Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council v L

Subject Matter

CHILDREN — Care proceedings — Designated local authority — Child in interim care — Mother moving from one local authority area to another — Child remaining in secure accommodation elsewhere — Whether child ordinarily resident in area of any authority — Determination of designated local authority — Children Act 1989, s 31(8)

[1996] Fam 55; [1996] 3 WLR 426; [1996] 3 All ER 264; [1996] 2 FLR 179, Fam D