The court was asked as to which of a number of local authorities should be responsible for funding the residential accommodation of a disabled adult pursuant to section 21 of the 1948 Act. In particular, it concerns the proper construction of section 24(5) which deems a person to be ordinarily resident in a local authority area when he is in fact ordinarily resident elsewhere.
Lord Dyson MR, Tomlinson, Burnett LJJ
[2015] EWCA Civ 81
Bailii
National Assistance Act 1948 21 24(5)
England and Wales
Local Government, Benefits
Updated: 27 December 2021; Ref: scu.542484