N (Refusal of Placement Order) [2023] EWCA Civ 364

N (Refusal of Placement Order) [2023] EWCA Civ 364

An appeal by a local authority against the refusal to make a placement order. The Court of Appeal case of N (Refusal of Placement Order) [2023] EWCA Civ 364 provides a helpful reminder to all practitioners, but specifically to those of us who are regularly instructed by local authorities, that it is wrong in law […]

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Care Orders and SGOs: Confirmation that they can co-exist together.

Care Orders and SGOs Unit Chambers

Care Orders and SGOs: the long awaited authority confirming they can co-exist together. Today the Court of Appeal has published the judgment in the matter of Re F and G [2021] EWCA 622. Our Senior Consultant Barrister, Lisa Edmunds, and Consultant Barrister, Kerri O’Neill, represented the appellant mother in this appeal. Therefore, this article is hot off the press and on […]

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