A City Council v LS

Subject Matter

CHILDREN — Inherent jurisdiction — Secure accommodation — 17-year-old child deemed to be at risk of significant harm — Local authority applying under inherent jurisdiction for authorisation to place child in secure accommodation — Child not accommodated by local authority nor subject to care order — Whether power under inherent jurisdiction to authorise placement — Children Act 1989 (c 41) (as amended by Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2016 (SI 2016/413), reg 86 and Children and Social Work Act 2017 (c 16), s 10, Sch 1, para 2), ss 25, 100(2)(b) — Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), Sch 1, Pt I, art 2

[2019] EWHC 1384 (Fam); [2020] Fam 28; [2019] 3 WLR 475; [2020] 1 All ER 652; [2019] 2 FLR 1197; [2019] WLR (D) 316, Fam D