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Brent libraries ruling put back to October

10.08.11 | Benedicte Page

The judge handling the Brent libraries High Court judicial review case will give his judgment in October, it has been confirmed.

Mr Justice Ouseley had initially indicated the judgement might come as early as this month. Brent council has promised to keep the six libraries threatened with closure open until the decision is given.

The judicial review hearing was held in July. Gloucestershire and Somerset councils' library service plans will go to judicial review at the end of September.

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By Tim Coates

The point here, I think, is that there have been sufficient legal issues raised that the matter needed to be taken seriously. In order to obtain a judicial review, and then to take this length of time in order to determine the outcome there must be matters of substance.

This should send a signal to all those councils who are contemplating the ways to address the next budget round, this Autumn, to be very careful about the way they handle the public library service. One hesitates to say it, but the view might be held that some councils, in the past 12 months, have been cavalier in their approach and others may feel the need to be more prudent.

Wed, 10/08/2011 - 13:02

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