In Blakesley v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2015] EWCA Civ 141 (Jackson, Kitchin and Floyd LLJ) the Court of Appeal considered whether article 23 of the Geneva Convention requires the UK government to make a retrospective payment of ‘public relief’ to successful asylum seekers representing the difference between previous asylum support and […]
The Care Act 2014: comes into force on 1 April 2015, replacing the National Assistance Act 1948 as the primary legislation governing the provision of adult community care services in England.
The Court of Protection (Amendment) Rules 2015 SI No. 548 will come into force in part on 6 April 2015 and otherwise on 1 July 2015. The rules amend the Court of Protection Rules 2007 including making provision for the court to consider how P should be enabled to participate in the proceedings, reinforcing the […]
Clarke v LB Sutton [2015] EWHC 1081 (Admin), HHJ Sycamore, sitting as a High Court judge: The claimant (C) suffered from severe epilepsy and had a number of mental health and behavioural difficulties. He held a tenancy of supported living accommodation with care services provided by specialised services provided by Independence Homes. The local authority […]
Re D (a child)(no 2)(2015) [2015] EWFC 2: the President of the Family Division expressed concern over the delay in obtaining public funding for parents with learning difficulties contesting a local authority’s placement order application; because of the potential breach of article 6 ECHR. Click here for the judgment. R (BG) v Chief Constable of […]
R (ER) v Commissioner for Local Administration (Local Government Ombudsman) and London Borough of Hillingdon [2014] EWCA Civ 1407 (LLJ Moore-Bick, Aikens, Bean): The Local Government Ombudsman had no jurisdiction to investigate the consequences of a local authority's decision if the investigation itself was excluded by the Local Goverment Act 1974 section 26(6). The judicial […]
R (on the application of MD) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2014] EWHC 2249 (Admin) (Rhodri Price Lewis QC): On allowing the claim the court held that the detention by the Home Secretary of State of a foreign national suffering from a mental illness, was unlawful both at common law and under […]
In HB Bulletin G2/2015, published ton on 17 February 2015, the DWP says that the High Court has dismissed the challenge to the bedroom tax by a woman whose home has been adapted under a Sanctuary Scheme. The judgment in R (A) v the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2015] EWHC 159 (Admin) […]
