The Law Reports (Family Division)
[2001] Fam 377
Court of Appeal
In re
K (A Child) (Secure Accommodation Order: Right to Liberty)
2000 Oct 16,
17,
18;
Nov 15
Nov 15
Dame Elizabeth Butler-Sloss P, Thorpe and Judge LJJ
Children
— Child in care
— Secure accommodation order
— Child in care of local authority in secure accommodation under continuing interim court orders
— Psychiatric reports finding continuing risk to others
— Whether unlawful deprivation of liberty
— Whether incompatible with human rights legislation
—
Children Act 1989 (c 41), s 25
—
Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), Sch 1, Pt I, art 5