Wards of Court and the Inherent Jurisdiction
By: Rob George
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Hart Publishing
Published: 2024
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9781509972173; 9781509972159; 9781509972166; 9781509972180
Subjects: Family, law & society; Courts & procedure; Family law; Great Britain United Kingdom
Description: This open access book explores the High Court's powers under its inherent jurisdiction and wardship in relation to children and incapacitous and vulnerable adults.  The book introduces the inherent jurisdiction and investigates its place in the modern law. Part 1 provides a comprehensive history of the inherent jurisdiction, before giving a detailed account of the core principles and procedure applicable today, and comparing the approaches taken in Scotland, Ireland, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Part 2 considers the court's use of its inherent jurisdiction in specific categories of case, including child abduction, medical decision-making about children, child protection, incapacitous and vulnerable adults.  Despite its ancient roots, the inherent jurisdiction is relied on by High Court judges on a daily basis, in both everyday and cutting-edge cases. This book argues that the court's approach to some of these cases is justified, but that judges often make unnecessary and inappropriate use of the inherent jurisdiction.   Through its critical examination of the modern use of wardship and the inherent jurisdiction, the book is essential reading for practitioners and researchers working in this field.  The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com.
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Table of contents: title: Foreword, Rt Hon Lady Hale   Part I: General Principles   1. Introduction 2. The History of the Court's Inherent Jurisdiction  3. Fundamental Principles of the Inherent Jurisdiction 4. Procedure in Children Cases 5. The Inherent Jurisdiction in Other Common Law States  Part II: Specific Applications 6. The Court's Nationality-Based Jurisdiction Over Children 7. Child Abduction  8. Medical Decision-Making about Children 9. Child Protection  10. Secure Accommodation and Deprivation of Liberty of Children  11. Adoption and Surrogacy  12. Miscellaneous Uses of the Inherent Jurisdiction in Relation to Children 13. Adults without Mental Capacity 14. Vulnerable Adults with Mental Capacity  15. Conclusions