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22 February 2007
Issue: 7261 / Categories: Case law , Law digest
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LOCAL AUTHORITIES

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Crofton v National Health Service Litigation Authority [2007] EWCA Civ 71, [2007] All ER (D) 106 (Feb)

A local authority, when determining whether it is necessary for it to meet a claimant’s care needs under the National Assistance Act 1948, s 29 and the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970, s 2 is obliged to disregard any capital awards of damages for personal injury.

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