Mark Roach, Sarah Davies and Dawn Gowland review a recent High Court case where a contractor sought to enforce an adjudicator’s decision against a Welsh council.

To help schools to understand the formalities and technical issues that need to be taken into account when a pupil is permanently excluded from a maintained school in Wales, Al Hussain and Trish D’Souza have put together a permanent exclusion checklist.

Is Wales striking out alone on mental health reform? Alex Ruck Keene KC (Hon) looks at recent developments.

The Welsh Language Tribunal has decided in favour of the Welsh Language Commissioner in a significant decision which confirms the extent to which bodies must consider the impact of their policy decisions on the Welsh language, write Daniel Taylor and Tomos Lewis.

Owen Willcox examines the latest developments in relation to procurement in Wales.

The prospect of a single unified tribunal system for Wales has moved closer, with the publication by the Welsh Government of a white paper, entitled ‘A New Tribunal System for Wales’. The white paper provides some much-needed detail about the proposed system which will act as a basis for consultation, says Matthew Williams.

Nat Avdiu examines new obligations for Welsh public bodies on social partnership and socially responsible procurement.

The President of the Family Division, Sir Andrew McFarlane, has issued updated guidance on obtaining information from other jurisdictions for public law children cases which have an international element.

An Upper Tribunal judge has dismissed a Welsh council’s claim for judicial review of a review decision by the Education Tribunal for Wales (ETW) – finding that the “correct route of challenge” is by way of statutory appeal.

Planning permission to expand a poultry farm in Monmouthshire has been quashed by the High Court after the county council agreed the decision failed to comply with the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Wales) Regulations 2017.

The Public Services Ombudsman for Wales (PSOW) has been forced to review complaints data it published for the first time on social housing in Wales.