The impact of the Equality Act 2010 on the exercise of public functions has been considerable. A recent scottish case, DM v Fife Council...
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So now we know. In a letter to the solicitors acting for a homeless litigant challenging a decison that they are ineligible for housing...
The House of Lords Select Committee has released its report into the impact of the Equality Act on disabled people. It does not make...
In a judgment handed down today in LB Southwark v KA, MA & RN (Capacity to Marry) [2016] EWHC 661 (Fam), Parker J considers the necessary...
CCMS is due to become mandatory for all civil categories of certificated work on 1 April, however there have been a number of issues...
In CN & Anor v Poole Borough Council [2016] EWHC 569 (QB), the Divisional Court rejected an argument that D v East Berkshire NHS Trust...
Many community care JRs start with a routine challenge against an alleged failure to assess a potential recipient of services. More...
The Court of Appeal has expedited two important appeals against decisions by Charles J, President of the Upper Tribunal, both of which...
In Re JM [2016] EWCOP, Charles J's stinging rebuke to the Secretaries of State for Health and Justice respectively to "step up to the...
Yesterday, the Department of Health issued a new circular, Local authority circular - charging for care and support LAC(DH)(2016)2,...
An increasingly popular tactic for hard up local authorities trying to get out of supporting destitute families is to cry fraud at the...
The Immigration Bill 2015 is at report stage in the House of Lords. The Bill makes sweeping changes to the support currently available...