Hearings
England & Wales
28 Jul 2015 [2015] EWHC 3125 (Fam); [2016] 1 WLR 1160; [2016] 2 FLR 601; [2015] WLR (D) 432, Fam D (Keehan J)
In re AB (A Child) (Deprivation of Liberty: Consent)
Additional names
A Local Authority v D
Subject Matter
CHILDREN — Child in care — Deprivation of liberty — Child placed in residential children’s home under interim care order — Whether living arrangements amounting to deprivation of liberty — Whether parents or local authority entitled to consent to deprivation of liberty — Whether court to authorise deprivation of liberty under inherent jurisdiction — Observations on deprivation of liberty cases involving children in need or looked after children — Children Act 1989 (c 41) (as amended by Adoption and Children Act 2002 (c 38), s 139, Sch 3, para 63(a)), ss 20, 25, 33(3), 100(4) — Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42). Sch 1, Pt I, art 5
[2015] EWHC 3125 (Fam); [2016] 1 WLR 1160; [2016] 2 FLR 601; [2015] WLR (D) 432, Fam D