Case Law

Care orders and local authorities consenting to a deprivation of liberty: Re J [2024] EWHC 1690 (Fam)

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Introduction

By Tim Spencer-Lane Introduction This case focused on the narrow, but vitally important, issue of whether a local authority can, in the exercise of its ‘corporate’ parental responsibility, consent to the deprivation of liberty of a child under 16 who is subject to a care order and lacks Gillick competence. Where valid consent is provided, […]

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