A Local Authority v EBY (A Child)

Subject Matter

CHILDREN — Inherent jurisdiction — Deprivation of liberty — Competent 17-year-old child not in care but accommodated by local authority pursuant to statutory duty — Local authority applying for order under inherent jurisdiction authorising deprivation of child’s liberty — Whether such exercise of inherent jurisdiction expressly or impliedly excluded by statute — Whether order to be made — Children Act 1989 (c 41), ss 20(3), 31(3), 100(2)(b)(d) — Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), Sch 1, Pt I, arts 2, 3, 5

[2023] EWHC 2494 (Fam); [2024] Fam 123; [2024] 2 WLR 579; [2023] WLR(D) 420, Fam D