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 | Friday 15 July 2016

Destination of appeals on costs

R (Lopes) v London Borough of Croydon [2016] EWCA Civ 465, 24 May 2016

Connor Johnston

Housing, Mental health | Tuesday 12 July 2016

Requirements of lawful housing needs assessment

R (Smajlaj) v London Borough of Waltham Forest [2016] EWHC 1240 (Admin), Judge A Grubb, 26 May 2016

Adult social care, Children, Migrant support | Monday 4 July 2016

Immigration Act 2016: Immigration Control materials

We have collated a selection of important case law, orders, legislation, treaties, policy guidance and briefings that you may find helpful regarding the Immigration Act 2016, with a focus on immigration control.

Adult social care, Children, Housing, Migrant support | Tuesday 28 June 2016

Immigration Act 2016: Barriers to Support materials

We have collated a selection of important case law, orders, legislation, treaties, policy guidance and briefings that you may find helpful regarding the Immigration Act 2016 and barriers to support.

Children, Migrant support | Tuesday 24 May 2016

Immigration Act 2016

The Immigration Act 2016 received royal assent on 12 May 2016 and makes significant amendments to schedule 3 of the Nationality Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 ('NIAA 2002').

Children | Tuesday 24 May 2016

Credibility a factor in local authority decision on whether children are destitute and ‘in need’ of s17 support

R (on the application of AE & AO) v Lewishan LBC (extempore judgment on 6 May 2016)

Children, Housing | Tuesday 24 May 2016

Local authority breaches Children Act 1989 for failure to provide accommodation to child with unsocialised conduct disorder

JG, MG v Kent County Council, TG as interested party [2016] EWHC 1102 (Admin)

Connor Johnston

Children, Education, Migrant support | Tuesday 24 May 2016

New regulations to allow certain young migrants to access student loans and other support

The Education (Student Fees, Awards and Support) (Amendment) Regulations 2016

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