Appeal against a decision refusing an application by the council to declare unlawful a decision of the the respondents to move SL from residential accommodation provided by the National Society for Epilepsy into other accommodation.
Held: The appeal failed: ‘The context here is an assessment under s.47 in which . . the duty is owed to SL to carry out a proper assessment of her needs. Nothing in that context requires BCC to be consulted before a care plan can be put into place. The obligation of a local authority to provide for those in need of care and attention due to age, illness or disability who are ordinary resident in their area is long-standing and is now established in s.21 of the 1948 Act. The 1990 Act did not alter this. Consequently BCC assumed responsibility for SL when she moved to private accommodation in their area and could have carried out their own s.47 assessment to resolve any issues between them and the LHA. This and the other factors . . point in my view decisively against the implication of the legal duty which is contended for.’
Judges:
Pill, Patten, Munby LJJ
Citations:
[2011] EWCA Civ 457, [2011] ACD 83, [2011] Fam Law 814, (2011) 14 CCL Rep 426, [2012] PTSR 854,
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Local Government, Health
Updated: 06 September 2022; Ref: scu.432834