''YL v Birmingham CC'' (UKHL 27) is a
UK constitutional law case, concerning
judicial review
Judicial review is a process under which executive, legislative and administrative actions are subject to review by the judiciary. A court with authority for judicial review may invalidate laws, acts and governmental actions that are incompat ...
.
Facts
YL claimed that Southern Cross Ltd, a large private company running nursing homes in
Birmingham
Birmingham ( ) is a city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England. It is the second-largest city in the United Kingdom with a population of 1.145 million in the city proper, 2.92 million in the West ...
, violated EHCR Article 8
and the human rights of an elderly resident by giving her only 28 days' notice to leave after a family disagreement. Southern Cross had been paid to care for residents in Birmingham City, with families contributing to the cost.
Judgment
Even though most residents were placed in the nursing homes by local authorities under a contract with the company, this did not make the company a public authority under
HRA 1998 s 6.
Lord Scott said the following:
See also
*
United Kingdom constitutional law
*''R (Weaver) v London and Quadrant Housing Trust''
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Notes
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References
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United Kingdom constitutional case law