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22 June 2022

Re H-W (children); Re H-W (children) (No 2) [2022] UKSC 17
(Supreme Court, Lord Hodge, Deputy President, Lord Kitchin, Lord Burrows, Lord Hughes, Dame Siobhan Keegan, 15 May 2022)Care proceedings – Long term removal of children – Appeal...
Care Proceedings 22 June 2022
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18 May 2022

Re B (A Child) (Adequacy of Reasons) [2022] EWCA Civ 407
(Court of Appeal (Civil Division), Sir Andrew McFarlane, President, Peter Jackson and Nicola Davies LJJ, 25 March 2022)Care proceedings – Adequacy of a judgment leading to the making of a...
Care Proceedings 18 May 2022
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17 May 2022

Re L (a child) (fact-finding hearing: fairness); Z v A local authority and others [2022] EWCA Civ 169
(Court of Appeal (Civil Division), Baker and Snowden LJJ, 17 February 2022)Care proceedings – Fact-finding – Fairness – Whether process by which recorder had concluded that threshold...
Care Proceedings 17 May 2022
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12 May 2022

Re L (Third Party Disclosure Order: Her Majesty's Prison and Probation Service) [2022] EWHC 127 (Fam)
(Family Division, Cobb J, 24 January 2022)Care proceedings – Best interests of children – Third party disclosure – Father convicted of terrorist offences - Potential risk posed to...
Care Proceedings 12 May 2022
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4 May 2022

Re S (Vulnerable Party: Fairness Of Proceedings) [2022] EWCA Civ 8
(Court of Appeal (Civil Division), Baker, Whipple LJJ and Francis J, 18 January 2022)Care proceedings – Procedural irregularity – Unfairness – Vulnerable witness – Failure to...
Care Proceedings 4 May 2022
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27 January 2022

Re C (Looked After Child) (Covid-19 Vaccination) [2021] EWHC 2993 (Fam)
(Family Division, Poole J, 09 November 2021)Vaccination – Parental objection – Parental responsibility – Care order – Children Act 1989, s 33(3)The Judge held that a local...
Care Proceedings 27 January 2022
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24 June 2020

Re C (Children: Covid 19: Representation) [2020] EWCA Civ 734
(Court of Appeal, King, Peter Jackson, Asplin LJJ, 10 June 2020)Care proceedings – Procedure – Remote hearing The Court of Appeal dismissed the mother’s appeal, holding that it was...
Francesca Esposito
Care Proceedings 24 June 2020
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17 June 2020

A Local Authority v W and Ors (Application for Summary Dismissal of Findings) [2020] EWFC 40
(Family Court, MacDonald J, 2 June 2020)Care proceedings – Case management – Application for summary dismissal of findingsThe Family Court held that the court had no separate power within...
Francesca Esposito
Care Proceedings 17 June 2020
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17 June 2020

B-T (A Child) (Threshold Conditions) [2020] EWCA Civ 697
(Court of Appeal, Peter Jackson, Nicola Davies and Simler LJJ, 3 June 2020)Care proceedings – Threshold – Appeal The Court of Appeal allowed an appeal from a finding that the threshold...
Francesca Esposito
Care Proceedings 17 June 2020
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29 April 2020

Re AV (A Child) (Expert Report) [2020] EWCA Civ 346
(Court of Appeal, Baker and Popplewell LJJ, 5 March 2020)Care proceedings – Expert evidence – Judge refused permission for instruction of a child psychiatrist as an expert witnessThe Court...
Francesca Esposito
Care Proceedings 29 April 2020
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