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YL v Birmingham City Council

Mills & Reeve LLP
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United Kingdom
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June 30 2007

A care home, when providing accommodation and care to a resident pursuant to arrangements made with a local authority, is not performing “functions of a public nature” for the purposes of s6(3)(b) of the Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA) and is thus in that respect not a “public authority” obliged to act compatibly with Convention rights under s6(1) of that Act

Patient matters rights of overstayers - Court of Appeal rules that local authority should provide support to overstayers with an outstanding application for leave to remain

Mills & Reeve LLP
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United Kingdom
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June 14 2010

The Court of Appeal has ruled, in the case of Birmingham City Council v Clue & Others 2010 EWCA Civ 460 on the approach that a local authority should adopt when an individual who is unlawfully in the UK seeks social services support from it

Getting it right for children and young people: a summary

Mills & Reeve LLP
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United Kingdom
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September 20 2010

The Government set out a new vision for the health of children and young people on 16 September 2010 in an engagement document which can be found at

Cheshire West and Cheshire Council - deprivation of liberty decision from the Court of Appeal

Mills & Reeve LLP
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United Kingdom
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November 10 2011

The Court of Appeal handed down judgment on 9 November 2011 in relation to P, a man with cerebral palsy and Down’s Syndrome

Fair deal and the provision of a broadly comparable pension

Mills & Reeve LLP
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United Kingdom
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August 7 2012

On 4 July 2012, the coalition government issued a written Ministerial Statement in relation to public service pensions and the ongoing negotiations with the trade unions

Does the duty of care to employees extend to employees of other bodies with which you have a working relationship?

Mills & Reeve LLP
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United Kingdom
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August 7 2012

In the recent case of Claire Selwood v Durham County Council (1);Tees, Esk & Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust (2) and Northumberland, Tyne & Wear NHS Foundation Trust (3) (2012) the Court of Appeal was asked to consider whether two mental health trusts owed a duty of care to an employee of the local authority who was attacked by a mental health patient

Court clarifies when handcuffs should be used on prisoners or detained persons when in hospital

Mills & Reeve LLP
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United Kingdom
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August 7 2012

The case of FGP v Serco (2012) EWHC 1804 (Admin) concerned the judicial review of Serco’s decision to use restraints on an individual during visits to Hillingdon Hospital

Disclosure of serious incident investigation reports and supporting evidence

Mills & Reeve LLP
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United Kingdom
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September 28 2012

Internal investigations into serious incidents within a healthcare setting are now a routine part NHS governance

Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards will be effective from April 2009

Mills & Reeve LLP
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United Kingdom
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April 16 2008

The introduction of the Mental Capacity Act Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards has been delayed until April 2009

Reform of the coroner at long last?

Mills & Reeve LLP
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United Kingdom
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February 5 2009

There has been chat about this for some time

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