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What is an Interim Care Order?

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allan norman new.bmp by Allan Norman

...is the "deceptively simple question" explored in the judgement of the Court of Appeal yesterday in KB (A Child) v Borough Council & Ors [2009] EWCA Civ 1254 (25 November 2009).

Behind this question lies the controversial caselaw phrase from 2007, that such an order required an "imminent risk of really serious harm". This, in turn, has led to social workers expressing concern that they cannot properly protect children if the threshold is so high; and even that judges are re-writing the law.

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