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[2019] WLR (D) 316
Family Division
A City Council v LS and others (Secure Accommodation: Inherent Jurisdiction)
[2019] EWHC 1384 (Fam)
2019 May 23; June 4
MacDonald J
Children— Inherent jurisdiction— Secure accommodation order— Local authority applying under inherent jurisdiction for authorisation to place 17-year-old child in secure accommodation— Child neither looked after by local authority nor subject to care order— Whether power to exercise inherent jurisdiction in such circumstances—
Children Act 1989 (c 41), ss 22(1), 25, 100(2)(b)