View source for Re RN (Deprivation of Liberty and Parental Consent) (2022) EWHC 2576 (Fam)

{{Case
|Date=2022/09/29
|NCN=[2022] EWHC 2576 (Fam)
|Court=High Court (Family Division)
|Judges=Hayes
|Parties=XY Council, MN, FB, RN
|Sentence=DOL of under 16s
|Summary=The local authority sought declarations under the inherent jurisdiction authorising the deprivation of liberty of a 12-year-old girl in her father's home. The Supreme Court in [[Re D (A Child) (2019) UKSC 42]] had decided that parental consent cannot authorise DOL of 16-17 year olds. The High Court in this case concluded: "It follows from all that I have said that the restrictive care arrangements in place for RN are a proper and lawful exercise of parental responsibility. This amounts to a valid consent, with the consequence that the second limb of the established three stage test for what amounts to a deprivation of liberty is not met. In such circumstances, this Court need not make any High Court declaration authorising them. They are rendered lawful by the parental consent."
|Subject=Deprivation of liberty - children
|News=Yes
|RSS pubdate=2023/02/27 09:36:07 PM
}}