FD25C40349 - [2025] EWHC 1974 (Fam)

On 2 May 2025 the court determined that G should continue to be subject to the Wardship jurisdiction of the High Court but the interim Deprivation of Liberty order which had been in place should not be extended. The local authority’s application to deprive G of his liberty and take him by secure transport to option 2 where he would be deprived of his liberty for a period of 6 months to prevent him from absconding was dismissed.

At the time of the hearing, the local authority had already confirmed that if the court did not make a Deprivation of Liberty order, the local authority would, on this occasion, accommodate G in his placement of choice despite the local authority submitting that this does not meet his needs as they have assessed. The NHS trust confirmed that it would provide transport to take G from hospital to his chosen accommodation. G confirmed that he was willing to travel to the accommodation provided by the local authority that he had chosen, namely option 1.