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The Family Court found that a child was unlawfully removed from Nigeria using false documents and continued care and placement orders, refusing an Independent Social Worker.
Manchester City Council v AO & Ors [2025] EWFC 212 (29 January 2025)
The court found the child had been brought from Nigeria using false documents and deliberate deception, continued the interim care order, and refused an independent social worker.
Oxfordshire County Council v JN & Anor [2022] EWHC 2794 (Fam) (01 July 2022)
The High Court made an age declaration for a child in care proceedings, relying on expert MRI-based evidence and broader case evidence where documentation was unreliable.
The court placed M and C with their maternal aunt and uncle in Scotland under an SGO, while E, V and A remained with MI under a child arrangements order.
The High Court found, on the balance of probabilities, that JN was alive, that death documents were fake, and that the mother and grandfather knew her whereabouts.
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