Welfare benefits | Friday 18 December 2020
Social Welfare Update: Payments from discretionary trust did not disentitle claimant from income-related ESA
Blog by Desmond Rutledge of the Garden Court Chambers Welfare Benefits Law Team. SM v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (ESA) [2020] UKUT 265 (AAC)
Capacity, Court of Protection, Mental health | Friday 18 December 2020
Social Welfare Update: Mental Health Act 1983 conditional discharge and authorisation of deprivation of liberty under MCA 2005 Sch. A1 - whose decision is it anyway?
Blog by Helen Curtis of the Garden Court Chambers Mental Health Law Team. MC v Cygnet Behavioural Health Ltd and The Secretary of State for Justice [2020] UKUT 230 (AAC)
Adult social care, Health care | Wednesday 23 December 2020
Social Welfare Update: Legality of Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Self-Isolation) (England) Regulations 2020 upheld; meaning of self-isolation
Blog by Tim Baldwin of the Garden Court Chambers Community Care Team. R (on the application of Francis) v Secretary of State for Health and Social Care [2020] EWHC 3287(Admin)
Adult social care, Health care, Migrant support | Thursday 17 December 2020
Social Welfare Update: Advance payments for NHS Treatment and Foreign Nationals – guidance changes
Blog by Tim Baldwin of the Garden Court Chambers Community Care Team. R (on the application of MP) v Secretary of State for Health and Social Care [2020] EWCA Civ 1634
