LOCAL GOVERNMENT OMBUDSMAN

SUMMARISED CASE REPORTS

Helping Advocates with Complaints to Local Authorities

  This website was set up by Malcolm Johnson, a solicitor who helps advocates make complaints to local authorities on behalf of their clients. It contains a series of short case reports from the Local Government Ombudsman, which will help advocates judge how much compensation or what kind of remedies their clients should receive.

 
See below for more author information.
Malcolm Johnson is a solicitor experienced in acting for children in care and careleavers. He advises a number of advocacy organisations, including Coram Voice and the National Youth Advocacy Service as well as providing seminars for advocacy organisations. Malcolm is one of the authors of "APIL Guide to Child Abuse Compensation Claims - Third edition” published by LexisNexis. He has also written two books for Advocates, "An Advocate’s Guide to Complaints in England" published by Pavilion in 2018, and in 2020, he published “Care Leavers’ Rights – A Guide for Advocates”. Contact Malcolm for more details about his books and seminars.

 
Reported cases:-
 
·         B v LB Ealing [2008] EWHC 1262 (QB) (reported on BAILLI) - damages recovered for physical and emotional harm including a claim for wasted expenditure on alcohol.
·         ABC v P [2011] EWHC 1953 (QB) QBD 04/05/2011 (reported on Lawtel) - dissipation of assets in a freezing injunction in relation to a claim for sexual offences including voyeurism.
·         VN and SN v Brent and Others [2016] EWHC 936 (QB) – claim brought against local authority for failure to remove from foster care and direct claim against foster parents.
·         CICA v First Tier Tribunal and Y [2017] EWCA Civ 139 – application to Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority for “double dose” of defective gene imparted to child born of consanguineous and abusive relationship.
 
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The contents of this site remains the sole responsibility of Malcolm Johnson as a private individual, and is not endorsed by any business by which he is employed.  In particular Malcolm Johnson does not hold himself out as preparing this website for or on behalf of any business by which he is employed, or as having been authorised by any business or employer to do so.  This website is produced for the assistance of advocates submitting complaints to local authorities and other organisations. It is not intended to stand as legal advice in any particular case, and should not be relied upon as such.   To the extent permitted by law, Malcolm Johnson will not be liable by reason of breach of contract, negligence, or otherwise for any loss of consequential loss occasioned to any person acting omitting to act or refraining from acting in reliance upon the website material or arising from or connected with any error or omission in the website material.    Consequential loss shall be deemed to include, but is not limited to, any loss of profits or anticipated profits, damage to reputation, or goodwill, loss of business or anticipated business, damages, costs, expenses incurred or payable to any third party or any other indirect or consequential losses.

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