A Local Authority v DL & Ors

This judgment is being handed down in private on 19th April 2011. It consists of 31 pages 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.

Mr Paul Bowen (instructed by Local Authority Legal Services) for the Applicant Ms Nathalie Lieven QC & Mr Alex Durance (instructed by Harrison Bundey, Solicitors) for the DL Hearing dates: 21st & 22nd March 2011 ____________________

(iii) seeking to persuade or coerce GRL into transferring ownership of the current family home;

(iv) seeking to persuade or coerce ML into moving into a care home or nursing home;