“…ave to date emphasised the provision of accommodation for a child under section 20 as a short term or temporary solution. In Worcestershire County Council v AA [2019] EWHC 1855 (Fam), Keehan J suggested the following as a (non-exhaustive) list of examples of cases in which it may be appropriate for the local authority to accommodate a child…”
“…commodate a child under the section for long periods without making proper long-term plans. One recent egregious example was Worcestershire County Council v AA [2019] EWHC 1855 (Fam) in which a child was accommodated under section 20 for eight years from the age of five. It was only after the death of his mother that the local authority sta…”