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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 currently provides support enabling nearly 20,000 severely disabled people in the UK 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 had gone wrong in law and there was a lack of proper consultation before the closure decision was taken on December 18 2012.
Appeal judges Lord Justice Elias, Lord Justice Kitchin and Lord Justice McCombe allowed the challenge and quashed the December 18 decision.
Lord Justice 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".
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 currently provides support enabling nearly 20,000 severely disabled people in the UK 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 had gone wrong in law and there was a lack of proper consultation before the closure decision was taken on December 18 2012.
Appeal judges Lord Justice Elias, Lord Justice Kitchin and Lord Justice McCombe allowed the challenge and quashed the December 18 decision.
Lord Justice 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".
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