For many years local authorities and those advising them have faced uncertainty as to whether legal powers exist to permit local authorities to set up or participate in Limited Liability Partnerships  (LLP) for land, housing and other purposes. 

The recent first instance judgment Peters-v-Haringey LBC and Lendlease Europe Holdings (2018) (EWHC 192 admin) ‘The Haringey case’, now provides much needed clarity to this difficult local authority vires (powers) issue.