(Family Division, Lieven J, 4 April 2019)
Public law children – Care and placement orders – Parents withdrew opposition – Judge announced decision, pending judgment – Father withdrew consent – Whether proceedings should be reopened Impact of delay
The judge made care and placement orders in respect of the 16-month-old child despite the father changing his mind and withdrawing consent.
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Neutral Citation Number: [2019] EWHC 850 (Fam)
Case No: BM17C00283
SITTING AT BIRMINGHAM DISTRICT REGISTRY
Royal Courts of Justice
Strand, London, WC2A 2LL
Date: 04/04/2019
Before :
MRS JUSTICE LIEVEN
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Between :
BIRMINGHAM CITY COUNCIL
Applicant
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SQ
1st Respondent
-and -
MN
2nd Respondent
-and-
JN
3rd Respondent
(A child by her guardian Joanne Gospel
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Jonathan Evans (instructed by Birmingham Children’s Trust ) for the Applicant
Cyrus Rashvand (instructed by Brendan Fleming Solicitors) for the 1st Respondent
Rebecca Franklin (instructed by Glaisyers Solicitors) for the 2nd Respondent
Dewinder Birk (instructed by Cartwright King Solicitors) for the 3rd Respondent
Hearing dates: 28 and 29 March, and 1 April 2019
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Approved Judgment
I direct that pursuant to CPR PD 39A para 6.1 no official shorthand note shall be taken of this Judgment and that copies of this version as handed down may be treated as authentic.
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MRS JUSTICE LIEVEN
This judgment was delivered in private. The judge has given leave for this version of the judgment to be published on condition that (irrespective of what is contained in the judgment) in any published version of the judgment the anonymity of the children and members of their family must be strictly preserved. All persons, including representatives of the media, must ensure that this condition is strictly complied with. Failure to do so will be a contempt of court.
Judgment: Re JN (A Child) [2019] EWHC 850 (Fam)
