Local Authority Newsbites - August 2010
Summary:
In this issue:
- Housing Minister to set up Community Energy Fund
- October start date for Equality Act confirmed
- Bribery Act to go live in April 2011
- Inebriated claimant fails to sue council for accident occurring on council’s land
- Council unable to collect late payments of rates
- End to car clamping
- New discrimination provisions
- Transparency becoming a clear priority
- Mandatory reporting of data breaches
- Beware - claims for interest and adjudication - they don't necessarily go together!