statutory duty – Current Awareness

Joe Tomlinson, Angela Paul, and Jed Meers: Are Statutory Duties to Protect the ‘Vulnerable’ a Good Idea? – UK Constitutional Law Association

Posted April 17th, 2024 in benefits, constitutional law, government departments, news, statutory duty by sally

‘The Work and Pensions Committee is conducting an inquiry on a highly important matter: how vulnerable welfare claimants are safeguarded by the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP), and whether changes ought to be made. In the course of this work, it has raised this important question: should the DWP be placed under a statutory duty for safeguarding vulnerable claimants?’

UK Constitutional Law Association, 16th April 2024

Source: ukconstitutionallaw.org

Duties to report child abuse in England – House of Commons Library

Posted February 29th, 2024 in child abuse, news, notification, statutory duty by sally

‘A briefing on reporting child abuse in England, including Government plans to introduce a mandatory reporting duty.’

House of Commons Library, 28th February 2024

Source: commonslibrary.parliament.uk

Consultation on Martyn’s law published but questions remain – OUT-LAW.com

Posted February 15th, 2024 in bills, consultations, health & safety, legislative drafting, news, statutory duty, terrorism by sally

‘The UK government’s consultation on proposed changes to the requirements for standard tier premises under draft anti-terrorism legislation confirms a commitment to proportionality. However, questions remain, including on what businesses must do to protect against acts of terrorism, an expert has said.’

OUT-LAW.com, 14th February 2024

Source: www.pinsentmasons.com

Section 117 after-care statutory guidance – a missed opportunity? – Local Government Lawyer

Posted February 6th, 2024 in detention, local government, mental health, news, statutory duty by tracey

‘Lee Parkhill reviews new Government guidance on the joint duty under s.117 of the Mental Health Act 1983.’

Local Government Lawyer, 2nd February 2024

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

A Justiciable Right to Housing? The UK Supreme Court’s Decision in R (Imam) v London Borough of Croydon – Oxford Human Rights Hub

Posted January 24th, 2024 in appeals, homelessness, housing, human rights, local government, news, statutory duty, Supreme Court by sally

‘In a December 2023 decision, the UK Supreme Court sought to clarify how courts should use their remedial discretion to make mandatory orders against local authorities. In doing so, the Court arguably made the right to be provided with housing (in the form of suitable accommodation) a justiciable right for certain categories of homeless persons.’

Oxford Human Rights Hub, 23rd January 2024

Source: ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk

High Court finds council in breach of duties to disabled child – Local Government Lawyer

Posted December 8th, 2023 in children, disabled persons, families, local government, news, statutory duty by michael

‘In TS, R (on the application of) v The London Borough of Hackney [2023] EWHC 3063 (Admin), Jonathan Glasson KC, sitting as a Deputy Judge of the High Court, quashed the council’s assessment and care planning decision, concluding that the decision making in relation to the care package was “flawed”.’

Local Government Lawyer, 7th December 2023

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

Saying you are broke isn’t enough to avoid a duty – suitable accommodation and resources – Nearly Legal

Posted December 4th, 2023 in appeals, budgets, housing, landlord & tenant, local government, news, statutory duty by tracey

‘Imam, R (on the application of) v London Borough of Croydon (2023) UKSC 45. This is the long awaited Supreme Court decision in Imam v Croydon on what conditions a court should have regard to in deciding whether to make a mandatory order that the local authority comply with its section 193(2) Housing Act 1996 duty to provide suitable accommodation. At first instance, Croydon have avoided a mandatory order, despite Ms Imam having been in what was acknowledged to be unsuitable accommodation for what was then 5 years, in part on the basis of a fairly general assertion that LB Croydon had no suitable houses and no money (our note here). This was reversed by the Court of Appeal (our note here), which held that a pleading of lack of resources would have to be demonstrated in detail, with evidence of steps taken, before a court would accept this as a reason not to make a mandatory order.’

Nearly Legal, 3rd December 2023

Source: nearlylegal.co.uk

Homelessness – Local Government Law

Posted November 29th, 2023 in appeals, homelessness, housing, local government, news, statutory duty, Supreme Court by sally

‘The central issue before the Supreme Court is R (Imam) v London Borough of Croydon (2023) UKSC 45, in which Judgment was given on 28 November 2023, was whether, and, if so, in what way, a local authority’s lack of financial or other resources should be taken into consideration when a Court is deciding whether to grant a Mandatory Order against the authority in order to enforce its undoubted statutory duty (paragraph 37) towards a homeless individual under Section 193(2) of the Housing Act 1996.’

Local Government Law, 29th November 2023

Source: local-government-law.11kbw.com

Arbitration Bill aims to retain pre-eminence of England and Wales – Legal Futures

Posted November 23rd, 2023 in arbitration, bills, disclosure, news, statutory duty by sally

‘The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) yesterday published the Arbitration Bill, including a new statutory duty on arbitrators to disclose anything which might give rise to “justifiable doubts” about their impartiality.’

Legal Futures, 23rd November 2023

Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk

Online Safety Act becomes UK law with more detail on duties imminent – OUT-LAW.com

Posted October 30th, 2023 in children, internet, news, statutory duty by tracey

‘Content platforms in the UK can expect to receive more details on the steps they might need to take to address the risk of illegal online harms on 9 November, a regulator has confirmed after the Online Safety Act passed into UK law.’

