(Court of Appeal, Peter Jackson, Baker LJJ, 24 May 2019)
Public law children – Fact finding – Grandmother included in pool of potential perpetrators – Whether this finding was supported by the evidence
The appeal was allowed and the grandmother’s name was removed from the pool of potential perpetrators of the child’s unexplained injuries.
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Neutral Citation Number: [2019] EWCA Civ 895
Case No: B4/2019/0725
IN THE COURT OF APPEAL (CIVIL DIVISION)
ON APPEAL FROM LEEDS COMBINED COURT CENTRE
Her Honour Judge Anderson
LS17C00672
Royal Courts of Justice
Strand, London, WC2A 2LL
Date: 24 May 2019
Before :
LORD JUSTICE PETER JACKSON
and
LORD JUSTICE BAKER
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Between :
R (A Child)
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Ashley Lord (instructed by Crockett & Co Solicitors) for the Appellant Intervener
Simon Wilkinson (instructed by Leeds City Council) for the Respondent Local Authority
Written submissions were received on behalf of the other Respondents (the Mother, the Father and the Children’s Guardian).
Hearing date: 22 May 2019