(Court of Appeal, McCombe, Moylan, Coulson LJJ, 1 February 2019)
Private law children – Fact-finding – Claims of abuse and abandonment – Mother’s case rejected – Appeal – Whether the judge took an unduly narrow approach to the issue of ‘stranding’ – PD12J
The mother’s appeal from findings that she was not abandoned in Pakistan and abused by the father was allowed and the case remitted for rehearing.
For comprehensive, judicially approved coverage of every important Family Division, Court of Appeal, Supreme Court and European courts case, subscribe to Family Law Reports.
Subscribers can log in here.
Find out more or request a free 1-week trial of the Family Law Reports. Please quote: 100482.
Neutral Citation Number: [2019] EWCA Civ 74
Case No: B4/2018/1993
FD16P00282
Royal Courts of Justice
Strand, London, WC2A 2LL
Before:
LORD JUSTICE COULSON
-
Re A (Children)
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Ms B Connolly QC and Ms A Guha (instructed by Dawson Cornwell) for the Appellant
Ms C Papazian (instructed by Direct Access) for the Respondent
Mr M Gration ( instructed by CAFCASS) for the Children/Guardian
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Judgment: Re A (Children) [2019] EWCA Civ 74