Councillors scrutinise Mayor of Liverpool after 2 year scrutiny review into how developments in Liverpool were financed

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Regeneration and Sustainability Select Committee (Liverpool City Council) 12th August 2020

By John Brace (Editor)
and
Leonora Brace (Co-Editor)

First publication date: 13th August 2020, 11:31 (BST).

Yesterday (12th August 2020) Liverpool City Council held a public meeting of its Regeneration and Sustainability Select Committee to discuss the outcome of a 2 year scrutiny review looking into the obscurely named topic of fractional investment.
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Will HMCTS put the hearing back into judicial hearings for the hard of hearing?

Birkenhead County Court entrance 5th October 2018 — **Birkenhead County Court**

On Saturday, Leonora went round the gold Dalek and then made a beeline for the machines that measure time, each machine reflected an aspect of its creator.

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Have the wheels of UK justice ground to a halt or do they just need oiling?

By John Brace (Editor)
and
Leonora Brace (Co-Editor)

First publication date: 9th August 2020, 17:03 (BST).

Apologies for the lack of blog posts over the last 3 weeks, a number of matters have meant like most businesses I have to carry on trading through the pandemic, which has been an extremely challenging year both domestically and on the export front. In addition to this since October 2019, the Department for Work and Pensions stopped my disability benefit (I was on an indefinite or lifetime award of DLA from 2008) for reasons relating to the disputed PIP assessment held just over a year ago at the start of August 2019. Continue reading “Have the wheels of UK justice ground to a halt or do they just need oiling?”

What are the 4 items on the agenda of the public meeting of all Wirral Council councillors on 20th July 2020?

By John Brace (Editor)
and
Leonora Brace (Co-Editor)

First publication date: 19th July 2020, 12:26 (BST).

**Council (Wirral Council) 16th March 2020 (Deputy Mayor Cllr George Davies (background), Mayor Cllr Tony Smith (foreground))**

Tomorrow’s (20th July 2020) public meeting of all 65 Wirral Council councillors is an extraordinary public meeting and is the first time since March 16th 2020 (that meeting only lasted 15 minutes and 2 seconds) that all Wirral Council councillors will meet (but this time virtually rather than in person) due to the pandemic. The public meeting of all 65 Wirral Council councillors scheduled for the 15th April 2020 was cancelled.
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Merseyside Fire and Rescue Authority (MFRA) withdrew their costs application made in September 2016 for £1,261.50 against Mr John Brace in First-tier Tribunal (General Regulatory Chamber) case EA/2016/0054 (Brace v Information Commissioner and Merseyside Fire and Rescue Authority) and MFRA pay £500 already paid back to Mr John Brace

Merseyside Fire and Rescue Authority (MFRA) withdrew their costs application made in September 2016 for £1,261.50 against Mr John Brace in First-tier Tribunal (General Regulatory Chamber) case EA/2016/0054 (Brace v Information Commissioner and Merseyside Fire and Rescue Authority) and MFRA pay £500 already paid back to Mr John Brace

Merseyside Fire and Rescue Authority (MFRA) withdrew their costs application made in September 2016 for £1,261.50 against Mr John Brace in First-tier Tribunal (General Regulatory Chamber) case EA/2016/0054 (Brace v Information Commissioner and Merseyside Fire and Rescue Authority) and MFRA pay £500 already paid back to Mr John Brace

By John Brace (Editor)
and
Leonora Brace (Co-Editor)

First publication date: 17th July 2020, 06:50 (BST).
Edited: 19th July 2020, 13:16 (BST). A revised decision was issued to parties with the correct case reference number on 19.7.20 and an apology from First-tier Tribunal Judge McMillan, therefore the article below is the situation at the time of publication (17.7.20), but has not been amended due to this addition.