Five disabled people win independent living fund appeal
Court of appeal judges overturn ruling that government's decision to close disability scheme was lawful
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"Five disabled people have won their court of appeal bid to overturn the government's decision to abolish the independent living fund (ILF).
The ILF provides support enabling nearly 20,000 severely disabled people to live independent lives in the community.
The appeal by the five was against a high court ruling by Mr Justice Blake in April that the closure decision was lawful.
The five argued that the high court was wrong and there was a lack of proper consultation before the closure decision was taken on 18 December 2012.
Appeal judges Lord Justice Elias, Lord Justice Kitchin and Lord Justice McCombe allowed the challenge and quashed the 18 December decision.
McCombe said the evidence upon which the decision was based did not give "an adequate flavour of the responses received indicating that independent living might well be put seriously in peril for a large number of people"."
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/nov/06/disabled-people-win-living-fund-appeal