(Family Division, Cobb J, 14 June 2021)
Parental Responsibility – Circumcision – 21-month-old Muslim child – Raised in non-Muslim household of extended family – Mother sought child’s circumcision
The court held that the decision as to whether the child should be circumcised would be deferred until later in his life.
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Case No: LS19C00525
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE
FAMILY DIVISION
THE HONOURABLE MR JUSTICE COBB
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Re P (a child) (circumcision: child in care)
Hearing dates: 29 April 2021
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Approved Judgment
I direct that no official shorthand note shall be taken of this Judgment and that copies of this version as handed down may be treated as authentic.
Judgment: Re P (Circumcision. Child in Care) [2021] EWHC 1616 (Fam)