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Re L (Fact-Finding Hearing: Fairness) 2022 EWCA Civ 169 Appeal before: Lord Justice Baker and Lord Justice Snowden .Background Summary .· This was a public law case concerning the welfare of L, a little girl aged 2 years. · L has 2 older maternal siblings (different fathers). The authority got involved several years ago due […]
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I want to give all you busy practitioners a quick 3 minute read to explain what the word ‘Somerset’ will now mean to you. I promise you, by the end of this week you will have heard it several times. In the last 48 hours or so I have been involved in 3 cases, in […]
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A Local Authority v Mother & Ors [2021] EWHC 2794 (Fam)Background: The matter came before Mrs Justice Lieven on a costs application, brought by the local authority and children’s guardian, against two intermediaries referred to as DM and MH. For the purposes of this application they were each intervened into the proceedings. The father was […]
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There are various routes by which a person can acquire parental responsibility (“PR”) for a child. But what are the options for removing or restricting PR before it automatically ends once the child reaches 18? In any case, regardless of how PR was acquired, the welfare of the child is the Court’s paramount consideration when determining whether […]
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