Community Care Law and Local Authority Handbook

Community Care Law and Local Authority Handbook is a new work concerning the duties and responsibilities of local UK authorities in the provision of community care services, covering mental health services, residential accommodation and domiciliary care, as well as related issues such as capacity, charges and payment, and remedies. The book brings together all the disparate statutory materials that comprise legal framework, with related materials, such as Local Authority Circulars, and extracts from leading judgments. The ... Read More

Community Care Law and Local Authority Handbook is a new work concerning the duties and responsibilities of local UK authorities in the provision of community care services, covering mental health services, residential accommodation and domiciliary care, as well as related issues such as capacity, charges and payment, and remedies. The book brings together all the disparate statutory materials that comprise legal framework, with related materials, such as Local Authority Circulars, and extracts from leading judgments. The materials are complemented by the author's expert commentary explaining how the various UK statutes interrelate and how they have been interpreted by the courts. The result is a handbook that provides the practitioner with the tools required to deal with this important area of UK law. Read Less