Ruling could lead to property sales

In a case that could have implications for thousands of homeowners in Britain, a woman may be forced to sell her childhood home to fund her elderly mother's care. Glen Walford has been told by judges that the house was not her home at the time when her mother went into care because she rents a flat in London. As a result, the council has won the right to force Miss Walford to use the equity in the house, where she intended to retire, for care home fees for her mother.