‘A decision letter sent by the London Borough of Hillingdon to an applicant for housing “suffers from very serious defects”, Nicklin J has said in the High Court.’
Local Government Lawyer, 10th January 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Connor Sparrowhawk. His name has got a superhero-like ring to it. ‘Connor Sparrowhawk, the boy who…’ But the boy who what? The boy who ‘loved his family’, suggests mum, Sara Ryan. ‘The boy who loved our dog, Chunky Stan, reading Horrible Histories, watching YouTube films of lorries loading on and off cross-channel ferries, the Mighty Boosh, septic tanks, Eddie Stobart lorries and London busses.’’
Legal Voice, 1st December 2017
Source: www.legalvoice.org.uk
‘Paralympian athlete Anne Wafula Strike has won a financial settlement from CrossCountry trains after she was forced to wet herself on a rail journey because the accessible toilet was not working.’
The Guardian, 21st November 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘This case was decided on the basis of the legal regime now replaced by the Care Act 2014 (in force since 1 April 2015).’
Garden Court Chambers, 10th November 2017
Source: www.gardencourtchambers.co.uk
‘The Court of Appeal has held that whether a person has a priority need for accommodation by reason of vulnerability requires consideration of whether he is “significantly” more vulnerable in a way that is relevant to his ability to deal with the consequences of homelessness; the question is qualitative, not quantitative.’
Arden Chambers, 19th October 2017
Source: www.ardenchambers.com
‘A blind burglar has been jailed for his 192nd offence after leading police on a chase from school raid into a river.’
Daily Telegraph, 1st October 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Gillian Geddes, barrister, of Hind Court considers the correct focus for public law arguments in support of parents with learning disabilities being allowed to care for their children.’
Family Law Week, 20th September 2017
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘Medical experts were “complicit” in allowing thousands of children to suffer deformity after resisting warnings on epilepsy drugs, campaigners have said.’
Daily Telegraph, 26th September 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A priest who denied stealing a dead parishioner’s blue badge so he could park for free said he was telling the “gospel truth.” Father Bill Haymaker, accompanied to Hove Crown Court by his official clerical dog The Venerable Mr Piddles, was found guilty of stealing the badge from woman who had died two months before and then using it in his own car.’
Daily Telegraph, 11th september 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Last Friday the Court of Appeal delivered judgment in R (Davey) v Oxfordshire CC [2017] EWCA Civ 1308. This is the first time the Court of Appeal has examined the provisions of the Care Act 2014.’
Community Care Blog, 7th September 2017
Source: communitycare11kbw.com
‘The Civil Justice Council (CJC) has recommended to government a streamlined procedure for handling fast-track noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) claims and a fixed-costs regime to go with it.’
Litigation Futures, 6th September 2017
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘The Court of Appeal has dismissed a severely disabled man’s appeal over a decision by a county council to reduce his personal budget from £1,651 per week to £950 per week and to revise his care and support plan.’
Local Government Lawyer, 4th September 2017
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Freedom of Information requests have exposed how taxpayers’ money has been spent on futile legal battles to prevent vulnerable people receiving help.’
The Independent, 29th August 2017
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The Court of Appeal last week heard a case under the Care Act 2014 for the first time, with a disabled man challenging a High Court decision that a county council had acted lawfully in deciding to reduce his weekly personal budget by 42%.’
Local Government Lawyer, 21st August 2017
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A man who claimed thousands of pounds in disability benefits despite climbing Mount Kilimanjaro, winning a triathlon and competing at the Phoenix Winter Games, has been convicted of fraud.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 20th July 2017
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘Dozens of leading charities could face insolvency within weeks after the Government ruled they must pay millions of pounds in back payments to overnight carers.’
The Independent, 19th July 2017
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The High Court is to begin hearing the legal challenge of a terminally ill man who wants the right to die. Noel Conway, who is 67 and has motor neurone disease, wants a doctor to be allowed to prescribe a lethal dose when his health deteriorates further.’
BBC News, 17th July 2017
Source: www.bbc.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
‘Aggravated damages have been awarded against the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman over its treatment of an applicant.’
Local Government Lawyer, 11th July 2017
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
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