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Re Q (A Child) (DOLS: Lack of Secure Placement) [2021] EWHC 123 (Fam)

Date:4 FEB 2021

Samantha Bangham

Law Reporter

(Family Division, Knowles J, 27 January 2021)

Public law children - Deprivation of liberty – Lack of secure accommodation – Authorisation sought for non-secure placement

Authorisation was granted for the deprivation of liberty of a 16-year-old.

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Neutral Citation Number: [2021] EWHC 123 (Fam)

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE

FAMILY DIVISION

Royal Courts of Justice

Strand, London, WC2A 2LL

Date: 27/01/2021

Before :

MRS JUSTICE KNOWLES

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Between:

A CITY COUNCIL
Applicant

- and -

and

(A Child)

and

The Children’s Guardian
Respondents

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Q (A Child) (DOLS: Lack of Secure Placement)

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Miss Kirstie Danton for the local authority

Mr Oliver Lycett for Q

The Children’s Guardian represented himself

X was present but unrepresented

Y was neither present nor represented

Hearing date: 18 January 2021

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Approved Judgment

I direct that no official shorthand note shall be taken of this Judgment and that copies of this version as handed down may be treated as authentic.

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This judgment was delivered in private. The judge has given leave for this version of the judgment to be published on condition that (irrespective of what is contained in the judgment) in any published version of the judgment the anonymity of the children and members of their family must be strictly preserved. All persons, including representatives of the media, must ensure that this condition is strictly complied with. Failure to do so will be a contempt of court.

Judgment: Re Q (A Child)(DOLS Lack of Secure Placement) [2021] EWHC 123 (Fam)