CA (A Baby), Re

This judgment is being handed down in private and has been signed and dated by the judge. The judge hereby gives leave for it to be reported.

The judgment is being distributed on the strict understanding that in any report no person other than the advocates or the solicitors instructing them (and other persons identified by name in the judgment itself) may be identified by name or location and that in particular the anonymity of the children and the adult members of their family must be strictly preserved.

Miss Lorna Myer, QC (instructed by Coventry City Legal Department) for the Applicant John Vater, QC (instructed by Kundert Solicitors LLP) for the Mother (C) Miss Heledd Llwyd Williams (Junior to Mr. Vater) Mr. Michael Keehan, QC (Instructed by Varley Hibbs Solicitors) for the Children Mr Robin Lewis (Junior to Mr. Keehan) Miss Alison Johnson (Children's Guardian, CAFCASS, Coventry) Hearing dates: 19th, 20th, 21st June 2012 ____________________

The information relevant to a decision includes information about the reasonably foreseeable consequence of �

i) Every parent has the right, if capacitous, to exercise their parental responsibility to consent under Section 20 to have their child accommodated by the local authority and every local authority has power under Section 20(4) so to accommodate provided that it is consistent with the welfare of the child.