A Local Authority v A Mother & Ors [2025] EWHC 3498 (Fam) This judgment of Mrs Justice Lieven, handed down on 2 December 2025, concerns the scope of a Transparency Order in ongoing care proceedings and, in particular, whether an NHS hospital trust may be…
Edward Lamb KC and Tara Vindis, instructed by Enfield Legal Services, successfully defended an appeal that dealt with the retraction of allegations; burdens of proof and deficiencies in investigatory procedures relating to allegations of sexual abuse within a family. Tara Vindis was instructed for the…
What follows is a salutary lesson for all judges and practitioners trying to get to grips with the ‘new normal’ of remote and hybrid hearings. On Friday 24 July 2020 the Court of Appeal overturned the decision of Mrs Justice Judd made on Monday 21…
The fact finding judgment of Mr Justice Newton, A local Authority v M, F and C, D, E, and F, in which I represent the four children was recently reported at [2016]EWHC 1599.
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