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Medical negligence claim over a psychiatrist’s risk assessment failed. The court found the assessment was within reasonable professional opinion and causation was not proved.
F v H & Anor [2017] EWHC 3358 (Fam) (19 December 2017)
The High Court allowed a father’s appeal against supervised contact with a child’s mother, setting aside the contact order because psychiatric assessment and proper welfare analysis were missing.
Appeal allowed in a child arrangements case where the judge had ordered supervised contact without the required psychiatric assessment and treatment of the mother.
The Court of Appeal allowed an out-of-time sentence appeal and substituted a hospital order with restriction order for IPP, relying on fresh psychiatric evidence.
The High Court granted an interim secure accommodation order for a 13-year-old child whose behaviour made her a danger to herself and others.
The Court of Appeal held that a 3.5-year sentence for arson being reckless as to life was manifestly excessive and reduced it to two years.
W (Children) [2007] EWCA Civ 786 (26 July 2007)
The Court of Appeal refused a father permission to appeal and to adduce fresh evidence in a children case, upholding supervised contact and a section 91(14) order.
H (A Child) [2007] EWCA Civ 392 (28 March 2007)
The Court of Appeal allowed a mother’s application to admit fresh psychiatric evidence and ordered a viability assessment at Cassell Hospital in child care proceedings.
Fresh psychiatric evidence showed the appellant suffered from schizophrenia at the time of the killing, so the murder conviction was quashed and manslaughter substituted.
B (Children), Re [2002] EWCA Civ 1666 (25 October 2002)
The Court of Appeal allowed a mother’s appeal, holding that the trial judge had not given proper weight to psychiatric evidence that contact risked harming the children.
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