In re E (A Child) (Care Order: Change of Care Plan)

Subject Matter

CHILDREN — Care order — Care plan — Child living with parents under care order — Local authority seeking removal of child from parents in proposed change of care plan — Parent seeking discharge of care order and injunction to prevent local authority removing child — Whether parent entitled to injunction to prevent breach of family’s Convention rights — Guidance as to measures to be taken by local authorities and court in similar cases — Children Act 1989 (as amended by Adoption and Children Act 2002, s 139, Sch 3, para 63), ss 17(1), 31, 33, 39, 50 — Human Rights Act 1998, s 8, Sch 1, Pt I, art 8

[2014] EWFC 6; [2015] Fam 145; [2014] 3 WLR 1733; [2015] LGR 24; [2014] WLR (D) 246, Fam Ct