Brighton & Hove City Council: the register
Ruling 21 007 675
Folio 397
Finding: Fault found
- Finding recorded by the ombudsman
- Upheld
- Service
- Adult care services: Charging
- Council
- Brighton & Hove City Council
- Body
- Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman
- Decided
- Summary
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Ms X complained the Council wrongly decided her mother Ms Y deliberately deprived herself of assets to avoid paying care fees. There was fault in the way the Council reached its original decision. It failed to clearly explain how it reached its view in relation to each gift Ms Y made. The Council has agreed to apologise to Ms X to acknowledge the frustration and uncertainty this has caused her. The Council has since set out its decision making for each gift and there is no evidence of fault in how it has done this so we cannot challenge it.
Summary as published by the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman.
Remedies
Words in quotation marks are quoted from the ombudsman’s decision.
States worked out on 9 October 2026.
The ombudsman publishes no entry for a remedy.
| Ordered | Outcome publishedThe ombudsman publishes no entry for a remedy. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | What was ordered | Deadline | Payment | Date | Entry | Payment |
| 1 | ApologyWithin one month of the final decision the Council has agreed to apologise to Ms X to acknowledge the frustration and time and trouble caused by the Council’s delays.Deadline as worded: Within one month of the final decision |
Deadline passed 28 August 2022. Outcome not published. | None | No outcome published by the ombudsman | ||
| Stated payments ordered | None stated | Outcomes published by the ombudsman: none | ||||