Solicitor Yvonne Hossack who helped the disabled and elderly by preventing the closure of 80 care homes was refused legal aid to prevent the removal of Sheltered Housing Wardens from Sheltered Housing Schemes.

Yvonne fought a high profile legal battle to prevent Barnet and Portsmouth Council removing Wardens from their boroughs. If removed it would leave the elderly and most vulnerable at risk.

 

In December 2009 Barnet and Portsmouth City Council had dropped their appeals against a high court Judge's decision giving Yvonne and the elderly a great victory.

Earlier this year the Legal Services Commission made the decision to block Yvonne's application for a legal aid contract, because of a minor typo error on the form.

The Commission saw the error and blocked the application stating that it would be unfair on everyone who had filled in the form correctly if they were to allow Yvonne to amend it. What the Commission didn't tell Yvonne was that 795 other firms had also made mistakes, but they had been allowed to correct their mistakes and had subsequently been given legal aid contracts.

Is there a conspiracy to stop Yvonne helping the elderly?

Is David Cameron deliberately trying to prevent his policies and council policies from being challenged in court?

David Young the chair of the UK Pensioners strategy committee said:

“We know what Cameron‟s trying to do; we may be old but we're not stupid. We're calling upon the elderly, the young and the disabled across the United Kingdom to support a fighting fund, which was set up to help Yvonne continue her legal battles to save sheltered housing and care homes for pensioners and for our children who will need them in the future.

 

Considering the efforts and sacrifices she has made for us I think it is absolutely vital that we support her in any way we can.”

 

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