The Court was asked whether a person who has been compulsorily detained in a hospital for mental disorder under section 3 of the 1983 Act and has then been released from detention but still requires ‘after-care services’ is entitled to require his local authority to provide such services at any time before he has exhausted sums reflecting the costs of care awarded to him in a judgment in his favour against a negligent tortfeasor.
Held: The LA’s appeal failed.
Judges:
Sir Terence Etherton MR, Longmore, Irwin LJJ
Citations:
[2017] EWCA Civ 1704
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Local Government, Benefits
Updated: 01 April 2022; Ref: scu.598476
