Articles tagged Community care
Children Act – housing and education
C, R (on the application of) v London Borough of Lambeth [2008] EWHC 1230 (Admin) is, in the end, mainly concerned with education, but there is quite a bit of interest to housing people.
The issue was the duties owed to the Claimant under s.23 and s.24 Children Act 1989.
The Claimant had been in care with [...]
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X v Hounslow
I have now got hold of the judgment in X v Hounslow [2008] All ER 337 (May) (thanks to assorted helpful sprites). [Edit 23/06/08 - now up on Bailii]. Previous posts on this one are here and here – this was the case that apparently instituted a potential duty of care for local authorities to [...]
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Housing for children
A couple of recent cases concerning local authorities’ duties under s.20 Childrens Act 1989
R (On The Application of M) (Fc) V London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham Appellate Committee [2008] UKHL 14 concerns the varied responsibilities of Social Services and Housing depts. The duties under s.20 Childrens Act towards 16 – 18 year olds [...]
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