Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2005] All ER (D) 40 (Sep)
Neutral Citation: [2005] EWHC 1932 (Admin)
Court: Queen's Bench Division (Administrative Court)
Judge:

Richards J

Representation Stephen Cragg (instructed by Disability Law Service) for the claimant.
  Christopher Baker (instructed by Mark Bowen, Strood) for the authority.
Judgment Dates: 8 September 2005

Catchwords

Local authority - Statutory powers - Children - Provision of services for children in need - Disabled child - Adaptations to home - Whether conditions of discretionary loan offered to fund adaptations reasonable - , ss 2(1), 28A - , Pt III.

The Case

Conditions of a discretionary loan offered by the local authority to facilitate, in the light of the claimant's disabilities, his continued occupation of the family home on a long-term basis, which conditions provided, inter alia, for repayment of the loan if he ceased to reside there during a period of 20 years, were reasonable.

Practice Areas

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