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Court of Protection | Monday 31 July 2017
Applications before the court concerning the degree to which a person without capacity should be assisted in observing Islamic religious custom and practice in a supported care home
IH (Observance of Muslim Practice) [2017] EWCOP 9, 12 June 2017, Cobb J The first application was in respect of adherence to fasting during Ramadan and the second in respect of the trimming of IH’s axillary and pubic hair in accordance with Islamic cul
Court of Protection | Monday 31 July 2017
S21A MCA 2005 not appropriate where the central issue was whether CANH life-sustaining treatment was in a person’s best interests
Director of Legal Aid Casework (1) Secretaries of State for Health and for Justice (2) The Official Solicitor (3) v Briggs [2017] EWCA Civ 1169, 31 July 2017, President of the Queen’s Bench Division (Sir Brian Leveson), Lady Justice King and Lord Justice
Children | Monday 31 July 2017
High Court finds local authority breached Children Act 1989 for failing to carry out lawful assessment of autistic child
R (on the application of AC and SH) v London Borough of Lambeth Council [2017] EWHC 1796 (Admin) Case NO: CO/84/2017, 14 July 2017 The High Court has found that Lambeth London Borough Council failed to carry out a sufficiently wide, statutory guidance-
Welfare benefits | Monday 31 July 2017
The need for balance when assessing the claimant’s evidence
VS v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (ESA): [2017] UKUT 274 (AAC) (Upper Tribunal Judge E. Jacobs) 30 June 2017
Welfare benefits | Monday 31 July 2017
Citizens Advice and National Federation of ALMOs call on the Government to pause the roll-out of Universal Credit
In their report ‘Delivering Universal Credit’, Citizens Advice ask the Government to pause the roll-out of full service Universal Credit (UC) to enable time to fix the problems that have become evident in full service UC areas.
Adult social care | Sunday 30 July 2017
Cutting personal budgets for care
Davey, R (On the Application Of) v Oxfordshire County Council [2017] EWHC 354 (Admin) 27 February 2017. The claimant has quadriplegic cerebral palsy and severe visual impairment. He is dependent on a wheelchair, needed assistance with all his personal
Housing | Thursday 6 July 2017
Distinction between improvements and repairs
Dodd v Raebarn Estates Ltd [2017] EWCA Civ 439, 21 June 2017
Housing | Wednesday 5 July 2017
Service occupiers: exclusion from security of tenure regime compatible with ECHR
Hertfordshire County Council v Davies [2017] EWHC 1488 (QB), 21 June 2017
