Dominik Morton, specialist barrister in public and private children law disputes publishes a case summary for Family Law Week concerning the case of EBY (A Child) (Deprivation of Liberty Order) [2023] EWHC 2494 (Fam).
The local authority made an application for a Deprivation of Liberty Order (“DOLO”) permitting the local authority under the High Court’s inherent jurisdiction to deprive a 17-year-old child (“EBY”) of her liberty in accommodation provided by the local authority under section 20(3) Children Act 1989 (“CA 1989”).