A young man with autism has won his case that the cost of activities related to a daily social and life skills group should be deemed disability related expenditure (DRE) and cannot be ignored when calculating how much he should pay towards the cost of his care
In RW v Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead [2023] EWHC 1449 (Admin), the judge ruled the council must deduct the cost of these activities from his income when calculating how much he has available to contribute toward the cost of his care.
His solicitor Lucy Cadd, of Leigh Day, said it was ‘a very sensible and robust judgment that will have important implications for the way claims for disability related expenditure should be considered by local authorities’.
