The Weekly Law Reports
[2024] 2 WLR 579
Family Division
A Local Authority v EBY (A Child) and others
[2023] EWHC 2494 (Fam)
2023 Oct 3; 9
Paul Bowen KC sitting as a deputy High Court judge
Children— Inherent jurisdiction— Deprivation of liberty— Competent 17-year-old child not in care but accommodated by local authority pursuant to statutory duty— Local authority applying for order under inherent jurisdiction authorising deprivation of child’s liberty— Whether such exercise of inherent jurisdiction expressly or impliedly excluded by statute— Whether order to be made—
Children Act 1989 (c 41), ss 20(3), 31(3), 100(2)(b)(d)[1]
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Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), Sch 1, Pt I, arts 2, 3, 5[2]