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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Bethan Harris

Capacity, Court of Protection | Tuesday 23 April 2019

Social Welfare Update: High Court's inherent jurisdiction for the protection of vulnerable adults - permission to appeal refused against interim order requiring a person to reside in a care home

A Local Authority v BF [2018] EWCA Civ 2962, Baker LJ, 1 December 2018

Connor Johnston

Adult social care, Housing | Tuesday 23 April 2019

Social Welfare Update: Occupation agreement with homeless applicant did not attract security of tenure

Mohamed v Barnet LBC [2019] EWHC 1012 (QB), 17 April 2019

Connor Johnston

Housing | Tuesday 23 April 2019

Social Welfare Update: 10-year residence requirement in allocation scheme discriminatory

Ward v Hillingdon LBC; Gullu v Hillingdon LBC [2019] EWCA Civ 692, 16 April 2019

Connor Johnston

Housing | Thursday 31 January 2019

Social Welfare Update: Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED) and possession proceedings (2)

Powell v Dacorum BC [2019] EWCA 23, 24 January 2019

Connor Johnston

Housing | Wednesday 30 January 2019

Social Welfare Update: Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED) and possession proceedings (1)

Forward v Aldwyck Housing Group Limited [2019] EWHC 24 (QB), 11 January 2019

Connor Johnston

Housing | Monday 17 December 2018

Article 8 and private landlords

FJM v United Kingdon, European Court of Human Rights (First Section) Application no. 76202/16, 29 November 2018

Connor Johnston

Housing | Monday 17 December 2018

Section 21: validity of notice served by head landlord on sub-tenant

Barrow and Amey v Kazim, Kazim and Mustafa  [2018] EWCA Civ 2414, 17 October 2018

Capacity, Children | Friday 26 October 2018

Teenagers, secure accommodation and the relevance of consent

Re T (A Child) [2018] EWCA Civ 2136

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