Regina (SL) v Westminster City Council (The Medical Foundation and another intervening) – WLR Daily

Posted August 15th, 2011 in asylum, law reports, local government, mental health, residential care by sally

Regina (SL) v Westminster City Council (The Medical Foundation and another intervening) [2011] EWCA Civ 954; [2011] WLR (D) 275

“On the true meaning of section 21(1)(a) of the National Assistance Act 1948, as amended, an asylum seeker suffering from depression and mental health difficulties who had been granted indefinite leave to remain was entitled to residential accommodation if the local authority had provided a programme of assistance and support to him through a care co-ordinator, since such provision of assistance would be otiose without the additional provision of housing.”

WLR Daily, 10th August 2011

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