Samantha Bangham’s Week in Cases 2 August 2013

As the judicial term draws to a close I offer you another action-packed selection of cases.

Perhaps the most significant judgment this week was London Borough of Tower Hamlets v R (X) [2013] EWCA Civ 904 [2013] FLR forthcoming in which the Court of Appeal upheld the decision of the Administrative Court ([2013] EWHC 480 (Admin) [2013] 2 FLR 199) that the local authority policy of paying unrelated foster carers at a higher rate than family foster carers was unlawful as a matter of domestic law. The applicant in the case was rightly described as one of the unsung heroes of society for her commitment to her two nephews and niece all of whom were damaged and extremely challenging children to care for. The children had been neglected in the care of their parents who had learning difficulties in addition the father was schizophrenic and the mother had problems with drugs and alcohol. Taking on the...

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