Category: disabled persons

Regina (KM) v Cambridgeshire County Council – WLR Daily

Posted June 7th, 2012 in disabled persons, law reports, local government, social services, Supreme Court by sally

Regina (KM) v Cambridgeshire County Council [2012] UKSC 23; [2012] WLR (D) 171

“When a local authority was performing its duty under section 2 of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970 and assessing the amount to be awarded to a disabled person, it was not irrational for the authority to use its resource allocation system and its upper banding calculator to arrive at a figure which would enable the disabled person to purchase the necessary services required to meet his eligible needs.”

WLR Daily, 31st May 2012

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

GP practice ‘offloaded vulnerable patients to save money’ – The Guardian

Posted June 1st, 2012 in budgets, care homes, complaints, disabled persons, doctors, elderly, health, news by tracey

“A GP practice run by a doctor who has been of one of the most prominent supporters of Andrew Lansley’s health reforms de-registered elderly and disabled care home patients to save money, an NHS investigation has found.”

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The Guardian, 31st May 2012

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Supreme court dismisses disabled man’s care appeal in landmark ruling – The Guardian

Posted May 31st, 2012 in appeals, disabled persons, local government, news, social services, Supreme Court by tracey

“Judgment establishes that councils must not take cost into account when assessing disabled people’s care needs.”

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The Guardian, 31st May 2012

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Education Secretary Michael Gove loses High Court battle – BBC News

Posted May 18th, 2012 in budgets, children, disabled persons, education, equality, judicial review, news by sally

“Education Secretary Michael Gove has lost a High Court battle with Essex County Council over government cuts to nursery funding.”

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BBC News, 17th May 2012

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Matthew Wright investigated over disability slurs in TV poll – The Guardian

Posted May 11th, 2012 in complaints, disabled persons, media, news by tracey

“Matthew Wright’s Channel 5 daytime show is being investigated by Ofcom over a survey that used the words ‘mong’, ‘spaz’ and ‘retard’.”

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The Guardian, 10th May 2012

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Police manhandled autistic boy at swimming pool – UK Human Rights Blog

Posted March 28th, 2012 in autism, damages, disability discrimination, disabled persons, news, police, restraint by sally

“The Mental Capacity Act 2005 (MCA) was long awaited; it took nearly two decades for the Law Commission’s proposals for codification of the common law on mental capacity to make their way onto the statute books. The MCA is generally considered to be quite progressive and I often hear it described as ‘empowering’ and granting people ‘rights to autonomy’.”

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UK Human Rights Blog, 28th March 2012

Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com

Twice as many judges needed to handle benefits appeals – Daily Telegraph

Posted March 26th, 2012 in appeals, benefits, disabled persons, judiciary, news, remuneration, tribunals by sally

“Twice as many judges are needed to handle the high volume of appeals under the Government’s controversial new welfare regime, at a cost of at least £1million a year.”

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Daily Telegraph, 26th March 2012

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Autistic teenager wins damages from police after being restrained – The Guardian

Posted March 14th, 2012 in autism, damages, disabled persons, news, police, restraint by sally

“A severely autistic epileptic teenager who was pulled out of a swimming pool and restrained after he jumped in fully clothed during a school trip has won £28,250 damages from the Metropolitan police.”

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The Guardian, 14th March 2012

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Judge to rule on assisted suicide case – The Guardian

Posted March 12th, 2012 in assisted suicide, disabled persons, euthanasia, murder, news by sally

“A high court judge is to rule on whether a case brought by a man with ‘locked-in syndrome’ who wants his ‘suffering to end’ should be allowed to proceed.”

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The Guardian, 12th March 2012

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Court bans autistic woman from having sex – UK Human Rights Blog

Posted February 15th, 2012 in autism, consent, disabled persons, mental health, news, sexual offences by sally

“The Court of Protection has ruled that an autistic woman with an IQ of 64 does not have the mental capacity to engage in sexual relations, on the basis that she does not understand the implications and cannot effectively deploy the information she has understood into her decisions.”

