The High Court (Eady J) has dismissed a challenge by a group of parents to the decision of the London Borough of Islington (“LBI”) to agree to a proposal by Islington Play Association (“IPA”) to terminate its service contract for the provision of a Nursery at Paradise Park Children’s Centre.
The Claimants sought judicial review of LBI’s decision, a costs capping order, and interim relief restraining the Council from taking further steps in relation to the nursery. The Court dismissed all applications and certified the claim as totally without merit, observing that LBI’s decision “acknowledged the commercial realities arising from [IPA’s] conclusion that it could no longer continue to provide the service in question; there is nothing to suggest that the Defendant’s decision was made otherwise than in good faith.”
The case has been widely reported in the local press, including by MyLondon, The Standard, the Islington Tribune and the BBC.
Hannah Slarks and Raphael Hogarth acted for LBI, instructed by George McLellan and Jack Trevella at Sharpe Pritchard LLP.
