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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. [Summary required.]
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. [Summary required.]


Summary by Ben Troke, Browne Jacobson solicitors
==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.
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 Neary, C v A Local Authority has lessons about deprivation of liberty, care planning and management, and involvement of families more widely. I attach a link to a bulletin about this judgment which, like Neary, attracted National press coverage, in case this is of use.
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.
 
http://www.brownejacobson.com/resources/bulletins/padded_rooms_and_lessons_for_d.aspx
 
 
 
 


==External link==
==External link==
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[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)]


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[[Category:Deprivation of liberty]]

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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. [Summary required.]

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.

External link

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Browne Jacobson Solicitors, 'Padded rooms and lessons for deprivation of liberty and care planning' (20/6/11)