OUT-LAW.com, 27th October 2023

Source: www.pinsentmasons.com

Government faces legal challenge over ‘unlawful segregation’ of asylum seekers – The Guardian

Posted October 26th, 2023 in asylum, housing, ministers' powers and duties, news, statutory duty by sally

‘The Home Office has been accused of unlawfully segregating asylum seekers from the local population based on their nationality by “falsely imprisoning” them on a remote Essex airbase.’

The Guardian, 25th October 2023

Source: www.theguardian.com

Distance, affordability, suitability – Nearly Legal

Posted August 29th, 2023 in benefits, equality, homelessness, housing, local government, news, statutory duty by sally

‘This was the second appeal from a review decision upholding the suitability of an offer of a private sector tenancy in Walsall in discharge of Waltham Forest’s s.193 duty to Ms Webb-Harden. Ms Webb-Harden is a single mother with three children, who had lived in London all her life. She had become homeless from the termination of a private sector tenancy.’

Nearly Legal, 28th August 2023

Source: nearlylegal.co.uk

Home Office breached statutory duty to ensure provision of adequate accommodation for pregnant asylum seeker and children – Garden Court Chambers

Posted August 2nd, 2023 in asylum, chambers articles, children, families, government departments, housing, immigration, news, pregnancy, refugees, statutory duty by sally

‘The Claimant was a destitute asylum-seeker who was heavily pregnant and the mother of three young children.’

Garden Court Chambers, 31st July 2023

Source: www.gardencourtchambers.co.uk

Suitability appeal – don’t ignore evidence of need – Nearly Legal

Posted July 31st, 2023 in appeals, autism, children, disabled persons, equality, families, homelessness, housing, local government, news, statutory duty by tracey

‘Our grateful thanks to Daniel Grütters of One Pump Court for the following note and copy of the judgment in a section 204 appeal on the suitability of temporary accommodation.’

Nearly Legal, 28th July 2023

Source: nearlylegal.co.uk

Ruling confirms Building Safety Act’s impact on retrospective defect claims – OUT-LAW.com

Posted July 17th, 2023 in appeals, building law, construction industry, limitations, news, statutory duty, time limits by tracey

‘A new ruling has highlighted how claims concerning building defects that would otherwise be time-barred can still be raised under the 2022 Building Safety Act, an expert has said.’

OUT-LAW.com, 14th July 2023

Source: www.pinsentmasons.com

Think of other ways to meet the duty – Nearly Legal

Posted June 8th, 2023 in children, disabled persons, housing, judicial review, local government, news, statutory duty by tracey

‘Our grateful thanks to Eleri Griffiths and Martin Hodgson of One Pump Court for the following note of a judicial review of LB Harrow’s failure to provide suitable accommodation under section 193 Housing Act 1996, following on from Elkundi (our note) and while we await the Supreme Court decision in Imam v LB Croydon on mandatory orders in such cases.’

Nearly Legal, 4th June 2023

Source: nearlylegal.co.uk

Housing case law update – April 2023 – Local Government Lawyer

Posted May 19th, 2023 in homelessness, housing, local government, London, mental health, news, repossession, statutory duty by tracey

‘Emily Howe, Kelly Lloyd and Laura Waby round up the latest housing law judgments of interest to housing associations and local authorities.’

Local Government Lawyer, 17th May 2023

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

Suitability duties and reasonable preferences that weren’t unreasonable – Nearly Legal

Posted May 10th, 2023 in disabled persons, homelessness, housing, judicial review, local government, news, statutory duty by sally

‘A judicial review on three grounds:

i) Breach of section 193(2) Housing Act 1996 duty to secure suitable accommodation;

ii) The Westminster’s allocation policy was unlawful in that it denied the applicant medical need priority reasonable preference, restricting him to homeless reasonable preference; and

iii) Breach of the duty under section 166A(9)(a)(ii) Housing Act 1996 to provide the applicant sufficient information to permit the applicant to determine whether housing accommodation appropriate to his needs is likely to be available to him and, if so, how long it is likely to be before such accommodation becomes available for allocation to him.’

Nearly Legal, 8th May 2023

Source: nearlylegal.co.uk

Suitability review – excluding information, and ending existing accommodation – Nearly Legal

Posted May 2nd, 2023 in housing, landlord & tenant, local government, news, statutory duty by tracey

‘Querino v Cambridge City Council. County Court at Cambridge, 29 March 2023. Continuing the trend (of which I wholeheartedly approve) of people sending me notes of judgments, the following is a note of a s.204 appeal of a suitability review decision from Toby Vanhegan of 4-5 Gray’s Inn and Manjinder Atwal of Duncan Lewis, for which we are very grateful. The issues were i) whether a “minded to” letter should have been sent, ii) whether the council should have been satisfied that the applicant could end his licence in time to take up the offer of Part VI accommodation, and iii) the review officer had wrongly excluded the applicant’s supporting material from CAFCASS.’

Nearly Legal, 1st May 2023

Source: nearlylegal.co.uk

‘Failure to prevent’ fraud offence to apply in UK to large organisations – OUT-LAW.com

Posted April 14th, 2023 in bills, chambers articles, company law, crime prevention, fraud, news, statutory duty by tracey

‘A new criminal offence of failing to prevent fraud is to be added to UK law and applied to large businesses and other large organisations.’

OUT-LAW.com, 12th April 2023

Source: www.pinsentmasons.com

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