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B, In the Matter Of [2026] EWFC 107 (B) (14 May 2026)
In care proceedings, the court found B suffered significant harm through a serious head injury while in her parents’ care, but could not identify which parent caused it.
The court found B suffered a serious head injury in her parents’ care, but could not identify which parent caused it. Threshold was met; no finding of deliberate injury.
The High Court ordered the urgent return of a one-year-old child from India to England and Wales, finding the father abducted the child and had perpetrated domestic abuse.
In a Children Act fact-finding hearing, the court made findings on domestic abuse allegations, child exposure to cannabis, and a car fire, but rejected coercive control.
The court found, on the totality of the evidence, that the likely cause of all of B's injuries was the accidental fall on 30 October 2023, witnessed by the Intervenor. The Local Authority did not discharge the burden of proof to establish that the injuries were inflicted. Neither parent nor the Intervenor inflicted the injuries. The threshold criteria under s.31 Children Act 1989 were not met.
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The court found, on the balance of probabilities, that H engaged in a pattern of domestic abuse against O, including physical violence, sexual assault (rape), controlling and humiliating behaviour, and threats. The court preferred O's evidence as more credible and consistent, corroborated by contemporaneous records and third-party statements. The court did not find the allegations of violence against the children proved but found the father's conduct towards O established a grave risk of harm and justified the findings sought.
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Joyce, R. v [2026] EWHC 753 (SCCO) (27 March 2026)
The High Court dismissed a costs appeal, holding that the sentencing hearing was not a Newton hearing because it involved no disputed factual finding.
A (A Child) (Fact-finding: domestic abuse and alienating behaviour), Re [2026] EWFC 58 (B) (09 March 2026)
Family Court fact-finding hearing on allegations of abuse and alienation in a child arrangements dispute. The court found neither the father’s abuse allegations nor the mother’s alienation allegations proved.
In a fact-finding hearing, the court held that C’s catastrophic injuries were inflicted by her father, Mr F, and made no failure-to-protect finding against her mother.
CA & Anor, Re (Fact Finding and Welfare: Rib Fractures) [2026] EWFC 17 (B) (11 February 2026)
The Family Court found CB suffered five rib fractures caused by FB through excessive bear hugging, met threshold under the Children Act 1989, and ordered CA to live with FA and CB with the maternal grandparents.
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