Abstract
This article outlines a landmark Court of Appeal decision which means that a local authority will not always have a duty to protect vulnerable adults, even if it already provides services to them. A local authority that does what the law demands will not have an added duty to protect a vulnerable adult unless it has gone beyond its original obligations and done something to assume that added duty.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 25 |
| Journal | Learning Disability Today |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| Publication status | Published - Jun 2009 |