Social Welfare Update: Discharge of homelessness duties
Monday 28 Oct 2019
The Claimant, SH, arrived in the UK in 2012. She was a victim of human trafficking and sexual exploitation and was granted refugee status. In September 2014 she applied to…
Social Welfare Update: UKSC rules it is not within the scope of parental responsibility to consent to living arrangements for a 16-17 year old which would otherwise amount to a deprivation of liberty under Article 5
Thursday 31 Oct 2019
The case concerned D, now a 20 year old adult who had been diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, Asperger’s syndrome and Tourette’s syndrome, with a mild learning disability. D…
Social Welfare Update: Fitting an intrauterine contraceptive device was the least restrictive option to protect AB, a woman with a moderate learning disability
Friday 13 Dec 2019
This case had previously been before the courts during AB’s pregnancy when, at first instance before Lieven J, the Trust successfully applied, for a declaration that it would be in…
Social Welfare Update: 10-year residence requirement in allocation scheme discriminatory
Tuesday 23 Apr 2019
Hillingdon LBC’s allocation scheme contained a residence requirement, which provided that only those who had lived in the borough continuously for at least 10 years would qualify to join the…
Social Welfare Update: Occupation agreement with homeless applicant did not attract security of tenure
Tuesday 23 Apr 2019
In 2016 the appellant, Ms Mohamed, was accommodated together with her daughter by Barnet LBC, pursuant to its duties under the Children Act 1989. The property where Ms Mohamed was…
Social Welfare Update: High Court’s inherent jurisdiction for the protection of vulnerable adults – permission to appeal refused against interim order requiring a person to reside in a care home
Tuesday 23 Apr 2019
This decision, made on an application for permission to appeal, implies that the inherent jurisdiction of the High Court for the protection of vulnerable adults can be exercised with considerable…
Social Welfare Update: Children Act 1989 s17 – flawed assessment of destitution
Tuesday 28 May 2019
AA was a Nigerian national without leave to remain in the UK. She had entered the UK in 2009 on a student visa and subsequently overstayed. JA and GA (aged…
Social Welfare Update: Looking to the future when considering whether applicant homeless at home, and procedural fairness in review process
Tuesday 28 May 2019
The Appellant, Ms Safi, lived in a one-bedroom flat in Smethwick with her husband and their young son. The property comprised of the single bedroom together with a living room,…
Social Welfare Update: Court of Protection: Personal health budget with third-party brokerage; lack of alternative options
Tuesday 28 May 2019
The focus of the dispute was the proposal for a third party brokerage organisation to administer AJ’s personal health budget. Although by the end of the proceedings there was only…
David Jones
Call: 1994
David is an extremely experienced practitioner with more than 25 years experience in a wide range of areas, including immigration and nationality law, asylum and human rights law, civil liberties…
