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Our social welfare pages provide bite-sized updates on recent case-law and policy, written by Garden Court barristers specialising in adult social care, children’s services, Court of Protection (health and welfare), housing and homelessness, and welfare benefits.

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Garden Court Chambers | Wednesday 30 January 2019

Social Welfare Update: Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED) and possession proceedings (1)

Forward v Aldwyck Housing Group Limited [2019] EWHC 24 (QB), 11 January 2019

Garden Court Chambers | Monday 17 December 2018

Section 21: validity of notice served by head landlord on sub-tenant

Barrow and Amey v Kazim, Kazim and Mustafa  [2018] EWCA Civ 2414, 17 October 2018

Garden Court Chambers | Monday 17 December 2018

Article 8 and private landlords

FJM v United Kingdon, European Court of Human Rights (First Section) Application no. 76202/16, 29 November 2018

Garden Court Chambers | Friday 26 October 2018

Teenagers, secure accommodation and the relevance of consent

Re T (A Child) [2018] EWCA Civ 2136

Garden Court Chambers | Friday 19 October 2018

Court decides P has capacity to consent to sexual relations but contraception device is to remain in place without P’s knowledge

P (Sexual Relations and Contraception) v 2, [2018] EWCOP 10, 18 April 2018, Baker J

Garden Court Chambers | Tuesday 16 October 2018

Upper Tribunal confirms that making a claim for universal credit (UC) in itself will trigger a transfer to the UC universal credit system – even if the claimant later withdraws the UC claim

Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs v LD (TC): [2018] UKUT 306 (AAC), Judge Jacobs, 18 September 2018

Garden Court Chambers | Monday 15 October 2018

Conditions imposed under HMO licence can be used to limit the class of persons for whom property is suitable

Nottingham City Council v Parr [2018] UKSC 51

Garden Court Chambers | Monday 15 October 2018

Application of notice requirement under s21(1B) Housing Act 1988 during probationary period of AST

Livewest Homes Ltd v Bamber [2018] EWHC 2454 (QB), 27 September 2018
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