(Court of Appeal, King, Lindblom, Peter Jackson LJJ, 4 April 2019)
Public law children – Fact finding – Sexual abuse – Children infected with gonorrhoea – Father found to be in the pool of possible perpetrators – Appeal – Failure to investigate other possible perpetrators
The appeal from a finding that the father was within the pool of possible perpetrators responsible for infecting the children with gonorrhoea was allowed and remitted for rehearing.
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Neutral Citation Number: [2019] EWCA Civ 575
Case No: B4/2019/0311
IN THE COURT OF APPEAL (CIVIL DIVISION)
ON APPEAL FROM CENTRAL FAMILY COURT
HHJ Meston QC
ZC18C00400
Royal Courts of Justice
Strand, London, WC2A 2LL
Date: 4 April 2019
Before :
LADY JUSTICE KING
LORD JUSTICE LINDBLOM
and
LORD JUSTICE PETER JACKSON
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B (Children: Uncertain Perpetrator)
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Chris Stevenson (instructed by Avadis & Co Solicitors) for the Appellant Father
Sally Bradley (instructed by London Borough of Islington) for the Respondent Local Authority
Saiqa Chaudhry (instructed by Steel and Shamash) for the Respondent Mother
Caroline Budden (instructed by TV Edwards Solicitors) for the Respondent Children through their Guardian
Hearing date: 26 March 2019
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