Regina v Derbyshire County Council, ex parte T: CA 1990

The court upheld the decision of Swinton Thomas J to grant certiorari to quash the decision of a local authority to move a child to prospective adopters without informing the child’s parents and in an attempt to prevent them making an application to the court for the revocation of a freeing order previously made in relation to the child.

Citations:

[1990] Fam. 164

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Cited by:

CitedIn re F (A Child) (Placement Order); C v East Sussex County Council (Adoption) CA 1-May-2008
The father sought to revoke a freeing order. He said that the social workers had conspired to exclude him from the process. The child was born of a casual relationship, and at first he was unaware of the proceedings. On learning of them he sought to . .
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Adoption

Updated: 01 May 2022; Ref: scu.271031