On 5th January 2023 in Re S (A Child) and Re W (A Child) [2023] EWCA Civ 1, the Court of Appeal provided important clarification on the interplay between s.20 and s.31 Children Act 1989, and the long-term use of voluntary accommodation of children under s.20 CA 1989.
Our Stuart Yeung and Samantha Dunn have been involved in the Court of Appeal of Re W-A (Children: Foreign Conviction) [2022] EWCA Civ 1118, which clarifies, for the first time in the family jurisdiction, that foreign convictions are admissible as evidence in family proceedings.
In care proceedings concerning a three-year-old child, a judge had erred in his approach to, and analysis of, the medical evidence and findings of fact [...]
Grant Keyes represented a mother in care proceedings concerning a three-year-old child, a judge had erred in his approach to, and analysis of, the medical [...]
Abigail Turner represented the Respondent Children in this matter. The court gave guidance on the practice in relation to the granting of short term stays [...]
Grant Keyes resented the Respondent Children in this matter. A judge had been wrong to discharge interim care orders in respect of two children in [...]
