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Social security law

TU v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

The Upper Tribunal allowed TU’s appeal over Universal Credit housing cost entitlement, found the First-tier Tribunal erred in law, and remitted the case for a fresh hearing.

  • Universal credit
  • Housing cost element
  • Procedural fairness
  • Disability accommodation
  • Error of law
  • Universal-credit
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Administrative law

Philip James Smith v Registrar of Approved Driving Instructors

The Tribunal allowed the appeal because the Respondent failed to adequately consider the Appellant's significant health condition and lost training time, which constituted unique personal circumstances justifying the grant of a third trainee licence.

  • Driving instructor licensing
  • Trainee licence refusal
  • Disability accommodation
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Administrative law

Joshua West v Registrar of Approved Driving Instructors

The appellant provided no evidence of lack of training opportunity or need for extra time due to autism; the Registrar’s refusal to grant a third trainee licence was correct and justified.

  • Trainee driving instructor licensing
  • Disability accommodation
  • Regulatory decision review
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Administrative law [2022] EWHC 2008 (Admin)

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

Bell, R (On the Application Of) v London Borough of Lambeth [2022] EWHC 2008 (Admin) (27 July 2022)

The High Court held Lambeth remained in breach of its housing duty to provide suitable accommodation and ordered it to secure suitable housing within 12 weeks.

  • Homelessness
  • Local authority duties
  • Disability accommodation
  • Mandatory orders
  • Children's welfare
  • Public sector equality duty
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Administrative law

Surjit Saandal v Registrar of Approved Driving Instructors

The tribunal allowed a trainee driving instructor’s appeal and granted a further six-month licence, accepting that PTSD had delayed completion of the test process.

  • Driving instructor licensing
  • Trainee licence extension
  • Disability accommodation
  • Driving-instructor-licensing
  • Trainee-licence-extension
  • Disability-accommodation
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Administrative law

Matthew French v Registrar of Approved Driving Instructors

The tribunal allowed an appeal against removal from the approved driving instructors register and permitted a further standards check, citing social anxiety disorder.

  • Removal from professional register
  • Driving instructor standards
  • Disability accommodation
  • Administrative-law
  • Transport-law
  • Professional-registration
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Administrative law

Rafia Bakhtawar v Registrar of Approved Driving Instructors

The Tribunal allowed an appeal against refusal of a further trainee driving instructor licence, finding the appellant’s health and personal circumstances made the extra licence fair and just.

  • Trainee driving instructor licensing
  • Disability accommodation
  • Fairness in regulatory decisions
  • Trainee-driving-instructor-licence
  • Diability-accommodation
  • Regulatory-appeals
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Administrative law

J and L, R (on the application of) v London Borough of Hillingdon

The High Court quashed Hillingdon’s refusal to treat a disabled child’s family as having a housing need, holding the council’s assessment process was unlawful and failed to safeguard the child’s welfare.

  • Local authority duties
  • Housing allocation
  • Child welfare
  • Judicial review
  • Statutory interpretation
  • Disability accommodation
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Administrative law [2017] EWHC 3411 (Admin)

J and L, R (on the application of) v London Borough of Hillingdon

J and L, R (on the application of) v London Borough of Hillingdon [2017] EWHC 3411 (Admin) (21 December 2017)

The High Court quashed Hillingdon’s housing decision after finding it failed to properly assess the risks to a disabled child and to coordinate housing and social care.

  • Local authority housing duties
  • Children act 1989 s.17
  • Children act 2004 s.11
  • Housing act 1996 part vi
  • Disability accommodation
  • Welfare of disabled children
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Administrative law

Lynne Williams v Registrar of Approved Driving Instructors

The tribunal allowed a trainee driving instructor’s appeal against refusal of a further licence, finding the decision-maker failed to properly consider her medical circumstances.

  • Trainee driving instructor licensing
  • Statutory interpretation
  • Disability accommodation
  • Trainee-driving-instructor-licence
  • Judicial-review-style-reasonableness
  • Disability-accommodation
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