Council exonerated in Compact court case

By Andy Ricketts, Third Sector Online, 9 November 2007

The case that could have bolstered the legal status of the Compact has been defeated in the High Court.

Judge David Mackie gave his verdict after the judicial review case brought by a service user of Age Concern South Lakeland against Cumbria County Council came to an end on Wednesday. The service user claimed that the council’s decision to introduce charges for day care services was unlawful because the...

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