The President of the Family Division has set out public-facing Practice Guidance (January 2025) for cases transitioning from the National DOL List (“NDL”) to the … Read More ›
Tag: deprivation of liberty
In Re EM (Deprivation of Liberty, Care Planning & Costs) [2024] EWCOP 76 (T2), HHJ Burrows helpfully busted some disturbingly frequent myths about DoLS. The … Read More ›
The Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill, which passed its second reading in the House of Commons on 8 January, would amend s.25 Children Act 1989 … Read More ›
At the heart of the decision in Re SB [2024] EWHC 2964 (Fam) is the ongoing crisis in supporting children with complex needs. Those issues … Read More ›
Old-fashioned novels sometimes have elaborate subtitles. I might slightly impertinently suggest that if such a novel was being written about the decision of the Local … Read More ›
The DoLS statistics for England for the year 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024 were published on 22 August 2024. They show that, despite … Read More ›
Re PQ (Court Authorised Dol : Representation During Review Period) [2024] EWCOP 41 (T3), Poole J examined in some detail the requirements of Article 5(4) … Read More ›
Lieven J’s campaign against the decision of the Supreme Court in Cheshire West continues. In Re J: Local Authority consent to Deprivation of Liberty [2024] … Read More ›
Re HC [2024] EWCOP 24 is notable for the approach taken by Victoria Butler-Cole KC (sitting as a Tier 3 Judge) to the question of … Read More ›
In VI v Moldova [2024] ECHR 251, the European Court of Human Rights considered the placement of a 15 year old orphan with a perceived … Read More ›