13 February 2015
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.
