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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 | Tuesday 24 May 2016

Credibility a factor in local authority decision on whether children are destitute and ‘in need’ of s17 support

R (on the application of AE & AO) v Lewishan LBC (extempore judgment on 6 May 2016)

Garden Court Chambers | Tuesday 24 May 2016

New regulations to allow certain young migrants to access student loans and other support

The Education (Student Fees, Awards and Support) (Amendment) Regulations 2016

Garden Court Chambers | Tuesday 24 May 2016

The Right to Reside: The primary carer of a child in education

In IP v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (IS) [2015] UKUT 691 (AAC) CIS/2790/2012 (Judge Jacobs) the Upper Tribunal considered the position where the EEA worker was not the child’s biological parent.

Garden Court Chambers | Tuesday 24 May 2016

Universal Credit has been watered down so much that it risks failing to achieve its original purpose, warns Resolution Foundation

In a report published on 3 May 2016, the Resolution Foundation think tank states that cuts to Universal Credit work allowances have undermined the incentive to enter work for a short number of hours.

Garden Court Chambers | Tuesday 24 May 2016

Benefit sanctions and delays among the most common causes for people falling into destitution

A report published on 27 April 2016 by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) found that 1.25 million people in the UK are destitute, including over 300,000 children.

Garden Court Chambers | Tuesday 24 May 2016

Commerciality of a letting provided by a son to his sick mother

In CE v Maldon District Council [2015] UKUT 565 (AAC) (Judge Mark), the Upper Tribunal considered the effect on commerciality of a letting between a son and his mother where the mother was suffering from a fatal illness.

Garden Court Chambers | Tuesday 24 May 2016

Immigration Act 2016

The Immigration Act 2016 received royal assent on 12 May 2016 and makes significant amendments to schedule 3 of the Nationality Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 ('NIAA 2002').