Human Rights considerations in care arrangements

P (aka MIG) and Q (aka MEG) v (1) Surrey County Council and others and Equality & Human Rights Commission (Intervener) [2011] EWCA Civ 190

Counsel: For the appellants: Richard Gordon QC, Fenella Morris For the first respondent: Barbara Hewson For the second and third respondents: No appearance or representation For the intervener: Paul Bowen Solicitors: For the appellants: Steel and Shamash For the first respondent: In-house solicitor For the intervener: In-house solicitor

This was an appeal by X and Y against a decision ( Re MIG and MEG [2010] EWHC 785 (Fam)) refusing to grant them a declaration that arrangements made by the respondent local authority concerning their care amounted to a deprivation of their liberty contrary to the European Convention on Human Rights 1950 article 5.