Case Reports 2023 Volume 1
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.
Letter from District Court Judge
1 | Introduction Letter from District Court Judge Dermot Simms of 17 May 2023 |
Care Applications – Child Abuse and Neglect
Emergency Care Order
2 | ECO granted by Dublin District Court for four children |
Supervision Order
3 | Judge warns mother that breaching a supervision order is a criminal offence |
Interim Care Orders
Initial Interim Care Order
Extensions of Interim Care Orders
Care Orders
Separated Children
Proceedings concerning Children in Care
Appropriate Placements
Review & Directions
Costs
55 | Costs awarded where legal aid had not been authorised, exceptional circumstances cited |
Reunification
56 | One child reunited with parents, work ongoing for reunification with three others |
Aftercare
Domestic Violence Act
61 | Judge directs service of a protection order on a father where wife too afraid to make the application |
Mental Health Act
62 | Section 25 of Mental Health Act order admitting boy with OCD to CAMHS in-patient unit |
63 | Girl suffering from anorexia nervosa admitted to hospital under Mental Health Act |
Wardship
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