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UK Human Rights Blog, 14th February 2012

Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com

Please stow your rights in the overhead compartment – UK Human Rights Blog

Posted February 9th, 2012 in airlines, airports, damages, disabled persons, human rights, news, treaties by sally

“If you need reminding of what it feels like when the candy-floss of human rights is abruptly snatched away, take a flight. Full body scanners and other security checks are nothing to the array of potential outrages awaiting passengers boarding an aircraft. Air passengers in general surrender their rights at the point of ticket purchase.”

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UK Human Rights Blog, 9th February 2012

Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com

Blind man’s care funding case raises profound issues, supreme court told – The Guardian

Posted February 8th, 2012 in budgets, community care, disabled persons, judiciary, local government, news by sally

“A blind man’s care funding battle with a local authority raises ‘important and profound’ issues for disabled people, the supreme court has been told.”

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The Guardian, 7th February 2012

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Supreme Court to hear social care cost arguments – BBC News

Posted February 7th, 2012 in disabled persons, local government, news, social services, Supreme Court by sally

“The Supreme Court is to hear a case challenging the way councils in England can consider their finances when assessing people for social care.”

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BBC News, 7th February 2012

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Why this case matters: R (KM) v Cambridgeshire County Council – The Guardian

Posted February 3rd, 2012 in budgets, community care, disabled persons, local government, news by sally

“The supreme court is about to hear another case that cuts to the heart of human dignity in care services.”

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The Guardian, 2nd February 2012

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Man charged with ‘drink-driving’ mobility scooter is let off – The Guardian

Posted January 19th, 2012 in alcohol abuse, disabled persons, news, road traffic offences by sally

“A man accused of drink-driving after being caught more than four times the alcohol limit while riding his mobility scooter has been let off because his vehicle was too small to be classed as a road vehicle.”

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The Guardian, 19th January 2012

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Disabled patients dying due to ‘institutional discrimination’ in NHS – Daily Telegraph

Posted January 3rd, 2012 in disability discrimination, disabled persons, health, learning difficulties, news, reports by tracey

“More than 70 disabled patients have died because of mistakes by hospital staff in the past decade, it was claimed. Mencap, a disability charity, described the findings in its report as damning, adding that as a result of ‘institutional discrimination in the NHS’ people were needlessly dying.’ ”

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Daily Telegraph, 3rd January 2012

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Harsher sentences for murderers of transgender and disabled people: a step in the right direction but greater reform is needed – Halsbury’s Law Exchange

Posted December 13th, 2011 in disabled persons, murder, news, sentencing by sally

“On hearing of the Ministry of Justice’s plan to raise the starting point for the minimum term in murder cases where victims are transgender or disabled, you would be forgiven for expressing surprise that there was an existing disparity. We pride ourselves on being alive to equality and here is a glaring and shameful example of imbalance to the detriment of a vulnerable minority.”

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Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 13th December 2011

Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk

Heather Mills’ chauffeur in disabled badge fraud – Daily Telegraph

Posted December 9th, 2011 in disabled persons, fines, fraud, news, parking by tracey

“A former chauffeur to Heather Mills made an illegal copy of her disabled parking badge with her ‘full knowledge and consent’, a court has heard.”

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Daily Telegraph, 9th December 2011

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Cardiff waterslide woman jailed for £20,000 benefit con – BBC News

Posted December 6th, 2011 in benefits, disabled persons, fraud, news, sentencing by sally

“A woman who claimed nearly £20,000 in benefits intended for severely disabled people has been jailed after she was filmed going down a water slide.”

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BBC News, 5th December 2011

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Wiltshire ‘right to die’ man seeks High Court ruling – BBC News

Posted November 29th, 2011 in disabled persons, euthanasia, immunity, news by sally

“A severely disabled man from Wiltshire is to ask the High Court to allow a doctor to end his life.”

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BBC News, 29th November 2011

Source: www.bbc.co.uk