disabled persons – Current Awareness

Disabled people can be taken to prostitutes by care workers, judge rules – Daily Telegraph

Posted April 30th, 2021 in care workers, Court of Protection, disabled persons, learning difficulties, local government, news, prostitution, social services by tracey

‘Council care workers can help disabled people meet prostitutes without breaking the law, a judge has confirmed in a landmark ruling. A judge in the Court of Protection – a specialist court which considers issues relating to people who are deemed to lack capacity to make certain decisions – ruled that carers who facilitate adults with learning disabilities to visit sex workers will not be committing a criminal offence.’

Daily Telegraph, 29th April 2021

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Pippa Knight: Judge rules doctors can withdraw care – BBC News

Posted April 30th, 2021 in children, disabled persons, doctors, families, medical treatment, news by tracey

‘A High Court judge has given doctors permission to end the life of a brain-damaged six-year-old girl at the centre of a long-running treatment fight.’

BBC News, 30th April 2021

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Court of Appeal overturns order discharging mother as party in Court of Protection proceedings – Local Government Lawyer

Posted April 28th, 2021 in appeals, Court of Protection, disabled persons, families, local government, news, sexual offences by sally

‘The Court of Appeal has allowed an appeal from a decision by the Vice-President of the Court of Protection to discharge a mother as a party to proceedings concerning her highly vulnerable 19-year-old daughter (P).’

Local Government Lawyer, 27th April 2021

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

Inquest finds neglect contributed to woman’s hospital death – The Guardian

Posted April 27th, 2021 in disabled persons, food, hospitals, inquests, learning difficulties, news by sally

‘The death of a young disabled woman following a routine eye operation was partly caused by malnutrition as a result of neglect, a coroner has ruled.’

The Guardian, 26th April 2021

Source: www.theguardian.com

Judge criticises firm’s failures in defending solicitor’s dismissal claim – Legal Futures

Posted April 26th, 2021 in age discrimination, coronavirus, disability discrimination, disabled persons, employment, employment tribunals, equality, law firms, news, redundancy, solicitors, time limits, unfair dismissal by tracey

‘A conveyancing solicitor has won her unfair dismissal and discrimination claim against a well-known Essex law firm by default after it filed its defence two days late.’

Legal Futures, 26th April 2021

Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk

Section 204 appeals – weighing medical evidence and ending ‘relief duty’ – Nearly Legal

Posted April 19th, 2021 in appeals, disabled persons, equality, expert witnesses, homelessness, housing, local government, news by tracey

‘Perrott v Hackney London Borough Council, 29 Janaury 2021, Central London County Court and Perrott v Hackney London Borough Council, 29 January 2021, Central London County Court. Two linked s.204 appeals arising from Hackney’s finding that Mr Perrot was not vulnerable for the purposes of priority need – upheld on s.202 review – and Hackney’s decision to end the ‘relief duty’ under section 189B Housing Act 1996, also upheld on review.’

Nearly Legal, 18th April 2021

Source: nearlylegal.co.uk

‘Direct discrimination’: extremely vulnerable fans barred from Carabao Cup final – The Guardian

Posted April 14th, 2021 in coronavirus, disability discrimination, disabled persons, equality, news, sport by sally

‘The decision to bar clinically extremely vulnerable supporters from the Carabao Cup final is “direct discrimination”, according to a group of disabled Tottenham fans.’

The Guardian, 13th April 2021

Source: www.theguardian.com

DWP facing legal challenge over lawfulness of ‘consultation’ ahead of National Strategy for Disabled People being drawn up – Local Government Lawyer

Posted April 7th, 2021 in consultations, consumer credit, disabled persons, government departments, news by sally

‘The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is facing a legal challenge over the lawfulness of its consultation on the proposed National Strategy for Disabled People.’

Local Government Lawyer, 7th April 2021

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

Mandatory relief when left in unsuitable temporary accommodation – Nearly Legal

Posted March 29th, 2021 in disabled persons, families, housing, judicial review, local government, news, statutory duty by tracey

‘Imam, R (On the Application Of) v The London Borough of Croydon (2021) EWHC 739 (Admin). This is the judgment in a judicial review claim seeking a declaration that Croydon was in breach of its statutory duty under section 193(2) of the Housing Act 1996 to provide suitable accommodation, and for mandatory relief, that Croydon provide suitable accommodation, and consider the claimant’s application for band 1 housing priority.’

Nearly Legal, 28th March 2021

Source: nearlylegal.co.uk

Covid: Blind woman forces government action in shielding case – BBC News

Posted March 19th, 2021 in coronavirus, disability discrimination, disabled persons, equality, government departments, human rights, judicial review, news by sally

‘A blind woman who was sent a shielding letter she could not read has won “promising” commitments from the government after a legal challenge.’

