Lauren Dempster BL

Mc D (A Minor) v Child and Family Agency & Ors and B (A Minor) v Child and Family Agency & Ors [2024] IESC 6

Acted for the parents of ‘M’ and the father of ‘B’ in the Child and Family Agency’s challenge to mandatory orders granted by the High Court directing the Agency to determine that each child required special care pursuant to the Child Care Act 1991, and the making of a High Court special care order where the Agency claimed it could not comply with such Order

M (A Minor) v Child and Family Agency and B (A Minor) v Child and Family Agency [2023] IEHC 559

Acted for the parents of ‘M’ and the father of ‘B’ in Judicial Review proceedings successfully challenging the decision of the Child and Family Agency not to make a determination under s.23F of the Child Care Act, 1991

Child and Family Agency v M (A Minor) & Ors and Child and Family Agency v B (A Minor) & Ors [2023] IEHC 632

Acted for the parents of ‘M’ and the father of ‘B’ in the Child and Family Agency’s novel application for special care orders where in each case the Child and Family Agency urged the Court not to make the orders it was seeking in its Notice of Motion because it would not be able to comply with the orders due to a lack of resources and was only bringing the application because of the earlier High Court determination in the above proceedings. The special care orders were granted as sought

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