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Family law

Holly, Re

The court refused Kent County Council’s application to extend a deprivation of liberty order for Holly and criticised the authority’s failure to meet her care needs.

  • Deprivation of liberty
  • Care planning
  • Therapeutic residential placement
  • Parental responsibility
  • Capacity assessment
  • Children's services
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Administrative law

W, R (on the application of) v London Borough of Lambeth

Permission was granted for judicial review over Lambeth’s handling of a homeless 16/17-year-old, including whether Part 3 Children Act duties were avoided by using Part 7 housing accommodation.

  • Judicial review
  • Homelessness
  • Children's services
  • Statutory duties
  • Supported accommodation
  • Judicial-review
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Administrative law [2023] EWHC 702 (Admin)

W, R (On the Application Of) v London Borough Of Lambeth

W, R (On the Application Of) v London Borough Of Lambeth [2023] EWHC 702 (Admin) (15 March 2023)

The High Court granted permission to challenge Lambeth’s handling of a homeless 17-year-old’s accommodation under Housing Act 1996 Part 7 rather than Children Act 1989 section 20.

  • Judicial review
  • Homelessness
  • Children's services
  • Statutory duties
  • Accommodation of minors
  • Time limits for judicial review
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Administrative law [2018] EWHC 2178 (Admin)

WX, R (On the Application Of) v Northamptonshire County Council

WX, R (On the Application Of) v Northamptonshire County Council [2018] EWHC 2178 (Admin) (14 August 2018)

The court quashed Northamptonshire County Council’s library-closure decisions, finding the Council failed to properly take account of consultation responses and its statutory duties.

  • Libraries and public services
  • Statutory duties of local authorities
  • Consultation requirements
  • Equality duty
  • Children's services
  • Budgetary decisions
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