Social Welfare Updates

Our social welfare pages provide bite-sized updates on recent case-law and policy, written by Garden Court barristers specialising in adult social care, children’s services, Court of Protection (health and welfare), housing and homelessness, and welfare benefits.

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Connor Johnston

Housing | Wednesday 30 January 2019

Social Welfare Update: Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED) and possession proceedings (1)

Forward v Aldwyck Housing Group Limited [2019] EWHC 24 (QB), 11 January 2019

Connor Johnston

Housing | Monday 17 December 2018

Article 8 and private landlords

FJM v United Kingdon, European Court of Human Rights (First Section) Application no. 76202/16, 29 November 2018

Connor Johnston

Housing | Monday 17 December 2018

Section 21: validity of notice served by head landlord on sub-tenant

Barrow and Amey v Kazim, Kazim and Mustafa  [2018] EWCA Civ 2414, 17 October 2018

Capacity, Children | Friday 26 October 2018

Teenagers, secure accommodation and the relevance of consent

Re T (A Child) [2018] EWCA Civ 2136

Capacity, Court of Protection | Friday 19 October 2018

Court decides P has capacity to consent to sexual relations but contraception device is to remain in place without P’s knowledge

P (Sexual Relations and Contraception) v 2, [2018] EWCOP 10, 18 April 2018, Baker J

Desmond Rutledge

Welfare benefits | Tuesday 16 October 2018

Upper Tribunal confirms that making a claim for universal credit (UC) in itself will trigger a transfer to the UC universal credit system - even if the claimant later withdraws the UC claim

Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs v LD (TC): [2018] UKUT 306 (AAC), Judge Jacobs, 18 September 2018

Connor Johnston

Housing | Monday 15 October 2018

Who is an ‘aggrieved’ person for the purposes of EPA proceedings?

Watkins v Aged Merchant Seamen's Homes and Historic Property Restoration Limited [2018] EWHC 2410 (Admin), 17 April 2018

Connor Johnston

Housing | Monday 15 October 2018

Application of notice requirement under s21(1B) Housing Act 1988 during probationary period of AST

Livewest Homes Ltd v Bamber [2018] EWHC 2454 (QB), 27 September 2018

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