Housing

The Supreme Court allowed the appeals by the secretary of state for health and Somerset County Council against the judgment of the Court of Appeal which had decided that, P, a severely disabled person lacking capacity, was ordinarily resident in South Gloucestershire when he reached the age of 18 for the purpose of deciding which local authority was responsible for his accommodation under the relevant provisions of the National Assistance Act 1948. The Supreme Court decided that the Court of Appeal’s decision ran counter to the policy of the Act and that on a correct interpretation of the Act, the responsible local authority was Wiltshire Council.