High Court finds Council unlawfully terminated disabled child’s social care direct payments
Friday 10 Oct 2025
The High Court has ordered the London Borough of Lambeth to reassess a disabled child’s social care needs after finding that its decision to terminate her social care direct payments…
High Court rules Home Office use of hotels for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children unlawful
Thursday 30 Nov 2023
The High Court has ruled that the Home Office action in relation to unaccompanied asylum-seeking (UAS) children was unlawful when it chose to place them in hotels rather than into local…
High Court reaffirms that local authorities are under ‘absolute duty’ to secure special educational provision and grants a mandatory order
Monday 29 Jul 2024
In R(L, by his litigation friend and mother, LC) v Hampshire County Council [2024] EWHC 1928 (Admin), the High Court rejected the Defendant local authority’s argument that a declaration of…
