Cheshire West rides again: no power for a local authority with parental responsibility to consent to detenion – UK Human Rights Blog

Posted May 20th, 2025 in news by sally

‘J v Bath and North East Somerset Council & M [2025] EWCA Civ 478 concerns an appeal of a decision by Mrs Justice Lieven. Lieven J had held that there was no need for the High Court to make an order authorising the deprivation of J’s liberty in circumstances where both J’s parents and the local authority consented to the deprivation of liberty.’

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UK Human Rights Blog, 20th May 2025

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