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The Court of Appeal held that the judge had approached the special guardianship decision as a simple welfare balance and should have applied proportionality and, in context, threshold analysis.
The judge's assessment of the evidence and witness reliability was thorough and justified; there was no basis for appellate interference. The finding that the mother inflicted the injury was open to the judge on the balance of probabilities.
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Bea, R (On the Application Of) v Staffordshire County Council (Rev1) [2026] EWHC 1190 (Admin) (18 May 2026)
Judicial review over a child’s temporary placement was dismissed as academic after the placement ended; the court declined to rule on the regulation issue.
Fact-finding judgment in care proceedings finding that the father raped Ms Smith in 2015 and sexually abused child X on multiple occasions.
Manchester City Council v M & Ors [2026] EWFC 75 (01 April 2026)
Fact-finding in care proceedings: the court found the father raped Ms Smith in 2015, but did not make findings on all allegations concerning X.
A Local Authority v CD & Ors [2026] EWHC 980 (Fam) (31 March 2026)
The High Court granted a Withholding Order in care proceedings, keeping the Guardian, the child’s solicitor, and social work staff unnamed to the parents because of serious risk.
In care proceedings, the court considered whether a toddler’s fatal head injuries were inflicted or accidental. The judge found the mother’s fall account more likely than abuse.
Hampshire County Council v A Mother & Ors [2026] EWFC 72 (30 March 2026)
In care proceedings, the court found a young child’s catastrophic head injuries were more likely caused by an accidental sofa fall than inflicted abuse.
A, B & C (Children: Perpetrator Finding) [2026] EWCA Civ 219 (06 March 2026)
The Court of Appeal dismissed a mother's appeal in care proceedings, upholding a finding that she inflicted a non-accidental fracture on her infant son C.
A, B, C, D, Re (Extension of assessment; Use of AI: hallucinations) [2026] EWFC 71 (B) (05 March 2026)
The court extended a residential assessment for a mother and four children, refused to join a proposed kinship carer as a party, declined a further viability assessment, and refused erasure of her data.
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