‘The High Court has quashed an assessment by the London Borough of Lambeth after it failed to re-assess whether a child – after a diagnosis of autism – was in need of assistance.’
Local Government Lawyer, 17th July 2017
Source: localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A London borough has agreed to pay out more than £10,000 after an investigation by the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman into how a grandmother was left without respite for two years.’
Local Government Lawyer, 13th July 2017
Source: localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A Deputy High Court judge has quashed a London borough’s Care Act assessment for a man with autism spectrum disorder and severe learning difficulties.’
Local Government Lawyer, 7th July 2017
Source: localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A High Court judge has rejected a judicial review challenge brought against Wolverhampton City Council over an alleged failure to provide acceptable education for an autistic boy.’
Local Government Lawyer, 5th July 2017
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The Government Legal Service (GLS) discriminated against a woman with Asperger’s syndrome, who had applied to join it, the Employment Appeal Tribunal has found.’
Local Government Lawyer, 11th May 2017
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The Government Legal Service (GLS) discriminated against a law graduate with Asperger’s Syndrome by refusing to make reasonable adjustments when she took a test that forms part of the application process for training contracts, the Employment Appeal Tribunal has found.’
Legal Futures, 8th May 2017
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A fitness enthusiast who complained his gym’s music was not motivating enough has won damages after an instructor humiliated him over a microphone for complaining.’
Daily Telegraph, 22nd March 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A businessman embroiled in a bitter divorce case with his estranged wife has been criticised by a judge for using his dyslexia as an excuse, telling him “even Einstein had dyslexia”.’
Daily Telegraph, 21st February 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘In Pieretti v Enfield LBC [2010] EWCA Civ 1104 (our note) the Court of Appeal held that under (the predecessor to) the Equality Act, in the course of Housing Act 1997 Part VII inquiries, a reviewing officer was required to carry out inquiries into an applicant’s disability that the Housing Act 1996 had not previously required, i.e. where the applicant had not raised the issue but the reviewing officer was on notice that there was a possibility that the applicant’s disability would be relevant. This second appeal concerned the nature and extent of those inquiries.’
Nearly Legal, 27th November 2016
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
‘It would be tragic if the ladder used to rescue me from extradition was kicked away from the next person who needs it.’
The Guardian, 15th November 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘An autistic man facing claims he hacked US government computer systems has criticised a ruling to extradite him.’
BBC News, 15th November 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Home Secretary Amber Rudd has authorised an order extraditing Lauri Love to the US, where he is accused of hacking into government computers.’
The Independent, 14th November 2016
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A British man wanted in the US for allegedly hacking into government computers says he fears dying in jail if he is extradited.’
BBC News, 6th September 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A local authority has agreed to pay £2,000 to a man left in an unsuitable care home for 11 months longer than he should have been.’
Local Government Lawyer, 1st September 2016
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A baby boy whose father advocates the use of “harmful alternative medication” should be taken into council care, a family court judge has decided.’
Daily Telegraph, 23rd August 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A man who sent a threatening voice message to senior Labour MP Ben Bradshaw the day before the killing of parliamentary colleague Jo Cox has been given a suspended sentence.’
The Guardian, 23rd August 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘An autistic man accused of hacking into US government computers would be at “high risk” of killing himself if he is extradited to America, a court has heard.’
Daily Telegraph, 28th June 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Neglect contributed to the death of an Oxford teenager who drowned in a bath at an NHS care unit, a jury inquest has ruled.’
BBC News, 16th October 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Louise Desrosiers, Barrister, of Lamb Building describes the issues which need to be considered in child arrangement disputes involving children who are on the autism spectrum.’
Family Law Week, 29th September 2015
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘A teenage terrorist has been sentenced to eight years for grooming a young man with learning difficulties to carry out a Lee Rigby copycat killing.‘
The Guardian, 30th May 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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