A House of Commons library briefing paper says that a Green Paper on social care in England is “expected”.
In July 2015, the Government decided to postpone the introduction of a cap on lifetime social care charges. Read more »
Age assessments: short form assessments in obvious cases
April 12th, 2019 by Jonathan AuburnAge dispute cases are, and probably always will be, highly contentious areas of the Administrative Court’s work. It is not uncommon for a young person to arrive from abroad with no documentation and stating they are 15, 16 or 17 years old, and then for social workers to look at the person and be convinced they are in their mid or late twenties. Read more »
11KBW Community Care, Health & COP-DOLS Conference – LONDON & MANCHESTER
January 24th, 2019 by Claire Halas11KBW invites you to their Community Care, Health and COP-DOLS Conference on 14 May 2019 in London or 18 June 2019 in Manchester.
The Community Care seminars will be held from 10.00am – 1.00pm
The COP/DOLS & Health seminars will be held from 2.00pm – 3.40pm.
People are welcome to sign up for either or both groups of seminars.
Feedback from last year’s Community Care seminar was extremely positive, including these comments: “Fantastic“, “Informative and worthwhile” & “Excellent, well organised and good conference materials“.
The sessions will be directed at updates on recent developments in the law in these areas.
Topics in the Community Care seminars will include –
- Key developments in Community Care
- Recent issues in ordinary residence
- Funding disputes between local authorities and CCGs
- Local authority recovery of care home fees
Topics in the COP/DOL & Health seminars will include –
- Key developments in mental capacity
- The DOLS Bill before Parliament – “Liberty Protection Safeguards”
- Health issues in the COP
Both sessions will be intermediate-level, aimed at people with some knowledge or experience in these areas. They are not intended to provide basic or introductory-level training. Click here for the conference programme. Read more »
Supreme Court explains the scope of section 20 Children Act powers
July 19th, 2018 by Jonathan AuburnThe Supreme Court in Williams v Hackney London Borough Council has provided clarification of the scope of local authority powers under section 20 of the Children Act 1989 to provide accommodation for a child. The Court has set out Read more »
11KBW Community Care, Health & COP-DOLS Conference
March 7th, 2018 by Claire Halas11KBW will be holding two related half day seminars to be held in Bristol and Manchester.
We recently held the conference in London with feedback from clients;
“Well presented, great information covered”
“Very good update, clear and well presented”
“Fantastic”
“Informative and worthwhile”
“The conference was superb, as was the quality of the speakers”
“Would recommend”
- Bristol – 1 May 2018 – Double Tree Hilton, Bristol
- Manchester – 14 June 2018, Crowne Plaza Manchester City Centre
The Community Care & Health seminar will be held from 9.30am – 12.45pm.
The COP/DOLS seminar will be held from 2pm – 4.25pm.
People are welcome to sign up for either or both seminars.
Feedback from last year’s Community Care seminar was extremely positive, including these comments: “Excellent quality of talks from each speaker, on each topic”, “Very useful” and “Very good & informative”. Read more »
Re KT: securing P’s representation in capacity / DOL cases, revisited
January 29th, 2018 by Jonathan AuburnIn Re KT (Incapacitated Persons) (Deprivation of Liberty: Appointment of Representatives) [2018] EWCOP 1, in one of his last judgments before retiring, Charles J considered again the question of the procedure to be adopted in so-called ‘non-contentious’ applications for welfare orders to authorise a deprivation of liberty. Read more »