Coventry City Council v O

Subject Matter

ADOPTION — Arrangements for adoption — Placement order — Local authority obtaining placement orders with view to children’s adoption — Children living with foster parents pending adoption by prospective adopters — Foster parents serving notice of intention to apply for adoption orders on day before planned removal of children to prospective adopters’ home — Whether county court judge having jurisdiction to grant injunction restraining local authority from removing children until adoption application made — Source of jurisdiction — Principles applicable in exercise of jurisdiction — Whether injunction to be granted — Senior Courts Act 1981, s 37 — County Courts Act 1984, s 38 — Human Rights Act 1998, Sch 1, Pt I, art 8 — Adoption and Children Act 2002, ss 21(1), 38 — Family Procedure (Adoption) Rules 2005, rr 118, 119

[2011] EWCA Civ 729; [2012] Fam 210; [2012] 3 WLR 208; [2012] PTSR 835; [2012] LGR 279; [2011] 2 FLR 936; [2011] WLR (D) 205, CA

ADOPTION — Placement order — Revocation — Local authority obtaining placement orders with view to children’s adoption — Children living with foster parents pending adoption by prospective adopters — Introductory meetings taking place between children and prospective adopters in days prior to planned removal — Whether children “placed for adoption” — Whether foster parents precluded from applying to revoke placement order — Adoption and Children Act 2002, s 24(2)(b)

[2011] EWCA Civ 729; [2012] Fam 210; [2012] 3 WLR 208; [2012] PTSR 835; [2012] LGR 279; [2011] 2 FLR 936; [2011] WLR (D) 205, CA