Hayley Trim's Analysis: Setting the Record Straight

The judgments in the Victoria Haigh case have now been published reported as Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council v Watson [2011] EWHC B15 (Fam) and Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council v Haigh [2011] EWHC B16 (Fam). This case has received significant attention and in the last two weeks this has been at the behest of the court. The President issued a press release on 25 August explaining his reasons for naming the parties in the case and publishing the judgments but the judgments themselves have only just become available.

The facts according to the judgments are basically this:

When the parents separated in 2005 the child lived with her mother and had regular contact including staying contact with her father. Allegations of sexual abuse were made against the father by the child however at a fact finding hearing the judge found that these were...

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