S, R (on the application of) v London Borough of Lewisham & Ors

Computer-Aided Transcript of the Stenograph Notes of WordWave International Limited A Merrill Communications Company 190 Fleet Street London EC4A 2AG Tel No: 020 7404 1400 Fax No: 020 7831 8838 (Official Shorthand Writers to the Court) The Claimant was not represented and did not attend

Mr David Matthias QC (instructed by Legal Department, London Borough of Lewisham) appeared on behalf of the First Defendant The Second Defendant was not represented and did not attend Mr Jonathan Cowen (instructed by London Borough of Hackney) appeared on behalf of the Third Defendant ____________________

I should add that it was common ground that, by reason of the mental and physical condition of S, she was not someone who could be described as needing care and attention solely because she was destitute.

This remark may have given some momentum to the London Borough of Lewisham in what it was already arguing.