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Re B (Children) (Remote Hearing: Interim Care Order) [2020] EWCA Civ 584

Date:17 MAY 2020

Francesca Esposito

Technical Editor

(Court of Appeal, Sir Andrew McFarlane P, Peter Jackson and Nicola Davies LJJ, 30 April 2020)

Public law children – Care order – Remote hearing

The Court of Appeal allowed the appeal, and set aside the interim care order made at a telephone hearing.

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Neutral Citation Number: [2020] EWCA Civ 584

Case No: B4/2020/0618

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL (CIVIL DIVISION)

ON APPEAL FROM THE WEST LONDON FAMILY COURT

Recorder McCarthy QC

ZW20C00148

Royal Courts of Justice
Strand, London, WC2A 2LL

Date: 30 April 2020

Before :

THE PRESIDENT OF THE FAMILY DIVISION

LORD JUSTICE PETER JACKSON

and

LADY JUSTICE NICOLA DAVIES

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Re B (Children)(Remote Hearing: Interim Care Order)

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Stephen Lue (instructed by Jung & Co Solicitors) for the Appellant Maternal Grandmother

Max Melsa (instructed by London Borough of Ealing) for the Respondent Local Authority

Philip Squire (instructed by Thompson & Co Solicitors Ltd) for the Respondent Children by their Children’s Guardian

Hearing date: 23 April 2020

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Approved Judgment

Covid-19 Protocol: This judgment was handed down remotely by circulation to the parties’ representatives by email, release to BAILII and publication on the Courts and Tribunals Judiciary website. The date and time for hand-down is deemed to be at 10:30am on Thursday, 30 April 2020.

Judgment: Re B (Children)(Remote Hearing: Interim Care Order) [2020] EWCA Civ 584