FD25C40130 - [2025] EWHC 1690 (Fam)

NATIONAL DEPRIVATION OF LIBERTY LIST

Royal Courts of Justice

Strand, London

WC2A 2LL

Before :

MS JUSTICE HENKE

Between :

Re: N (A Child) (Deprivation of Liberty Orders)

Alex Forbes instructed byand for the Applicant

The First Respondent and the Second Respondent both appearing as Litigants in Person

Janice Wills (instructed by Stephensons Solicitors LLP) for the Third Respondent

Hearing dates: 12-16 May 2025

Approved Judgment

This judgment is deemed to be handed down remotely at 2pm on 3 July 2025 by circulation to the parties or their representatives by e-mail and release to the National Archives.

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MS JUSTICE HENKE

This judgment was delivered in private. The judge has given leave for this version of the judgment to be published on condition that (irrespective of what is contained in the judgment) in any published version of the judgment the anonymity of the children and members of their family must be strictly preserved. All persons, including representatives of the media, must ensure that this condition is strictly complied with. Failure to do so will be a contempt of court.

Ms Justice Henke :

Introduction and Background