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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 | Friday 3 February 2017

Homelessness and the public sector equality duty

London Borough of Hackney v Haque [2017] EWCA Civ 4, 17 January 2016

Garden Court Chambers | Friday 3 February 2017

Whether a lack of evidence of a sexual relationship is determinative when assessing if two people live together as husband and wife

DK v The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2016] ScotCS CSIH_84, 8 November 2016

Garden Court Chambers | Friday 3 February 2017

Right to Reside: Proportionality arguments following the Supreme Court decision in Mirga

Secretary of State for Work and Pensions v PS-B (IS) (Residence and presence conditions : right to reside) [2016] UKUT 511 (AAC) (Judge Jacobs), 12 December 2016

Garden Court Chambers | Friday 3 February 2017

Local connection and repeat homelessness applications

R (Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea) v London Borough of Ealing and Ms Hacene-Blidi (Interested Party) [2017] EWHC 24 (Admin), 13 January 2017

Garden Court Chambers | Thursday 2 February 2017

Security of tenure: almshouses

Watts v Stewart and others [2016] EWCA Civ 1247, 8 December 2016

Garden Court Chambers | Thursday 2 February 2017

Common law notice requirements

Gibson v Douglas [2016] EWCA Civ 1266, 8 December 2016

Garden Court Chambers | Tuesday 31 January 2017

Liability for council tax where tenancy granted for fixed term and monthly thereafter

Leeds City Council v Broadley [2016] EWCA Civ 1213, 6 December 2016

Garden Court Chambers | Monday 30 January 2017

Historic anti-social behaviour

The respondent, was accused by Birmingham of having repeatedly engaged in anti-social behaviour over a number of years by targeting elderly and vulnerable victims and charging them excessive sums for unnecessary or shoddy building works.