Case Reports 2023 Volume 2
Reporters from the Child Law Project attend cases in District Courts around the country selected on a random basis, and cases in the High Court involving children and young people in secure care and those made Wards of Court. We publish below the latest volume of case reports.
Given the nature of some of the cases, which can go on for many months with multiple adjournments, not all reports published below are complete, but rather reflect what happened in court on that day. We categorise the reports under six headings and multiple sub-headings, several reports could have been categorised under more than one heading.
Care Applications – Child Abuse and Neglect
Supervision Order
1 | Mother withdraws application to appeal supervision order granted following school referral |
Interim Care Orders
Initial Interim Care Order
Extensions of Interim Care Orders
Care Orders
Proceedings concerning Children in Care
Appropriate Placements
Enhanced rights for foster carers
38 | Foster parents granted enhanced rights with birth parents’ consent |
Reunification
39 | Interim care order extended for one week while CFA sources furniture and school uniforms prior to children going home following placement breakdown |
Aftercare
40 | Aftercare review of girl with special needs expects application under new capacity Act |
Court Procedures
41 | Judge seeks improvements to social work reports presented to court |
42 | Court makes Practice Direction to ensure CFA sends reports to lawyers in time |
Interagency Co-operation
43 | High Court rules that detention of a vulnerable girl with a disability in hospital emergency department for almost 60 days was unlawful |
Mental Health Act
44 | Teenager detained under provisions of Mental Health Act; GAL criticises lack of assessment |
Wardship
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