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Dateline: 22nd June, 2008
ACE to Reconsider Watermans Cut Arts Council England has decided to review its decision to cut funding to Watermans Arts Centre in Hounslow (see our news story of 1st February) after a judge decided that the centre has a case which must be tried in court. The centre had argueed that the decision was "flawed and illegal" because it had answered the criticisms made by ACE and then discovered that the final decision to cut is funding was made on different grounds which it had not had the chance to respond to. The judge, Mr Justice Langstaff, agreed that there is a case to answer. As a result ACE has decided to reconsider the case at its next London regional council meeting, although it does not accept that the decision was wrong or illegal. So, a spokesperson said, in order the protect public money, "We have made an offer to Watermans’ legal representatives to put the funding proposal before our regional council again at the meeting in September, in order to avoid the expense and delay of a hearing."
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