Bowden 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 the justices did not constitute an emergency sufficient to justify a summary order without notice under section 75.

Citations:

Unreported, 18 June 1994

Statutes:

Children Act 1989 75

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Cited by:

See AlsoBowden 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 . .
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Updated: 27 October 2022; Ref: scu.261518