R (on the application of W) v Birmingham City Council [2011] EWHC 1147 (Admin)
The Cs were all severely disabled adults living in Birmingham. D decided to confine the caring support it provided to a more limited range of people. The Cs sought...
Public Sector Equality Duty
R (on the application of Rahman) v Birmingham City Council [2011] EWHC 944 (Admin)
The Cs were users of a service (LEAS) which provided free advice on various matters to the local community. D made a decision which interrupted the funding of the...
R (Williams & Ors) v Surrey County Council [2012] EWHC 867 (QB)
Cs claimed that D’s decision to restructure its library services was taken without due regard to the public sector equality duty (“PSED”). The Administrative Court ruled that D’s decision...
R (JM and MT) v Isle of White Council [2011] EWHC 2911
Cs were two severely disabled adults receiving community care services from D. D decided to reduce its provision of community care. Cs sought judicial review and argued that D...
R (Hurley) v Secretary of State for Business Innovation and Skills [2012] EWHC 201
Cs were students who aspired to study at university. They sought to challenge by way of JR D’s decision to increase the maximum amount which universities were permitted to...
R (D & S) v Manchester City Council [2012] EWHC 17 (Admin)
C5 were recipients of social care services from D. They sought to challenge D’s budget-setting and consultation processes as it affected those services. Cs argued that D had failed...
R (Green) v Glos. County Council; R (Rowe and Hird) v Somerset County Council [2011] EWHC 2687 (Admin); [2011] EWHC 3215 (Admin)
Cs, who were residents of the D local authorities, sought judicial review of decisions to withdraw funding from their local public libraries on the grounds that Ds had failed...
Barnsley MBC v Norton & Ors [2011] EWCA Civ 834
The Defendants were Samantha Norton (SN) who is a disabled child, and her parents Mr and Mrs Norton. Mr Norton lost his job and was unable to keep paying...
Ali v London Borough of Newham [2012] EWHC 2970
C had a visual impairment. He challenged the guidance that D had devised to be used in the design and specification of tactile paving in its Borough. The challenge...
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