Community care

Swingeing legal aid cuts have left more people reliant on charity & goodwill than the state, says Jon Robins

Nicholas Dobson considers what happened when a local authority fell short on its duties to cater for a vulnerable parent & disabled child

Mark Mullins reviews the approach taken by the Supreme Court to the definition of “ordinary residence” in the Cornwall case

A recent Court of Appeal ruling on residence is a significant one for local authorities, as Jennifer Kotilaine explains

Liberate social policy from the influence of human rights, says Jon Holbrook

Nicholas Dobson highlights a case where property rights trumped the local authority well-being power

Tim Spencer-Lane examines recent case law involving the community care responsibilities of local councils

Ed Mitchell provides an update from the Court of Protection