Latest Updates
Adult social care, Housing, Mental health | Thursday 1 July 2021
Proposed return to sheltered accommodation did not breach Local Authority and CCG’s duties under s117 MHA 1983
Blog post by Tim Baldwin of the Garden Court Chambers Community Care Team. R. (on the application of ZK, by her litigation friend, JU) v Norfolk County Council, Norfolk and Waveney CCG and LB Camden [2021] EWHC 1249 (Admin)
Welfare benefits | Thursday 1 July 2021
Universal credit policy on deductions for court fines unlawful as it did not contain exception for financial hardship
Blog by Desmond Rutledge of the Garden Court Chambers Welfare Benefits Law Team. R (Blundel & Ors) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2021] EWHC 608 (Admin)
Migrant support | Thursday 1 July 2021
Napier barracks not ‘adequate’ accommodation for asylum-seekers
Sonali Naik QC and Ali Bandegani of Garden Court Chambers represented interveners JCWI. Blog post by Connor Johnston of the Garden Court Chambers Community Care Team.
Housing | Thursday 1 July 2021
Court of Appeal considers affordability of accommodation in appeal concerning intentional homelessness
Edward Fitzpatrick and Matthew Ahluwalia, both of the Garden Court Chambers Housing Team, acted for the Appellant, instructed by Kevin Long of Hackney Community Law Centre.
Welfare benefits | Thursday 1 July 2021
Change to DWP guidance on recovering hardship payments for sanctioned Universal Credit claimants
Matthew Ahluwalia of the Garden Court Chambers Welfare Benefits Team was one of the counsel in the case. He was instructed by Sarah Clarke and Emma Vincent Miller of Public Law Project.
Adult social care, Children, Health care, Mental health | Thursday 1 July 2021
High Court orders fresh assessment of 16-year-old's needs after Discharge Care Programme Approach document under s117 MHA 1983 deemed unlawful
Blog post by Tim Baldwin of the Garden Court Chambers Community Care Team. R. (on the application of AK, by her mother and litigation friend GK) v Islington LBC, North Central London Clinical Commissioning Group [2021] EWHC 301 (Admin)
Housing | Friday 30 April 2021
Social Welfare Update: Security of tenure for person accommodated by local authority under Everyone In
Blog post by Connor Johnston of the Garden Court Housing Team. R (Abudah Ali Ibrahim) v Haringey LBC and Capital Home Services Ltd [2021] EWHC 731 (QB), 30 March 2021
Adult social care, Welfare benefits | Friday 30 April 2021
Social Welfare Update: Norfolk Council’s policy on charging for services unlawfully discriminated against severely disabled service-users and breached their Human Rights
Blog post by Tim Baldwin of the Garden Court Chambers Community Care Team. R (SH acting through her mother and litigation friend MH) v Norfolk CC [2020] EWHC 3436 (Admin): Griffiths J
