# Local authority consent to child's DOL. Local Government Lawyer, 'Local authorities cannot authorise deprivations of liberty of children in care, Court of Appeal rules' (6 February 2025)

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**Created:** [11 February 2025 13:17 UTC](https://forum.mentalhealthlaw.co.uk/t/local-authority-consent-to-childs-dol-local-government-lawyer-local-authorities-cannot-authorise-deprivations-of-liberty-of-children-in-care-court-of-appeal-rules-6-february-2025/3248 "2025-02-11T13:17:00Z")\
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— The Court of Appeal allowed an appeal from Re J (Local Authority consent to Deprivation of Liberty) [2024] EWHC 1690 (Fam), in which the High Court had said that the local authority could consent to J's deprivation of liberty.

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