Children | Tuesday 4 October 2016
Cross-border secure accommodation orders pursuant to Section 25 of the Children Act 1989
X (A child) and Y (A child) [2016] EWHC 2271 (Fam), 12 September 2016 The practice of local authorities and courts making use of secure accommodation units available in Scotland to address the shortage of such accommodation in England has raised cross-
Children | Tuesday 4 October 2016
Discharge of Section 20 Children Act 1989 duty to provide accommodation to a 17-year-old boy who repeatedly refused to be placed
R (on the application of A) v Haringey LBC, unreported, Queen’s Bench Division (Administrative Court), 16 September 2016 A local authority had done all that was reasonably practicable to discharge its duty pursuant to s.20 of the Children Act 1989 to p
Housing | Monday 3 October 2016
Amendment to rules on eligibility for homelessness assistance
Today the Government has laid the Allocation of Housing and Homelessness (Eligibility) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 before Parliament. These regulations will amend the Allocation of Housing and Homelessness (Eligibility) (England) Regulations
Court of Protection | Tuesday 4 October 2016
Inherent jurisdiction for vulnerable adults does not include power of arrest
Re FD (Inherent Jurisdiction: Power of Arrest), HHJ Clifford Bellamy, sitting as a High Court Judge, 28 September 2016 The issue was whether a power of arrest may be attached to an injunction granted by the High Court under its inherent jurisdiction in
