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R (Johnson and others) v LB Havering; YL (by her litigation friend, the Official Solicitor) v Birmingham City Council and others

Author / Contributor: Kris Gledhill
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R (Johnson and others) v LB Havering; YL (by her litigation friend, the Official Solicitor) v Birmingham City Council and others
   
Issue: Whether previous authority holding that a private care home is not a public authority for the purposes of the Human Rights Act 1998 was binding and correct.
   
Court: Court of Appeal
   
Reference:   C1/2006/1693 and 2226
   
Neutral Citation:   [2007] EWCA Civ 26 and 27[1]
   
Judge(s): Sir Anthony Clarke MR, Buxton and Dyson LJJ
   
Date: 30 January 2007