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Children | Tuesday 4 October 2016
Cross-border secure accommodation orders pursuant to Section 25 of the Children Act 1989
X (A child) and Y (A child) [2016] EWHC 2271 (Fam), 12 September 2016 The practice of local authorities and courts making use of secure accommodation units available in Scotland to address the shortage of such accommodation in England has raised cross-
Children | Tuesday 4 October 2016
Discharge of Section 20 Children Act 1989 duty to provide accommodation to a 17-year-old boy who repeatedly refused to be placed
R (on the application of A) v Haringey LBC, unreported, Queen’s Bench Division (Administrative Court), 16 September 2016 A local authority had done all that was reasonably practicable to discharge its duty pursuant to s.20 of the Children Act 1989 to p
Court of Protection | Tuesday 4 October 2016
Inherent jurisdiction for vulnerable adults does not include power of arrest
Re FD (Inherent Jurisdiction: Power of Arrest), HHJ Clifford Bellamy, sitting as a High Court Judge, 28 September 2016 The issue was whether a power of arrest may be attached to an injunction granted by the High Court under its inherent jurisdiction in
Welfare benefits | Tuesday 4 October 2016
Whether an EEA national could rely on an European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) as comprehensive sickness insurance cover
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions v GS (PC) [2016] UKUT 394 (AAC), 16 August 2016 The claimant was an Italian National who had lived and worked in the UK for several periods over many years. During his most recent period of residence from 2004 h
Education | Monday 3 October 2016
Article 9 ECHR proportionality assessment in the context of removal from the register of Independent Education Institutions in England
Cityside Primary Trust v Secretary of State for Education [2016] 2600.INS, 6 August 2016 Cityside Primary Trust appealed against the decision of the Secretary of State to remove Ayasofia Primary School from the register of Independent Education Instit
Housing | Monday 3 October 2016
Amendment to rules on eligibility for homelessness assistance
Today the Government has laid the Allocation of Housing and Homelessness (Eligibility) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 before Parliament. These regulations will amend the Allocation of Housing and Homelessness (Eligibility) (England) Regulations
Welfare benefits | Thursday 29 September 2016
Overcoming the gap between the end of employment and claiming JSA
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (IS) v MM [2015] UKUT 128 (AAC) (Judge White), 18 March 2015 Addressing the delay between the end of employment and claiming JSA in a case where the claimant’s employment ended on 8 April 2011 and JSA was not cl
Health care | Thursday 29 September 2016
Junior doctors lose their judicial review challenge to Jeremy Hunt’s new contract
The claimant group, Justice for Health, brought the claim for judicial review arguing the new contract was "unsafe and unsustainable" and that Jeremy Hunt did not have the power to impose it. However, Mr Justice Green ruled the Health Secretary had acted
