Children, Migrant support | Friday 30 April 2021
Social Welfare Update: High Court confirms urgency - and mandatory obligations - for Local Authorities to progress EUSS applications on behalf of children and care leavers
Blog post by Gráinne Mellon of the Garden Court Chambers Community Care Team. Re W and Re Z (EU Settled Status for Looked After Children) [2021] EWHC 783 (Fam), 31 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
Adult social care | Friday 30 April 2021
Social Welfare Update: High Court holds a patient was "ordinarily resident", for the purposes of funding s 117 aftercare, in second local authority's area immediately before second period of detention
Blog post by Tim Baldwin of the Garden Court Chambers Community Care Team. R (on the application of Worcestershire County Council) v Secretary of State for Health and Social Care [2021] EWHC 682 (Admin): Linden J
Children, Health care | Friday 30 April 2021
Social Welfare Update: Parental responsibility and access to puberty blockers for transgender children
Blog post by Ollie Persey of the Garden Court Chambers Community Care Team. AB v CD & Ors [2021] EWHC 741 (Fam)
