Manchester City Council v P (Refusal of Restrictions on Mobile Phone) (Rev1) [2023] EWHC 133 (Fam)

Mr Justice MacDonald refused to authorise restrictions on the use of P’s mobile phone, tablet and laptop and her access to social media in an order authorising the deprivation of her liberty for the purposes of Article 5(1) of the ECHR. The appropriate legal framework for the local authority to remove or restrict P’s mobile phone and social media use was S.33(3)(b) of the Children Act 1989.