This was an application by a Local Authority in relation to a young boy; the Protected Party, who is now 13. He previously lived with his grandmother under a Special…
SCC v MSA & Another (2017) EWCOP 18 This case looked at the issues of where a Protected Party’s mother should act as his Rule 3A representative, in light of…
The Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS), the framework which provides authorisation of restrictions of an individual’s freedom, look set to be repealed and replaced by a new scheme called the…
The Local Authority made an Application for permission to deprive the Protected Party (a minor) where there was no secure accommodation available. The Protected Party was a 13 year old…
This article looks at whether Deprivation of Liberty Safeguardings (DOLS) can be applied to cases where the Protected Party resided within their own home and where a care regime had been…
