Bowden and Another v Lancashire County Council: CA 16 Apr 2002

The claimant had succeeded in her appeal against the cancellation of her registration as a child minder, and now sought damages for negligence in using unnecessarily the emergency procedure leading to damage to the claimant’s reputation and business.

Judges:

Peter Gibson LJ, May LJ

Citations:

[2002] EWCA Civ 569

Links:

Bailii

Statutes:

Children Act 1989

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Citing:

See AlsoBowden and Another v Lancashire County Council CA 18-Jun-1994
The council had made an ex parte application to the magistrates to cancel the appellant’s registration as a child minder.
Held: The court affirmed the order setting aside the magistrates decision. The circumstances which the council put before . .
CitedMartine v South East Kent Health Authority CA 22-Mar-1993
The authority applied ex parte under the 1984 to the magistrate for the revocation of the plaitiff’s nursing home licence. It was supported by a written statement of the reasons for making the order made by the health authority’s chief nursing . .
CitedPhelps v Hillingdon London Borough Council; Anderton v Clwyd County Council; Gower v Bromley London Borough Council; Jarvis v Hampshire County Council HL 28-Jul-2000
The plaintiffs each complained of negligent decisions in his or her education made by the defendant local authorities. In three of them the Court of Appeal had struck out the plaintiff’s claim and in only one had it been allowed to proceed.

Cited by:

CitedJain and Another v Trent Strategic Health Authority CA 22-Nov-2007
The claimant argued that the defendant owed him a duty of care as proprietor of a registered nursing home in cancelling the registration of the home under the 1984 Act. The authority appealed a finding that it owed such a duty.
Held: The . .
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Children, Negligence

Updated: 23 June 2022; Ref: scu.217021