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Local-government

Nigel Kennedy against Glasgow City Council

The Upper Tribunal for Scotland granted permission to appeal, allowed the appeal, quashed the First-tier Tribunal decision, and cancelled the penalty charge notice and notice to owner.

  • Penalty-charge-notice
  • Notice-to-owner
  • Appeal-against-first-tier-tribunal-decision
  • Withdrawal-of-proceedings
  • Refund
  • Cancellation-of-notices
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Immigration-law

Jharna Shital Adwani (AP) (FE) for Judicial Review

Judicial review of a refusal in a Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) extension application failed. The court held the COVID-19 concession guidance was qualified and the job-creation evidence was insufficient.

  • Tier-1-(entrepreneur)-extension-application
  • Legitimate-expectation
  • Published-policy-and-guidance
  • Job-creation-requirement
  • Adequacy-of-reasons
  • Wednesbury-irrationality
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Transport-regulation

Mr Peter Radosz v Glasgow City Council

The Upper Tribunal upheld Mr Radosz’s appeal after Glasgow City Council withdrew its case, quashed the First-tier Tribunal decision, and ordered cancellation of the bus lane charge notice.

  • Bus-lane-enforcement
  • Charge-notice
  • Appeal
  • Permission-to-appeal
  • Withdrawal-of-case
  • Enforcement-cancellation
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Administrative-law

ScottishPower Renewables (UK) Limited against The Scottish Ministers

Judicial review of refusal of consent for the Carrick Forest wind farm failed. The court held the Ministers had adequate inquiry, reasons, and a rational basis.

  • Duty-of-inquiry
  • Relevant-considerations
  • Reasons-for-decision
  • Wind-farm-consent
  • Aviation-lighting-mitigation
  • Aircraft-detection-and-obstacle-lighting-system-(adls)
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Education-law

CG v Falkirk Council

The Upper Tribunal refused CG’s appeal against Falkirk Council, holding that the First-tier Tribunal’s reasons were adequate and the challenge was really to factual findings.

  • Placing-request
  • Additional-support-for-learning
  • Adequacy-of-reasons
  • Error-of-law
  • Speech-and-language-therapy
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Professional-negligence

Cannons Law Practice LLP v The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission

The Inner House quashed a complaint finding against Cannons Law Practice LLP, holding the Commission conflated family-law specialisation with competence, but left three other complaints intact.

  • Complaints-against-solicitor-firm
  • Competence-and-specialisation
  • Conflict-of-interest
  • Terms-of-business
  • Counsel-fees
  • Compensation/sanction-on-complaints
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Administrative-law

RA against Scottish Social Services Council

The sheriff refused a statutory appeal against a fitness to practise decision, holding that adjournment and absence complaints failed, and that evidential errors did not vitiate the result.

  • Fitness-to-practise
  • Adjournment
  • Hearing-in-absence
  • Witness-evidence
  • Reasons-for-decision
  • Fair-hearing
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Administrative-law [2026] CSOH 42

AM against Lothian Health Board (Court of Session)

A judicial review challenge to a planning refusal was dismissed after the court held the council acted within its statutory discretion and on material planning considerations.

  • Planning-permission
  • Local-authority-powers
  • Judicial-review
  • Local-government
  • Administrative-law
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