Adult social care | Wednesday 2 August 2017
Local Health Boards in Wales were wrong not to fund registered nurse in care home where care may involve provision of social care
R (on the application of Forge Care Homes Ltd and others) (Appellants) v Cardiff and Vale University Health Board and others (Respondents) [2017] UKSC 56 on appeal from [2016] EWCA Civ 26, 2 August 2017
Adult social care | Tuesday 1 August 2017
Failure to apply the ‘well-being principle’ in the Care Act 2014
JF, R (on the application of JF acting through his mother and litigation friend KF) v The London Borough of Merton (Rev 1) [2017] EWHC 1519 (Admin), 30 June 2017
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
Mental health | Tuesday 1 August 2017
Court of Appeal finds conditions of detention are not within the Tribunal’s jurisdiction
Djaba v West London Mental Health Trust & Anor [2017] EWCA Civ 436, 28 June 2017 The appeal concerned the narrow issue of whether the statutory tests within ss 72, 73 and 145 of the MHA required a "proportionality assessment" to be conducted, pursu
