the lengthy route. The decision was...
Rowan Morton defends 2nd application to set aside judgment in long-running landlord & tenant case Summary: Wang v Wooles finally concluded last week, with Rowan successfully defending a second application to set aside judgment in the long-running landlord and tenant case. Judge Smart commented that the first application would certainly have succeeded under CPR 13.2,...
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