View source for Re C; C v Wigan Borough Council (2011) EWHC 1539 (Admin)

Judgment in related COP and Admin Court proceedings relating to an 18-year old with severe autism and severe learning disabilities living at a residential special school. Issues considered include deprivation of liberty and seclusion.

==Related judgments==
[[Re CP; WBC v CP (2012) EWHC 1944 (COP), (2012) MHLO 144]]
*[[Re C; C v Wigan Borough Council (2011) EWHC 1539 (Admin)]]

==Notes==
Hard on the heels of Neary v London Borough of Hillingdon (16 June 2011), another local authority has fallen foul of the Court of Protection for an unlawful deprivation of liberty, this time for a child in a special school where his care included seclusion in a padded room.

Like [[Re Steven Neary; LB Hillingdon v Steven Neary (2011) EWHC 1377 (COP)]], C v A Local Authority has lessons about deprivation of liberty, care planning and management, and involvement of families more widely.

==Citations==
Originally Re C; C v A Local Authority [2011] EWHC 1539 (Admin)

==External link==
{{#bailii:(2011) EWHC 1539 (Admin)}}

[http://www.brownejacobson.com/resources/bulletins/padded_rooms_and_lessons_for_d.aspx Browne Jacobson Solicitors, 'Padded rooms and lessons for deprivation of liberty and care planning' (20/6/11)]

[http://localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk/index.php?id=7453 Alex Ruck Keene and Victoria Butler-Cole, 'Managing challenging behaviour' (Local Government Lawyer, 28/7/11)]

[http://www.irwinmitchell.com/news/Pages/Mother-Proved-Right-As-Son-Freed-From-Padded-Room-Hell-Makes-%E2%80%98Remarkable%E2%80%99-Progress.aspx Irwin Mitchell Solicitors, 'Mother Proved Right As Son Freed From Padded Room Hell Makes Progress' (29/3/12)]. 'Court Anonymity Order Lifted Naming Wigan Borough Council As Local Authority Which Locked Up Her Autistic Son.'

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