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R (on the application of (1) RD (2) PM) v SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WORK & PENSIONS : R (on the application of EM & ORS) v SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WORK & PENSIONS (2010)

PUBLISHED January 27, 2010
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[2010] EWCA Civ 18

There was justification for the difference in treatment between prisoners and non-prisoners who were detained in psychiatric hospitals as regards their entitlement to state welfare benefits, which arose from changes to the statutory scheme made by the Social Security (Hospital In-Patients) Regulations 2005.

CA (Civ Div) (Waller LJ (V-P), Carnwath LJ, Patten LJ)

27/01/2010

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