Member Control Panel
NALC Legal Topic Notes
Legal Topic Notes are a set of legal briefings produced by NALC, for use by member councils. They may often contain the answer you are looking for, so are worth revisiting regularly.
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| LTN Number | Subject | Date |
| LTN79 | Retirement Payments | December 11 |
| LTN78 | The Equality Act 2010 | Apri2011 |
| LTN77 | Public Rights of Way | April 2011 |
| LTN76 | Energy performance requirements | October 2010 |
| LTN75 | Lease Negotiations | October 2010 |
| LTN74 | Names and styles of parish councils | July 2008 |
| LTN73 | Community governance reviews | July 2008 |
| LTN72 | Highways | November 2007 |
| LTN71 | Naming and numbering of streets | November 2007 |
| LTN70 | Clean Neighbourhoods and Envirnment Act 2005 | November 2007 |
| LTN69 | ASBOs and harassment | November 2007 |
| LTN68 | Negligence | November 2007 |
| LTN67 | Nuisance (private) | November 2007 |
| LTN66 | Nuisance (public and statutory) | November 2007 |
| LTN65 | Closed churchyards abd disused burial grounds | November 2007 |
| LTN64 | Tombstones and memorials | November 2007 |
| LTN63 | Planning and building control enforcement | November 2007 |
| LTN62 | Planning control over agricultural land and buildings | November 2007 |
| LTN61 | The statis of parish, town and community councils at public inquiries | November 2007 |
| LTN60 | Copies of planning documents | November 2007 |
| LTN59 | The rights of local councils to be notified of planning applications and decisions | November 2007 |
| LTN58 | Planning | November 2007 |
| LTN57 | Easementsover common land and village greens | November 2007 |
| LTN56 | The provision of play and sports equipment on village greens | November 2007 |
| LTN55 | Claiming ownerless common land | November 2007 |
| LTN54 | Protection of ownerless common land | November 2007 |
| LTN53 | Protection of common land | November 2007 |
| LTN52 | Temporary use of allotment land | November 2007 |
| LTN51 | The Agricultural Holdings Act 1986 | November 2007 |
| LTN50 | The Agricultural Tenancies Act 1995 | October 2010 |
| LTN49 | Business Tenancies | October 2010 |
| LTN48 | The difference between leases and licenses | October 2010 |
| LTN47 | Easements | October 2010 |
| LTN46 | Registered land | October 2010 |
| LTN45 | Disposal and appropriation of land by local councils | October 2010 |
| LTN44 | Trespass to land | November 2007 |
| LTN43 | Private access to council land | November 2007 |
| LTN42 | Occupiers liability | November 2007 |
| LTN41 | The responsbilities of councils as land owners | November 2007 |
| LTN40 | Local councils' documents and records | June 2010 |
| LTN39 | Copyright | November 2007 |
| LTN38 | Data Protection | September 2011 |
| LTN37 | Freedom of Information amended | July 2009 |
| LTN36 | Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 | November 2007 |
| LTN35 | Contracts | February 2010 |
| LTN34 | Retirement gratuities | December 2011 |
| LTN33 | Councillors' allowances | November 2007 |
| LTN32 | Local councils and VAT | January 2011 |
| LTN31 | Section 137 of the Local Government Act 1972 | July 2010 |
| LTN30 | Defamation | November 2007 |
| LTN29 | Straying animals | November 2007 |
| LTN28 | Basic charity law | November 2007 |
| LTN27 | Disability discrimination | November 2007 |
| LTN26 | Race discrimination | November 2007 |
| LTN25 | Sex discrimination | November 2007 |
| LTN24 | The Human Rights Act 1998 | November 2007 |
| LTN23 | Health and Safety | November 2007 |
| LTN22 | Employment matters | December 2011 |
| LTN21 | Local council help with village halls | November 2007 |
| LTN20 | Markets and other events | November 2007 |
| LTN19 | Wheelclamping | November 2007 |
| LTN18 | Local councils' power to provide parking spaces | November 2007 |
| LTN17 | Control of dogs | November 2007 |
| LTN16 | Control of litter | November 2007 |
| LTN15 | Legal proceedings | April 2009 |
| LTN14 | Byelaws | February 2011 |
| LTN13 | Policing in your area | November 2011 |
| LTN12 | Titles of dignity | February 2010 |
| LTN11 | Celebrations and similar events | November 2007 |
| LTN10 | Royal visits | February 2010 |
| LTN09 | Handling complaints | November 2008 |
| LTN08 | Elections | January 2012 |
| LTN07 | Non councillor members of committees | February 2010 |
| LTN06 | Meetings of parish meetings amended | July 2009 |
| LTN05 | Parish, town and community council meetings | April 2011 |
| LTN04 | The powers of community meetings without councils | November 2007 |
| LTN03 | The powers of a parish meeting in a parish without a separate parish council | July 2010 |
| LTN02 | The chairman of local councils | February 2010 |
| LTN01 | Council powers to discharge their functions | February 2010 |
