"Another truly wretched public law case" is how the judge described a recent case in the Family Court, highlighting the need for further action to tackle repeat removals of children from their parent(s). A Local Authority v The Mother & Anor [2017] EWFC B59 involved a mother facing, for the second time in six months, the removal with a plan for adoption, of her child. The five-month-old, G, was living with foster carers under an interim care order and the local authority had sought care and placement orders, supported by the guardian. G's brother, B (aged three), was already living with the foster carers, having been made subject to care and placement orders four months previously.
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