Re SA; A Local Authority v MA [2005] EWHC 2942 (Fam)

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"This case raises novel questions about the court's inherent jurisdiction in relation to vulnerable adults. I have before me a vulnerable young woman who has just turned eighteen and has therefore attained her majority. While she was still a child the court had exercised its inherent parens patriae and wardship jurisdictions to protect her from the risk of an unsuitable arranged marriage. The question is whether I have jurisdiction to continue that protection now she is an adult."

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Re SA; FA v Mr A [2010] EWCA Civ 1128

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