Deprivation of Liberty for children under 16 in any setting

R & RK v Hertfordshire  UKUT 381 

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https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6941882c2d5e7e8632537570/ua-2025-000169-hs.pdf Children’s therapies like occupational therapy (OT), physiotherapy and speech and language therapy (SALT) can legally count as education in some situations and as health in others, and sometimes they are both at once. This matters because education duties are generally stronger and easier to enforce than health duties.   Why the label matters  What the Hertfordshire case said  What the judge decided  Final […]

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Manchester City Council v P (Refusal of Restrictions on Mobile Phone) (Rev1) [2023] EWHC 133 (Fam)

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https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Fam/2023/133.html Facts  P, a sixteen-year-old girl who had been diagnosed with ADHD and had a history of continually attempting to take her own life, was the subject of these proceedings. By the time of the judgment, she was under a full care order under the Children Act but care proceedings were not taken until 2021. 

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Dorset Council v A (Residential Placement: Lack of Resources) [2019] EWFC 62 (10 October 2019)

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In this case, his honour Judge Dancey expressed his concern about the increasing number of children and young people in need of help and support in Dorset, England. A care order was made on August 12th 2019 and a final deprivation of liberty (DOL) order on September 30th 2019 within the care proceedings (through use

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A Local Authority v M & T (2018)

Children Act 1989 services, Children and Families Act 2014 services, Consent to treatment, being accommodated, and admission to hospital for children under 18, Deprivation of Liberty for children under 16 in any setting, How Children's Services fit in with the Care Act (and transitioning from Children's Services, Public sector child protection functions, Safeguarding of children by local authorities /

Keywords: Children; Care proceedings; Parental Control; Deprivation of Liberty and parental consent; Consent to medication This case concerned T, a child aged 13 years with Autism and Severe Learning Disability. T had, until recently, lived with his mother (M) (with some support and respite care provided by the local authority) and attended a special school.

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Re K (secure accommodation) [2001] 2 All ER 719 (CA)

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A secure accommodation order was not incompatible with the right to liberty enshrined in the European Convention on Human Rights. The purpose of section 25 Children Act 1989 was to restrict the liberty of the child. A secure accommodation order made under s25 was therefore a deprivation of liberty. It followed that a secure accommodation

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Birmingham City Council v D (by his litigation friend the official solicitor) & W [2016]

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Birmingham City Council v D (by his litigation friend the official solicitor) & W [2016] Keywords: Deprivation of liberty, mental capacity, consent, 16 and 17 year olds FACTS The case concerns D, a 16 year old with ASD, ADHD, Tourette’s and significant behavioural difficulties. D was residing in a specialist residential placement under s.20 arrangements

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