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Kebede and Another, Regina (on The Application of) v Newcastle City Council: CA 31 Jul 2013

The claimant challenged refusal by the defendant to provide financial support for his studies. Judges: Laws, McCombe LJJ, Sir Stanley Burnton Citations: [2013] EWCA Civ 960, [2013] WLR(D) 322 Links: Bailii, WLRD Statutes: Children Act 1989 23C(4) 24B(2) Jurisdiction: England and Wales Citing: Appeal from – Kebede and Another v Secretary of State for Business … Continue reading Kebede and Another, Regina (on The Application of) v Newcastle City Council: CA 31 Jul 2013

Regina (Behre and Others) v Hillingdon London Borough Council: Admn 29 Aug 2003

Each claimant arrived as an unaccompanied child to claim asylum, and destitute. Assistance was provided under the 1989 Act until they were 18. They claimed a duty under the 200 Act to continue to assist them. Held: Under the 2000 Act a duty was owed to a ‘former relevant child’ – a person who had … Continue reading Regina (Behre and Others) v Hillingdon London Borough Council: Admn 29 Aug 2003

AB, Regina (on The Application of) v The London Borough of Ealing: Admn 11 Dec 2019

Claim for judicial review of the Defendant local authority’s refusal to exercise its discretion to treat the Claimant as if she were a ‘former relevant child’ within the meaning of section 23C of the Children Act 1989 (‘the 1989 Act’). The Claimant is now an adult. The practical effect of the Defendant’s refusal to treat … Continue reading AB, Regina (on The Application of) v The London Borough of Ealing: Admn 11 Dec 2019

SO, Regina (on The Application of) v London Borough of Barking and Dagenham: CA 12 Oct 2010

The court was asked upon whom falls the financial burden of providing accommodation to an eighteen year old asylum seeker who is also a ‘former relevant child’, to the extent that his welfare requires it, where the asylum seeker is not in education or training. Does it fall upon the local authority, pursuant to its … Continue reading SO, Regina (on The Application of) v London Borough of Barking and Dagenham: CA 12 Oct 2010

M, Regina (on the Application of) v London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham: HL 27 Feb 2008

M, a girl aged 16 had become estranged from her mother, and sought housing assistance. She was not referred to the authority’s children’s services, and was not housed. The House examined the duties of local authorities under the section towards children aged 16 and 17 without support from their families. The 1989 Act referred to … Continue reading M, Regina (on the Application of) v London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham: HL 27 Feb 2008

Henderson v Dorset Healthcare University NHS Foundation Trust: CA 3 Aug 2018

Upon the allegedly negligent release of the claimant from mental health care, she had, while in the midst of a serious psychotic episode, derived from the schizophrenia, killed her mother and been convicted of manslaughter. She now sought damages in negligence. The defendant relied upon a defence of illegality. Held: All the heads of claim … Continue reading Henderson v Dorset Healthcare University NHS Foundation Trust: CA 3 Aug 2018

R, Regina (on The Application of) v London Borough of Croydon: Admn 10 Feb 2012

The claimant sought judicial review of the refusal by the defendant to treat him as a ‘former relevant child’ within the meaning of section 23C of the Children Act 1989. Were he to be so treated he would be entitled to a range of services under the Children Act. Thirlwall J [2013] EWHC 4243 (Admin) … Continue reading R, Regina (on The Application of) v London Borough of Croydon: Admn 10 Feb 2012