Councils advised Zoom votes open to challenge
Existing laws mean that votes held by councils via Zoom or Skype could be found to be illegal
County councils around the country have been advised not to hold their normal monthly meetings using teleconference tools such as Zoom or Skype, as some decisions taken at them could be open to legal challenge.
Local authorities around the country have cancelled meetings in order to comply with social distancing requirements, prompting requests from some councillors to hold the meetings online.
However, the Department of Housing and Local Government is understood to have advised that...
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