The WLR Daily case summaries
[2024] WLR(D) 147
King’s Bench Division
Rex (YVR) v Birmingham City Council
[2024] EWHC 701 (Admin)
2024 Feb 28, 29; March 26
Collins Rice J
Local government— Community care services— Persons in need of “care and support”— Severely disabled claimant unable to work and having no income apart from state benefits— Local authority effectively declaring itself bankrupt— Local authority charging claimant for care and support services in accordance with charging policy— Whether policy unlawfully discriminating against severely disabled persons unable to work—
Local Government Finance Act 1988 (c 41), s 114
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Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), Sch 1, Pt I, art 14, Pt II, art 1
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Care Act 2014 (c 23), s 14
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Care and Support (Charging and Assessment of Resources) Regulations 2014
(SI 2014/2672), regs 7, 15(2)