Children and Families Act 2014 services

R & RK v Hertfordshire  UKUT 381 

Leave a Comment / Care Planning, Budgets and Choice Rights, Charging for Equipment services, Children and Families Act 2014 services, Chronically Sick and Disabled Person's Act 1970 services for children with disabilities, Deprivation of Liberty for children under 16 in any setting, Deprivation of Liberty for young persons aged 16 or 17 in any setting, Equipment services, Regulation of settings intended for care and support of children, The legal framework for which agency is responsible for various types of equipment, The nature of the duty in light of adults' case law from the past, The range of services and facilities that must be provided to eligible children under the CSDPA 1970, The role of occupational therapist in adult social care and continuing nhs healthcare /

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6941882c2d5e7e8632537570/ua-2025-000169-hs.pdf Children’s therapies like occupational therapy (OT), physiotherapy and speech and language therapy (SALT) can legally count as education in some situations and as health in others, and sometimes they are both at once. This matters because education duties are generally stronger and easier to enforce than health duties.   Why the label matters  What the Hertfordshire case said  What the judge decided  Final […]

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EM v Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead

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Decision date: 28 May 2024 Summary: There is no requirement that anyone with an EHCP reaches any particular level of formal education. Instead, the UT said a Tribunal must always ask itself whether the education or training provision could benefit the particular person, given their needs, where the issue is the test for ceasing to

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A Claimant v LONDON BOROUGH OF ENFIELD (2016)

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A Claimant v LONDON BOROUGH OF ENFIELD (2016) The applicant (a teenager) sought to challenge the defendant local authority’s decision not to provide her with accommodation under s.20 Children Act 1989. As a 16 & 17 year old, C had a volatile relationship with her family. Repeated concerns had been raised about C around risks

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AI, R (On the Application Of) v London Borough of Wandsworth (Rev1) [2023] EWHC 2088

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https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Admin/2023/2088.html The Claimant, AI, was a transgender 22-year-old with complex Special Educational Needs and disabilities (abbreviated to SEND). He claimed that Wandsworth (the Council) failed to comply with the Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED) under section 149 of the Equality Act 2010 which says that “A public authority must, in the exercise of its functions,

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Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust v JS & Anor 

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https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCOP/2023/33.html This case was brought as an appeal by Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (the Trust) from a decision in April 2023 which can be found here.  The initial case concerned JS being deprived of her liberty following the lapse of a detention under s2 MHA. The Judge found that she was ineligible to

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Manchester City Council v P (Refusal of Restrictions on Mobile Phone) (Rev1) [2023] EWHC 133 (Fam)

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https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Fam/2023/133.html Facts  P, a sixteen-year-old girl who had been diagnosed with ADHD and had a history of continually attempting to take her own life, was the subject of these proceedings. By the time of the judgment, she was under a full care order under the Children Act but care proceedings were not taken until 2021. 

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Dorset Council v A (Residential Placement: Lack of Resources) [2019] EWFC 62 (10 October 2019)

Children Act 1989 services, Children and Families Act 2014 services, Deprivation of Liberty for children under 16 in any setting, Deprivation of Liberty for young persons aged 16 or 17 in any setting, How Children's Services fit in with the Care Act (and transitioning from Children's Services, Public sector child protection functions, Regulation of settings intended for care and support of children, Safeguarding of children by local authorities /

In this case, his honour Judge Dancey expressed his concern about the increasing number of children and young people in need of help and support in Dorset, England. A care order was made on August 12th 2019 and a final deprivation of liberty (DOL) order on September 30th 2019 within the care proceedings (through use

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Williams and another v LB Hackney [2018]

Children and Families Act 2014 services, Consent to treatment, being accommodated, and admission to hospital for children under 18, How Children's Services fit in with the Care Act (and transitioning from Children's Services, Regulation of settings intended for care and support of children, Section 20 accommodation arrangements under the Children Act /

Keywords: Children, s.20 accommodation, DOL “Compulsory intervention in the lives of children and their families requires the sanction of a court process. Providing them with a service does not.” [para. 1] The case concerned a claim for damages under the Human Rights Act for breach of the Article 8 rights of the parents of 8

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A Local Authority v M & T (2018)

Children Act 1989 services, Children and Families Act 2014 services, Consent to treatment, being accommodated, and admission to hospital for children under 18, Deprivation of Liberty for children under 16 in any setting, How Children's Services fit in with the Care Act (and transitioning from Children's Services, Public sector child protection functions, Safeguarding of children by local authorities /

Keywords: Children; Care proceedings; Parental Control; Deprivation of Liberty and parental consent; Consent to medication This case concerned T, a child aged 13 years with Autism and Severe Learning Disability. T had, until recently, lived with his mother (M) (with some support and respite care provided by the local authority) and attended a special school.

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R (on the application of KE) v Bristol City Council  [2018] EWHC 2103 (Admin)

Children and Families Act 2014 services, How Children's Services fit in with the Care Act (and transitioning from Children's Services, Judicial Review, Remedies, rights, complaints, regulatory and criminal law aspects to adult social care, enforcement of one’s rights /

Facts The Claimants won a judicial review challenge against the Council’s decision to reduce funding for SEN provision by £5m overall for the next year.  The reduction was held to be irrational as the Council had failed to consult adequately, contrary to the inherent duty of enquiry under s149 of the Equality Act 2010.  Failure

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