Latest Updates
Adult social care | Thursday 30 November 2017
A local authority had not breached its duty under s 5(1) & (2) of Care Act 2014 when making limited increases to fees it paid to care home operators
R. (on the application of Care England) v Essex CC [2017] EWHC 3035 (Admin)
Housing | Thursday 30 November 2017
Possession proceedings – joint tenancies, agency, ratification, surrender and Art.8
Haringey London Borough Council v Ahmed [2017] EWCA Civ 1861, 21 November 2017
Welfare benefits | Friday 24 November 2017
UK required to pay Carer’s Allowance during dispute on whether another EEA state was responsible for paying that benefit
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions v Fileccia [2017] EWCA Civ 1907: Sales, Lindblom and Asplin LJJ, 24 November 2017
Housing | Tuesday 21 November 2017
Possession orders, fraud and fresh evidence on appeal
Mavris v Xylia [2017] EWHC 2949 (Ch), 1 November 2017
Housing, Welfare benefits | Wednesday 15 November 2017
Zambrano carers: eligibility for welfare benefits and homelessness assistance
R (on the application of HC) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2017] UKSC 73, Lady Hale and Lords Clarke, Wilson, Sumption and Carnwath, 15 November 2017
Adult social care, Mental health | Wednesday 15 November 2017
"Places of safety" under the Mental Health Act 1983 - new regulations
Changes to the powers under ss 135 and 136 of the Mental Health Act 1983 are being brought in by ss 80–83 of the Policing and Crime Act 2017 with effect from 11 December 2017.
Adult social care, Mental health | Friday 10 November 2017
Recovery of damages for future care costs does not disentitle a person to after-care services under Mental Health Act 1983
Tinsley v Manchester City Council (1) South Manchester CCG (2) and Local Government Association (Intervener) [2017] EWCA Civ 1704, 1 November 2017
Adult social care | Friday 10 November 2017
Ordinary residence – whether duty arose under 21 National Assistance Act 1948 – s 21 a duty of last resort (a pre- Care Act 2014 case)
R. (on the application of Barking and Dagenham LBC) v Secretary of State for Health (1) London Borough of Redbridge (2) HR (Interested parties) [2017] EWHC 2449 (Admin),
