Latest Updates
Adult social care, Housing | Monday 24 June 2024
R (Campbell) v LB Ealing [2024] – the meaning of s23 Care Act 2014
Blog post by Bethan Harris of the Garden Court Housing & Community Care Law Team.
Housing | Thursday 25 April 2024
Government consultation on “reforms to social housing allocations”, publicised as “British homes for British workers”
Blog post by Liz Davies KC of the Garden Court Housing Team.
Housing, Migrant support | Thursday 25 April 2024
Asylum accommodation and the Public Sector Equality Duty: the need for statistical monitoring
Blog post by Ollie Persey of the Garden Court Community Care Team.
Housing, Welfare benefits | Thursday 25 April 2024
Ensuring equal access to social welfare: The impact of SSWP v AT on welfare benefits and access to housing
Blog post by Georgie Rea of the Garden Court Chambers Community Care Team.
Adult social care, Housing, Mental health | Thursday 1 July 2021
Proposed return to sheltered accommodation did not breach Local Authority and CCG’s duties under s117 MHA 1983
Blog post by Tim Baldwin of the Garden Court Chambers Community Care Team. R. (on the application of ZK, by her litigation friend, JU) v Norfolk County Council, Norfolk and Waveney CCG and LB Camden [2021] EWHC 1249 (Admin)
Housing | Thursday 1 July 2021
Court of Appeal considers affordability of accommodation in appeal concerning intentional homelessness
Edward Fitzpatrick and Matthew Ahluwalia, both of the Garden Court Chambers Housing Team, acted for the Appellant, instructed by Kevin Long of Hackney Community Law Centre.
Housing | Friday 30 April 2021
Social Welfare Update: Security of tenure for person accommodated by local authority under Everyone In
Blog post by Connor Johnston of the Garden Court Housing Team. R (Abudah Ali Ibrahim) v Haringey LBC and Capital Home Services Ltd [2021] EWHC 731 (QB), 30 March 2021
Housing | Friday 30 April 2021
Social Welfare Update: Circumstances in which court will grant mandatory order requiring local authority to provide ‘suitable’ accommodation
Blog post by Connor Johnston of the Garden Court Housing Team. R (Imam) v The London Borough of Croydon [2021] EWHC 739 (Admin), 26 March 2021
