Wards of Court and the Inherent Jurisdiction

<b>This open access book explores the High Court's powers under its inherent jurisdiction and wardship in relation to children and incapacitous and vulnerable adults.</b><br/><br/>The book introduces the inherent jurisdiction and investigates its place in the modern law. Part 1 provides a comprehensive history of the inherent jurisdiction before giving a detailed account of the core principles and procedure applicable today and comparing the approaches taken in Scotland Ireland Canada Australia and New Zealand. Part 2 considers the court's use of its inherent jurisdiction in specific categories of case including child abduction medical decision-making about children child protection incapacitous and vulnerable adults.<br/><br/>Despite its ancient roots the inherent jurisdiction is relied on by High Court judges on a daily basis in both everyday and cutting-edge cases. This book argues that the court's approach to some of these cases is justified but that judges often make unnecessary and inappropriate use of the inherent jurisdiction. <br/><br/>Through its critical examination of the modern use of wardship and the inherent jurisdiction the book is essential reading for practitioners and researchers working in this field.<br/><br/><i>The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com.</i>