‘The safety net to ensure that vulnerable claimants are provided with legal aid and access to justice does not work, the high court has ruled.’
The Guardian, 15th July 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘In determining the ordinary residence of an adult, who lacked mental capacity to choose where to live, it was incorrect to apply a test that by reason of such incapacity he was in the same position as a small child and that his ordinary residence was that of his parents because that was his base.’
WLR Daily, 8th July 2015
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Mathieson v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions: [2015] UKSC 47; [2015] WLR (D) 296
‘The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions violated the Convention rights of a severely disabled child when he suspended payment to him of disability living allowance once he had been an in-patient in an NHS hospital for more than 84 weeks.’
WLR Daily, 8th July 2015
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
‘The Supreme Court has rejected a Court of Appeal ruling on who has financial responsibility for the care of an adult with physical and learning disabilities, instead ruling that the local authority initially responsible for meeting his needs as a child should be responsible for his care after the age of 18.’
Local Government Lawyer, 9th July 2015
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘An application for an extension of time to serve medical evidence by a litigant in person with a mental health disability was refused where there had been a number of breaches and considerable delay, effectivly bringing proceedings to a halt. Appeal to Court of Appeal dismissed.’
Zenith PI Blog, 26th June 2015
Source: www.zenithpi.wordpress.com
‘Court hears Ian Salter-Bromley, 55, stuck a sucker dart on his forehead and filled his mouth with dominoes before shouting: ‘Exterminate! Exterminate!”
Full story
Daily Telegraph, 23rd June 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘In an unusual judgment, the Court of Appeal has ruled that streamlined procedures introduced by the Court of Protection must not prevent people who lack capacity from participating in or having legal representation at hearings affecting their liberty.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 16th June 2015
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The family of a man said to be in a state of “low awareness” after sustaining a brain injury have launched a legal fight to prevent a health trust from halting treatment that is keeping him alive. The patient, in his 40s, is being treated in a hospital intensive care unit. Specialist doctors say it is very unlikely that he will regain any level of consciousness.’
The Guardian, 11th June 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A 12-year-old boy has been awarded £120,000 by a court that agreed he had been left severely disabled by narcolepsy triggered by the swine flu vaccine, following a three-year battle in which the government had claimed that his illness was not serious enough to merit payment.’
The Guardian, 10th June 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A delay in paying welfare benefits to two disabled people was “unlawful”, the High Court has ruled.’
BBC News, 5th June 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The High Court is expected to rule later on whether the government took too long to process benefit claims by two disabled people.’
BBC News, 5th June 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Welsh people left disabled by the thalidomide drug scandal are being backed in their fight for compensation by Plaid Cymru MEP Jill Evans.’
BBC News, 31st May 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A woman who was left housebound following the amputation of both legs has received £27,000 in compensation after watchdogs found financial support was withheld due to an administrative battle between a council and the NHS.’
The Independent, 28th May 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Victims of disability hate crimes are being failed by police, prosecutors and the probation service, according to a report by inspectors.’
The Guardian, 21st May 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Delays in processing disability benefits claims were unacceptable but not illegal, the Department for Work and Pensions has told the High Court.’
BBC News, 15th May 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Almost 5,000 disabled adults have been sexually abused in England in the past two years, figures have shown.’
The Guardian, 18th May 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
In re MN (An Adult) (Court of Protection: Jurisdiction): [2015] EWCA Civ 411; [2015] WLR (D) 208
‘The function of the Court of Protection was to take, on behalf of adults who lacked capacity, the decisions which, if they had capacity, they would take themselves. The Court of Protection was thus confined to choosing between available options, including those which there was good reason to believe would be forthcoming in the foreseeable future and, in the final analysis, could not compel a public authority to agree to a care plan which the authority was unwilling to implement.’
WLR Daily, 7th May 2015
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
‘A pregnant woman left brain damaged after her heart was accidentally punctured during an NHS operation has won an £8m compensation pay-out.’
BBC News, 5th May 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
© Inner Temple Library 2025