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Public-law [2026] EWHC 1212 (Admin)

BNF v Newport City Council

BNF v Newport City Council [2026] EWHC 1212 (Admin) (20 May 2026)

The High Court held that Newport City Council breached its duties under Welsh social care law by failing to meet the claimant’s respite-care needs and by setting an insufficient direct payment.

  • Direct-payments
  • Respite-care
  • Care-and-support-planning
  • Well-being-duties
  • Eligible-needs
  • Statutory-guidance-compliance
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Public-law [2026] EWHC 1213 (Admin)

GBK & Anor v Ceredigion County Council

GBK & Anor v Ceredigion County Council [2026] EWHC 1213 (Admin) (20 May 2026)

On an oral renewal for judicial review, the High Court refused permission over a council wet-room adaptation dispute and found no arguable public law flaw.

  • Judicial-review
  • Local-authority-duties
  • Care-and-support-plans
  • Carer's-assessment
  • Risk-assessment
  • Social-services-and-well-being-(wales)-act-2014
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Administrative-law [2026] EWHC 899 (Admin)

Heart of Wales Care Ltd & Ors v The Council of the City And County of Swansea -

Heart of Wales Care Ltd & Ors v The Council of the City And County of Swansea - [2026] EWHC 899 (Admin) (17 April 2026)

The court held that Swansea Council’s care-home fee uplift decision was unlawful for failing to comply with statutory code requirements and for inadequate consultation over NI changes.

  • Judicial-review
  • Statutory-interpretation
  • Public-consultation
  • Fee-setting
  • Local-authority-duties
  • Material-considerations
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Administrative-law [2026] EWHC 706 (Admin)

Howe v Buckinghamshire Council

Howe v Buckinghamshire Council [2026] EWHC 706 (Admin) (25 March 2026)

The High Court refused renewed permission for judicial review of Buckinghamshire Councils decision to close Burnham Day Centre, finding no arguable flaw in assessment or consultation.

  • Judicial-review-of-local-authority-decisions
  • Consultation-requirements
  • Assessment-of-care-needs
  • Closure-of-public-services
  • Judicial-review
  • Local-authority-decisions
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Public-law

CGT, R (on the application of) v West Sussex County Council

The High Court held that West Sussex County Council unlawfully refused to fund a claimant’s care and to recover past payments, because the personal injury trust fund had to be disregarded under the Care Act regime.

  • Statutory-interpretation
  • Double-recovery
  • Personal-injury-trusts
  • Care-act-2014
  • Financial-assessment
  • Public-funding
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Public-law [2026] EWHC 293 (Admin)

CGT, R (On the Application Of) v West Sussex County Council

CGT, R (On the Application Of) v West Sussex County Council [2026] EWHC 293 (Admin) (13 February 2026)

Judicial review of a council’s refusal to fund care from a personal injury trust succeeded; the court held the trust capital had to be disregarded under the Care Act regime.

  • Care-act-2014
  • Personal-injury-trusts
  • Means-testing
  • Statutory-interpretation
  • Double-recovery
  • Judicial-review
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Regulatory-law

Social Care Wales v Wayne Pontin

The tribunal extended an interim suspension order against a residential childcare worker for six months, finding the public protection and public interest tests remained met.

  • Interim-suspension-orders
  • Fitness-to-practise
  • Public-protection
  • Disciplinary-proceedings
  • Social-care-law
  • Regulatory-law
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Administrative-law [2025] EWHC 2568 (Admin)

BDH, R (On the Application Of) v London Borough of Lambeth (Rev1)

BDH, R (On the Application Of) v London Borough of Lambeth (Rev1) [2025] EWHC 2568 (Admin) (10 October 2025)

The High Court found Lambeth’s decisions over a disabled child’s social care direct payments were process irrational and ordered a fresh reassessment.

  • Process-irrationality
  • Direct-payments
  • Children-in-need
  • Disability-assessment
  • Judicial-review-standards
  • Local-authority-duties
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Public-law [2025] EWHC 1916 (Admin)

ZZ v Croydon Council

ZZ v Croydon Council [2025] EWHC 1916 (Admin) (24 July 2025)

The High Court quashed Croydon Council’s unlawful Care Act assessment and ordered a fresh review, but transferred damages to the County Court.

  • Care-act-2014
  • Statutory-duty
  • Assessment-of-care-needs
  • Judicial-review-procedure
  • Damages-in-public-law
  • Costs-in-judicial-review
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Public-law [2025] EWHC 504 (Admin)

VRP, R (On the Application Of) v The Royal Borough of Kingston Upon Thames

VRP, R (On the Application Of) v The Royal Borough of Kingston Upon Thames [2025] EWHC 504 (Admin) (07 March 2025)

Judicial review over same-sex intimate care, sex recording, and equality duties in adult social care was dismissed; the court found the defendant’s system lawful.

  • Care-act-2014-duties
  • Equality-act-2010-(psed)
  • Human-rights-act-1998
  • Provision-of-same-sex-intimate-care
  • Recording-of-sex-and-gender-in-social-care
  • Disability-rights
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