“…ity from this court that an assessment of proportionality is required when considering an application under s.25. In Re W (A Child) (SecureAccommodation Order) [2016] EWCA Civ 804, Macur LJ, giving the judgment of the court, observed at paragraph 24:…”
“…Absconding means something more than trivial disobedient absence. It may connote an element of escape from an imposed regime (Re W [2016] EWCA Civ 804 at [21]) but it is not limited by consideration of the intentions of the individual concerned. Judges can be relied upon to give the word its ordinary meaning …”
“…to the Red Book state that the consent of a young person to the making of a secure accommodation order is not required. The citation for that is Re W (a child) [2016] EWCA (Civ) 804. But that does not really answer the question that I am now posing, which is that if the young person who is the subject of an application under section 25 con…”