O'Neill, R (On the Application Of) v London Borough of Lambeth

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Mr George Laurence QC and Mr Daniel Stedman Jones (instructed by Shakespeare Martineau) appeared on behalf of the Claimant Mr Clive Sheldon QC and Mr Ronnie Dennis (instructed by London Borough of Lambeth) appeared on behalf of the Defendant Mr Andrew Tait QC and Mr Ned Westaway (instructed by Bircham Dyson Bell LLP) appeared on behalf of the Interested Party ____________________

Simon Brown LJ agreed in a passage at page 314 and so did Nourse LJ at page 315.

A "community interest group" is defined in regulations 12 and 5 of the 2012 Regulations. It is beyond argument that both CSCB and GBT fall within the definition of a "community interest group". In particular, GBT is a registered charity and it has a local connection with the land as its activities are wholly or partly concerned with the local authority's area (see regulation 4(a)).

It just remains for me to thank all counsel very much for all the hard work they have put into this. Thank you.