Recognising the “incredible work civil society groups” during the pandemic, over 350 funders have signed a pledge offering renewed assurance that they stand with the sector as it faces the Covid-19 outbreak.
Co-ordinated by London Funders (the membership body of funders of London’s civil society), organisations from across the funding spectrum have acknowledged that Covid-19 is an exceptional event affecting charities.
The funders commit to continue to listen to the needs of communities and civil society, to learn all the time about how they and civil society can strengthen their work together and to support charities in the long term. They also confirmed their commitment to the original pledges made in We Stand With The Sector statement made in March 2020 in response to the coronavirus. These included adapting activities where charities have difficulties achieving outcomes from funding, discussing deadlines for reporting, flexibility in the use of funding, and listening to charities about the situations they are facing.
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The Government has published a consultation paper proposing the reform of the Right to Contest which enables the public to request that publicly owned land is sold where it is unused or underused.
Fishbourne Developments Ltd v Stephens [2020] EWCA Civ 1704
In this case the appellants were a development company who were granted an option to purchase a farm. The owner of the farm died in 2014 and her interest passed to her daughter the respondent.
The Court of Appeal has recently confirmed that cost capping orders for Aarhus Convention claims, which includes planning and other environmental judicial reviews, are inclusive of VAT.
The available defences to local authority prosecutions for the non-compliance of planning enforcement notices are limited. The recent case of Zafar v Stoke-On-Trent City Council [2020] highlights such limitations and the importance of exercising your appeal rights.
