The WLR Daily case summaries
[2022] WLR(D) 379
Family Division
Lincolnshire County Council v TGA and others
[2022] EWHC 2323 (Fam)
2022 April 1; Aug 17
Lieven J
Children— Incapacitated child— Deprivation of liberty— Incapacitated orphan accommodated by local authority— Placement in circumstances amounting to deprivation of liberty— Whether testamentary guardians able to consent to confinement— Whether scope of parental responsibility dependent on specific characteristics of individual child— Whether court authorisation necessary where no best interest dispute—
Children Act 1989 (c 41), s 20
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Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), Sch 1, Pt I, art 5