Krishnan v Sutton London Borough Council

Subject Matter

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS — Care of — Child received into care by local authority — Child placed with foster parents — Girl of 14 — Father's request for return of child to his care granted by local authority — Child's refusal to return — Whether local authority under absolute duty to return child to father's care — Whether power in court to order local authority to return child — Children Act, 1948, s 1 (3)

[1970] Ch 781; [1969] 3 WLR 683