‘The President of the Family Division, Sir Andrew McFarlane, has published updated guidance on the Court’s approach to unregistered placements for children and young people.’
Local Government Lawyer, 12th October 2023
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A judge has refused a local authority’s application for authorisation of arrangements which have resulted in a teenage girl being deprived of her liberty whilst residing at a children’s home.’
Local Government Lawyer, 6th September 2023
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘This was an appeal by a grandmother against a refusal of her application under s24(2)(2) Adoption and Children Act 2002 (“the 2002 Act”) for leave to apply to revoke placement orders in respect of her grandchildren. The application for leave was made six weeks after the care and placement orders had been made.’
Pump Court Chambers, 27th July 2023
Source: www.pumpcourtchambers.com
‘A deputy High Court judge has agreed that a local authority need not tell any family members about twins being placed for adoption.’
Local Government Lawyer, 3rd August 2023
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The Court of Appeal has allowed an appeal by a mother against care and placement orders made in respect of her son, after finding the recorder was wrong to decide that there was “no necessity for a psychological assessment”.’
Local Government Lawyer, 11th July 2023
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The Court of Appeal has handed down a key ruling on the adequacy of reasons in a judgment in care proceedings, and the approach that should be taken to clarification, writes Jennifer Youngs.’
Local Government Lawyer, 21st April 2023
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘This article will set out the law in relation to the judicial allocation for applications under s.25 of the Children Act 1989.’
Becket Chambers, 2nd March 2023
Source: becket-chambers.co.uk
‘The Family Court did not act unfairly when a judge refused to adjourn an adoption case when the mother’s solicitors withdrew at a late stage, the Court of Appeal had decided.’
Local Government Lawyer, 8th March 2023
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A Family Division judge has directed that a teenage girl at risk of suicide should be moved from hospital to a placement even though the latter is unregistered and the provider could be at risk of legal action by Ofsted.’
Local Government Lawyer, 21st October 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A 13-year-old girl at risk of suicide and in the care of Manchester city council has languished in hospital for more than three months due to a lack of suitable placements anywhere in the country.’
The Guardian, 12th October 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘This article considers the successful appeal of a first instance case in which a final placement order was made in respect of a young child with complex medical needs.’
Becket Chambers, 10th August 2022
Source: becket-chambers.co.uk
‘A Family Court judge has dismissed a local authority’s application for un-admitted allegations to be tried, saying he could not see any upside in allowing that to happen.’
Local Government Lawyer, 1st August 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘An appeal from the Family Court at Liverpool must be allowed even though it would leave a boy aged two in a foster placement where he has already spent all his life, the Court of Appeal has ruled.’
Local Government Lawyer, 7th July 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The President of the Family Division has issued new guidance on remedying breaches of the Adoption Agency Regulations 2005. Jess Purchase sets out the key points.’
Local Government Lawyer, 6th April 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Eleanor Suthern reports on a recent Family Court ruling where a judge considered the international elements of the case and also gave guidance on proceedings involving a parent with a learning disability.’
Local Government Lawyer, 29th April 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The Good Practice Guidance for working with parents with a learning disability was first published in 2007 by the Department of Health / Department for Education and Skills. Fifteen years and two revisions later, awareness of it remains patchy. In Re H [2022] EWFC 10 (19 January 2022), where the mother’s learning disability was a central feature of the case, the children’s social worker admitted that she was unfamiliar with the Guidance.’
Transparency Project, 26th April 2022
Source: transparencyproject.org.uk
‘It is evident that children who are the subject of applications to the Family Court to authorise a deprivation of liberty, are spending significant periods of time in “suboptimal” placements without the therapeutic support they need to make significant long-term improvements, according to a review of published judgments by the Nuffield Family Justice Observatory (NFJO).’
Local Government Lawyer, 4th April 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The Court of Appeal has overturned a decision to make a placement order for an 18-month-old boy after finding that the judicial analysis “fell significantly short”.’
Local Government Lawyer, 31st March 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘This post is about two recent judgments with a similar theme – attempts by birth parents to stop an adoption going through, on the legal basis of caselaw interpretation of the Adoption and Children Act 2002 that their circumstances had changed and that the original welfare decision and plan therefore need reconsidering. One, Re D, is a decision on leave to apply to revoke placement orders and the second, Re A and B, is a decision on opposing adoption orders. This means that the children in Re D are not yet living with prospective adopters, although the children in Re A and B are.’
Transparency Project, 20th March 2022
Source: www.transparencyproject.org.uk
‘The statutory scheme established by Section 22C of the Children Act 1989 does not allow unregistered placements, but does not expressly prohibit them, and in cases where conditions of imperative necessity require a child to be placed in such a setting, common law steps in and allows the High Court to exercise its inherent jurisdiction to authorise a deprivation of liberty, the Court of Appeal has ruled.’
Local Government Lawyer, 13th December 2021
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
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