Court of Protection | Wednesday 17 January 2018
Court of Protection Visitors’ reports can provide the necessary procedural safeguards for the incapacitated person in the streamlined procedure for authorisation of deprivation of liberty; increase in government funding for such reports
Re KT, DR, KH and DC [2018] EWCOP 1, 15 January 2018, Charles J
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)
Adult social care | Wednesday 20 December 2017
Section 117 Mental Health Act 1983 after-care: A claim for restitution against two public authorities for payment of after-care services was a private law claim
Richards v Worcestershire County Council & Anor [2017] EWCA Civ 1998 (12 December 2017)
Children, Housing | Thursday 4 January 2018
Accommodation needs of vulnerable young family – the interplay between s17 CA 1989 and Parts 6 and 7 Housing Act 1996
R (J and L) v Hillingdon LBC [2017] EWHC 3411 (Admin), 21 December 2017