Proposed return to sheltered accommodation did not breach Local Authority and CCG’s duties under s117 MHA 1983
Thursday 1 Jul 2021
…already living in a flat that met her needs and there was no suggestion the Claimant should be moved out of the flat around the time of the January 2020…
Social Welfare Update: High Court holds a patient was “ordinarily resident”, for the purposes of funding s 117 aftercare, in second local authority’s area immediately before second period of detention
Friday 30 Apr 2021
…that this is the end of such disputes, for example if the person discharged had only been in the community for a very short period of time in the second…
High Court orders fresh assessment of 16-year-old’s needs after Discharge Care Programme Approach document under s117 MHA 1983 deemed unlawful
Tuesday 29 Jun 2021
…in good time. AK’s mother did not sign the DCPA, thus she could not have been consulted and provided with a copy in advance. There was no witness statement from…
Homeless Teenager takes Council to High Court for Unlawful Housing Policy
Monday 6 Sep 2021
…was hard as she rarely had a home. She said: “The last few years have been a struggle and there were times when mum took us to Heathrow to sleep…
When is a local authority’s charging policy for provision of social care in the community for severely disabled adults discriminatory?
Monday 24 Jun 2024
…the workplace must take their place for the time being along with the sacrifices demanded of all its citizens. That cannot fairly be regarded as disproportionate to the point where…
What does the Cabinet Office’s judicial review challenge to the Covid-19 Inquiry entail, and where is it going?
Tuesday 6 Jun 2023
…timetable for the inquiry and seeks an expedited “rolled up” hearing in the Divisional Court with additional submissions on the protection of unredacted copies in open court. As yet, no…
Update: Cabinet Office Loses Judicial Review and has to disclose WhatsApp messages and other documents to Covid Inquiry by Monday 10 July
Friday 7 Jul 2023
Although permission for judicial review was granted in a rolled up hearing, the Cabinet Office’s claim for judicial review of Baroness Hallett’s issue of a notice for disclosure to the…
High court give permission for judicial review of Home Office’s failure to provide asylum seeker with adequate accommodation
Monday 24 May 2021
In R(MK) v Secretary of State for Home Department HHJ Allan Gore QC sitting as a High Court judge granted the Claimant permission to judicially review the Secretary of State’s failure…
High Court orders expedited “rolled up” hearing for failure of Home Office to disperse vulnerable Asylum seeker to accommodation in Bristol
Monday 24 May 2021
In R(AA) v Secretary of State for the Home Department HHJ Cotter QC sitting as a High Court judge expedited the judicial review hearing for 4 June 2021 of the…
Court of Appeal allows appeal against deportation order approved by Upper Tribunal on grounds of identifying procedural unfairness in decision making and findings of fact
Friday 10 Jul 2020
This important case concerned the lawfulness of a deportation order made in respect of an individual married to an EEA national in which the Home Office alleged A was the head…
