13 February 2015

Issue: 7640 / Categories: Case law , Law digest , In Court

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Barking and Dagenham London Borough v SS [2014] EWHC 4436 (Fam), [2015] All ER (D) 07 (Feb)

The local authority applied for a secure accommodation in respect of SS who was being keep in a secure unit. The Family Division noted that the restriction of liberty of a child was an extremely serious step, especially where the child had not committed any criminal offence, nor was alleged to have committed any criminal offence and the circumstances of SS’s case did not warrant such an order.

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© Copyright LexisNexis 2026. All Rights Reserved.

Issue: 7640 / Categories: Case law , Law digest , In Court

Barking and Dagenham London Borough v SS [2014] EWHC 4436 (Fam), [2015] All ER (D) 07 (Feb)

The local authority applied for a secure accommodation in respect of SS who was being keep in a secure unit. The Family Division noted that the restriction of liberty of a child was an extremely serious step, especially where the child had not committed any criminal offence, nor was alleged to have committed any criminal offence and the circumstances of SS’s case did not warrant such an order.

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