![Bethan Harris](/assets/images/resize/person-tiny/802.jpg)
Capacity, Children | Friday 29 July 2016
Removal of respiratory support for child in minimally conscious state
Re A (A Child) [2016] EWCA Civ 759, 13 July 2016. The Court of Appeal upheld the first instance decision that it was in A’s best interests to remove respiratory support.
![Desmond Rutledge](/assets/images/resize/person-tiny/1549.jpg)
Welfare benefits | Friday 29 July 2016
Right to reside - Work as a Big Issue vendor
In Revenue and Customs v IT (CTC) [2016] UKUT 252 (AAC) (Judge Wright), 24 May 2016, the Upper Tribunal considered a claim made by a Romanian national for working and child tax credit in May 2009 on the basis that the claimant was engaged in self-employed
![Maria Moodie](/assets/images/resize/person-tiny/691.jpg)
Children, Migrant support, Welfare benefits | Monday 25 July 2016
Southwark’s approach to accommodation and financial support of a migrant family pursuant to section 17 Children Act 1989 was not unlawful
R. (on the application of C, T, M and U) v Southwark LBC & Coram Children’s Legal Centre (Intervening) [2016] EWCA Civ 707, 12 July 2016. In dismissing the appeal, the Court of Appeal accepted that Southwark was not operating an irrational or inflexible p
![Maria Moodie](/assets/images/resize/person-tiny/691.jpg)
Education | Monday 25 July 2016
School out of time to challenge an OFSTED report
R (Dawatul Islam UK & Eire) v OFSTED, unreported, 13 July 2016. A school that sought to challenge the contents of an OFSTED report was refused permission on the basis that the claim was out of time.