The new court, announced by Sir Andrew McFarlane, president of the Family Division, will launch on 4 July in response to an increase in deprivation of liberty applications involving children from 108 to 579 per year since 2018.
The new court will be based at the Royal Courts of Justice under the leadership of Mr Justice Moor, McFarlane said.
Nuffield Family Justice Observatory will regularly collect and publish data from the court, it has also been announced.
Lisa Harker, director of Nuffield Family Justice Observatory, said: “We greatly appreciate the opportunity we’ve been given to monitor, analyse and publish data from the applications that the court will receive will be heard there.
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