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R (MM) v LB of Lewisham [2009] EWHC 416 (Admin) Slapped wrists all round for Lewisham's Children's Social Care Services in another Children Act 1989 "child in need" case, but in this case the issue was not whether the claimant was a child, but whether she...
The House of Lords will be giving judgment in Glasgow CC v Mitchell on Wednesday 18 Feb 09 (link is to a .pdf). This is a case that we've missed so far but, in essence, is about the scope of the duty of care (if any) owed by a landlord to their tenants in...
The Court of Appeal has - today - given judgment in R (Liverpool CC) v London Borough of Hillingdon and Ayan Khan (interested party) [2009] EWCA Civ 1702, a case concerning two local authorities who were in dispute over which one of them should be providing...
The housing/social services relationship is one of the "hot topics" in housing law at the moment and, before we come to R (on the application of A) v Coventry City Council [2009] EWHC 34 (Admin), a bit of background is needed. A bit of background There are...
R (Hassan) v Croydon LBC (Admin Court 13 January 2009. Only reported so far in Arden Chambers eflash 336) was a judicial review on the discretion to secure accommodation pending s.202 review under s.188(3) HA 1996 and whether a potential duty under s.20...
"That is the question, easy to ask but not so easy to answer" - as it takes the Court of Appeal 40 pages (right before Christmas, thank you very much, hence this rather late note) to answer that question in R (A) v LB Croydon; R (M) v LB Lambeth [2008] EWCA...
AC, R (on the application of) v Birmingham City Council [2008] EWHC 3036 (Admin) was a judicial review which concerned funding for an illegal overstayer and her family under s.17 Children Act 1989, although it would also apply for s.20 funding. The Claimant...
I am strangely and unaccountably late with this one - I can only presume it was released late by Bailii and it was August anyway. But finally, here is R(M) v Barnet LBC [2008] EWHC 2354 (Admin), a judicial review on a decision to assist a 17 year old under...
As the case of YL v Birmingham has been the subject of some comment on Nearly Legal I thought that readers may be interested to know that the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Commencement No. 4) Order 2008 SI 2008/2994 has brought s. 145 of the Health and...
Verna Wilson & Ors, R (on the application of) v Coventry City Council [2008] EWHC 2300 (Admin) was a judicial review of the decisions by Coventry and Havering councils to close care homes with elderly residents suffering from dementia or physical...
R (on the application of M) (FC) (Respondent) v Slough Borough Council [2008] UKHL 52 is a House of Lords case concerning Local Authority obligations under the National Assistance Act 1948, and specifically when the authority is obliged to arrange and pay...
This is a significant case on whether Social Services or Housing Departments have a duty to accommodate a homeless child and whether a s.20 Children Act duty arises. G, R (on the application of) v London Borough of Southwark [2008] EWCA Civ 877 was a case in...