G (Children), Re [2002] EWCA Civ 1012 (27 May 2002)

G (Children), Re [2002] EWCA Civ 1012 (27 May 2002)

The application for permission to appeal was dismissed as academic because the transcript was now available at public expense, rendering the original order requiring the father to pay for it moot.

Citation
[2002] EWCA Civ 1012
Parties
Applicant Father: Mr G; Respondent Mother: Mrs C
Jurisdiction
England and Wales
Judgment Date
27 May 2002
Procedural Posture
Family Law Appeal / Application for Permission to Appeal (court of Appeal) From County Court Directions Order
Outcome
Application for permission to appeal dismissed
Legal Topics
Contact With Children, Appeals Procedure, Provision of Transcripts at Public Expense
Family Law Civil Procedure Contact With Children Appeals Procedure Provision of Transcripts at Public Expense

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Parties

Mr G

Applicant Father

Mrs C

Respondent Mother

Procedural Posture

Family Law Appeal / Application for Permission to Appeal (court of Appeal) From County Court Directions Order

Legal Issues

  1. 1 Whether the applicant father should be granted permission to appeal the County Court's directions order requiring him to obtain a transcript at his own expense
  2. 2 Whether transcripts should be provided at public expense for a publicly assisted litigant
  3. 3 Whether the appeal against the order for indirect contact should proceed without the transcript

Ratio Decidendi

The application for permission to appeal was dismissed as academic because the transcript was now available at public expense, rendering the original order requiring the father to pay for it moot.

Court Disposition

Application for permission to appeal dismissed

Orders

  • Copy of the transcript of this judgment to be provided to mother and father at public expense
  • Copy of District Judge Wilson's judgment to be put on the County Court file