(Court of Appeal, Davis, King & Moylan LJJ, 28 June 2018)
Public law children – Alcoholic mother – Uncontested evidence of mother’s abstinence – Judge refused mother’s application for adjournment and placement order –– Final care order and placement order made – Mother appealed
The Court of Appeal allowed the mother’s appeal and set aside the order.
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Case No: B4/2018/033
Neutral Citation Number: [2018] EWCA Civ 1483
IN THE COURT OF APPEAL (CIVIL DIVISION)
ON APPEAL FROM Croydon Family Court
Her Honour Judge Probyn
ZE17C00573
Royal Courts of Justice
Strand, London, WC2A 2LL
Date: 28/06/2018
Before:
LORD JUSTICE DAVIS
LADY JUSTICE KING
and
LORD JUSTICE MOYLAN
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Between:
P (A Child)
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Ayesha Hasan and Amy Stout (instructed by McMillan Williams Solicitors) for the Appellant
Joan Connell (instructed by South London Legal Partnership) for the First Respondent
The Second Respondent did not appear and was not represented
Maud Davis (Higher Rights) for the Third Respondent
Hearing date: 14 June 2018
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Judgment
Judgment: P (A Child) [2018] EWCA Civ 1483.rtf