BBC News, 19th March 2021

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Oliver Campbell: Calls to review 30-year-old murder conviction – BBC News

Posted March 17th, 2021 in Criminal Cases Review Commission, criminal justice, criminal procedure, disabled persons, learning difficulties, murder, news, police, solicitors by sally

‘A man with learning difficulties who admitted to a murder 30 years ago should have his conviction quashed because he confessed to police without a lawyer present, his solicitor says.’

BBC News, 16th March 2021

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

CoP says vulnerable man should have Covid vaccine despite father’s objection – Law Society’s Gazette

Posted March 17th, 2021 in coronavirus, Court of Protection, disabled persons, families, learning difficulties, news, vaccination by sally

‘The Court of Protection has rejected pleas from a father that his clinically vulnerable son not be given the Covid-19 vaccine, in one of the first reported cases of its type.’

Law Society's Gazette, 15th March 2021

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

Disputed respite care for Ultra-Orthodox Jewish boys: A and B – Law & Religion UK

Posted March 8th, 2021 in care homes, children, disabled persons, equality, human rights, Judaism, news by tracey

‘In A and B (Minors: placement, faith) [2021] EWHC 455 (Admin), two brothers of a family of Charedi Jews in north Manchester, acting through their uncle and litigation friend M, challenged Manchester City Council’s decision to offer them respite placement in Birtenshaw, a secular residential home in Greater Manchester, instead of in Bayis Sheli, an exclusively Orthodox Jewish residential home in London. A was 15, turning 16 in June 2021; B was 11 years, turning 12 in September 2021 [11]: they both had medical and behavioural conditions that required a very high level of supervision [12, 13 & 14].’

Law & Religion UK , 4th March 2021

Source: lawandreligionuk.com

Widow sues NHS over deaf husband’s ‘diabolical’ care – The Guardian

Posted March 8th, 2021 in cancer, compensation, disability discrimination, disabled persons, equality, families, hospitals, human rights, medical treatment, news by tracey

‘A woman is taking legal action against an NHS trust over the “diabolical” and discriminatory treatment of her profoundly deaf husband, who died of cancer in May last year.’

The Guardian, 7th March 2021

Source: www.theguardian.com

Would receipt of a Covid-19 vaccine be in a mentally incapacitated person’s best interests when other treatments are proposed by a family member? – Garden Court Chambers

Posted March 5th, 2021 in care homes, coronavirus, Court of Protection, disabled persons, elderly, families, local government, news, vaccination by sally

‘V is in her early 70s and resides in a care home. She has Korsakoff’s syndrome. SD, V’s daughter, sought a declaration that it would not be in V’s best interests to administer a Covid-19 vaccine to V. The local authority argued it was in V’s best interests to receive the vaccine.’

Garden Court Chambers, 26th February 2021

Source: www.gardencourtchambers.co.uk

Judge rules council breached ECHR rights of orthodox Jewish 15-year-old boy – but not his brother – over proposal for respite placement accommodation – Local Government Lawyer

Posted March 3rd, 2021 in care homes, children, disabled persons, equality, families, housing, human rights, Judaism, judicial review, local government, news by sally

‘A High Court judge has handed down a ruling in a disagreement over whether two boys should be given respite placement accommodation in a residential home in the Greater Manchester area or in an exclusively orthodox Jewish residential home in London.’

Local Government Lawyer, 2nd March 2021

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

Judge rules council and CCG failed lawfully to assess s.117 after care services for claimant – Local Government Lawyer

Posted February 19th, 2021 in autism, care homes, children, disabled persons, hospitals, local government, mental health, news by tracey

‘A discharge care plan approach (DCPA) written by the London Borough of Islington and North Central London Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) was unlawful on nine points, the High Court has found.’

Local Government Lawyer, 18th February 2021

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

Deprivation of liberty, family members and what s4B does (and doesn’t) say – Local Government Lawyer

Posted February 19th, 2021 in carers, detention, disabled persons, families, learning difficulties, local government, news, statutory interpretation by tracey

‘A judge recently considered very strong objections levelled by a family member to the idea that they were depriving their adult child of their liberty. She also helpfully clarified the current (limited) scope of s.4B MCA 2005, writes Alex Ruck Keene.’

Local Government Lawyer, 19th February 2021

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

Breach of PSED in bringing possession proceedings cured by subsequent compliance – Garden Court Chambers

Posted February 18th, 2021 in disabled persons, equality, housing, local government, mental health, news, repossession by sally

‘Ms Taylor was the secure tenant of Slough Borough Council. She had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder in late 2011.’

Garden Court Chambers, 17th February 2021

Source: www.gardencourtchambers.co.uk

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