Hearings
England & Wales
17 Jan 1985 [1985] 1 All ER 1001, CA (Oliver, Neill, Purchas LJJ)
02 May 1985 [1985] AC 791; [1985] 2 WLR 892; [1985] 2 All ER 301; 83 LGR 669, HL(E)
In re W (A Minor) (Wardship: Jurisdiction)
Additional names
W v Hertfordshire County Council
Subject Matter
CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS — Child in care — Wardship — Child received into care by local authority — Parents consenting to local authority seeking order freeing child for adoption — Relatives of child commencing wardship proceedings as means of being heard as to child's future — Whether High Court to exercise wardship jurisdiction — Children and Young Persons Act 1969, s 1 — Children Act 1975, s 14
[1985] 1 All ER 1001, CA
[1985] AC 791; [1985] 2 WLR 892; [1985] 2 All ER 301; 83 LGR 669, HL(E)
MINOR — Ward of court — Child in care of local authority — Child rejected by parents — Relatives seeking access and care and control — Wardship proceedings — Whether court to exercise jurisdiction
[1985] AC 791; [1985] 2 WLR 892; [1985] 2 All ER 301; 83 LGR 669, HL(E)
Appellate History
In re W (A Minor) (Wardship: Jurisdiction) [1985] 1 All ER 1001, CA
Decision of the Court of Appeal affirmed
In re W (A Minor) (Wardship: Jurisdiction) [1985] AC 791; [1985] 2 WLR 892; [1985] 2 All ER 301; 83 LGR 669, HL(E)