Hearings
England & Wales
15 Feb 2013 [2013] EWHC 234 (Admin); [2013] PTSR 1130; [2013] LGR 265, QBD (Supperstone J)
27 Nov 2013 [2013] EWCA Civ 1740; [2014] PTSR 758; [2013] WLR (D) 460, CA
R (Members of the Committee of Care North East Northumberland) v Northumberland County Council
Subject Matter
LOCAL GOVERNMENT — Community care services — Persons in need of care and attention — Care home fees — Cost of supporting vulnerable people in care homes met by local social services authority — Local authority fixing care home rates for three years — Whether authority erring — Whether compliance with statutory guidance to have “due regard” to actual costs of providing care — Local Authority Social Services Act 1970, s 7(1)
[2013] EWHC 234 (Admin); [2013] PTSR 1130; [2013] LGR 265, QBD
[2013] EWCA Civ 1740; [2014] PTSR 758; [2013] WLR (D) 460, CA
Appellate History
R (Members of the Committee of Care North East Northumberland) v Northumberland County Council [2013] EWHC 234 (Admin); [2013] PTSR 1130; [2013] LGR 265, QBD
Decision of Supperstone J affirmed
R (Members of the Committee of Care North East Northumberland) v Northumberland County Council [2013] EWCA Civ 1740; [2014] PTSR 758; [2013] WLR (D) 460, CA