Search judgments by proposition, citation, court, judge or legal topic, then move directly into the source-grounded case analysis.
Results update automatically as you type.
England and Wales decisions
Decisions matching the current search
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.
North East Lincolnshire Council v M & Ors [2025] EWFC 405 (B) (14 November 2025)
The Family Court found that a baby’s skull, subdural and rib injuries were inflicted by his father, and that both parents lied to professionals about how they happened.
The court found, on the balance of probabilities, that H sustained a skull fracture likely caused by a non-accidental single blunt trauma (inflicted blow or significant fall from height) between 23 December 2023 and 6 January 2024. However, the evidence was insufficient to identify M or F as perpetrator on the balance of probabilities. There is a real possibility that either M or F inflicted the injury. The perpetrator failed to seek timely medical attention, but the court cannot definitively attribute culpability to either parent.
Source excerpt
The Local Authority failed to prove on the balance of probabilities that either parent inflicted a non-accidental injury or failed to disclose a witnessed accident. The evidence did not establish that the injury was non-accidental, and the parents' accounts were credible and consistent. The medical evidence regarding causation and force required for such injuries in infants was uncertain. There were no risk factors present and multiple protective factors. The injury is unexplained but may have resulted from an unwitnessed accident possibly involving sibling B.
Source excerpt
H, Re [2025] EWFC 337 (B) (03 October 2025)
Fact-finding judgment in care proceedings over a toddler’s skull fracture. The court found a real possibility that either parent caused the injury, but no parent was proved to have done so.
The child's injuries were caused by excessive and significant applications of force, outside reasonable handling, by the father during care tasks such as leg cycling and nappy changing. The mother did not cause or know of the injuries prior to their discovery. The injuries were not explained by medical, genetic, or haematological factors, and were not deliberately inflicted but resulted from careless handling and lack of recognition of pain response.
Source excerpt
The fracture sustained by G was inflicted by the Father in the early hours of 9 March 2025 by application of significant and excessive force beyond reasonable handling, satisfying the threshold for care orders for G, K and S.
Source excerpt
A Local Authority v A & Ors [2025] EWFC 295 (B) (01 August 2025)
In care proceedings, the court found a father caused a baby’s tibial fractures, bruising and toe cut by excessive force during handling.
The Family Court found F’s gonorrhoea was likely caused by sexual contact, not fomite transfer, but could not identify whether the mother or uncle did it.
Local Authority v A & Anor [2025] EWFC 240 (31 July 2025)
In a care-proceedings rehearing, the court found a child’s genital gonorrhoea was caused by sexual contact, but could not identify whether the mother or uncle was the perpetrator.
Explore more
