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The Child, Z, Re [2025] EWFC 449 (B) (19 November 2025)
The court made a Special Guardianship Order for Z in favour of her maternal grandmother and step-grandfather, with a 12-month Supervision Order.
Delay in proceedings was wholly unjustified and caused significant emotional harm to Amber. Extensions beyond the statutory 26-week limit were not properly justified or recorded. Adjournment for further assessment of 'Uncle Jay' would cause further harm and is not necessary. Threshold for care order is met. Care order with plan for long-term foster care and monthly contact is the only option meeting Amber's welfare best interests. Judgment to be published for transparency.
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The risk of emotional harm to the children from notification and direct ascertainment of their wishes, while significant, is not sufficient to justify exclusion from participation in proceedings affecting their Article 8 rights. The children must be notified and their wishes and feelings obtained, with harm mitigated by a shared narrative and sensitive handling.
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Peto v Information Commissioner [2025] EWHC 146 (Admin) (29 January 2025)
The High Court refused permission for judicial review of the ICO’s warning and decision not to prosecute alleged data protection breaches involving Labour Party forum data.
The Mother v The Local Authority & Ors [2024] EWFC 444 (B) (19 September 2024)
The Family Court refused to withhold notice of a mother’s application to discharge care orders. The children were to be told and their wishes and feelings obtained.
G, Re (Inherent Jurisdiction Return: Disclosure of Asylum Documents) [2022] EWHC 2134 (Fam) (11 August 2022)
The High Court ordered partial disclosure of redacted asylum documents in child return proceedings, balancing confidentiality against fair trial rights and the child’s welfare.
Kay, R (On the Application Of) v Secretary of State for Justice [2021] EWHC 2125 (Admin) (30 July 2021)
The High Court dismissed a judicial review of a refusal to pay miscarriage-of-justice compensation under section 133 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988.
Appeal over refusal to join a vulnerable adult’s aunt as a party in Court of Protection proceedings was dismissed, though permission to appeal was granted.
The Court of Appeal held that a mother’s consent to interim care orders was not freely given after the judge exerted improper pressure, so the orders were set aside.
G (Children: Fair Hearing), Re [2019] EWCA Civ 126 (07 February 2019)
The Court of Appeal held that a mother’s consent to interim care orders was not freely given after judicial pressure, and ordered a rehearing before a different judge.
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