HX v A Local Authority & Ors (Application to Revoke Adoption Order) [2020] EWHC 1287
Represented the local authority in a birth father's application to revoke an adoption order.
The Family Division judge rejected the birth father’s application under the inherent jurisdiction of the High Court to revoke an adoption order made in November 2019, despite levelling criticisms at the local authority and Children's Guardian over a lack of rigour and urgency to identify him during the course of the earlier care proceedings.
Judgment
A Local Authority v M and F
The case involved consideration of the proportionality and necessity of a finding of fact hearing in accordance with the Oxfordshire Principles (Oxfordshire County Council v DP, RS and BS [2005] EWHC 1593) and the statutory framework
The issue which had arisen was whether it was right and necessary to engage in disputed elements of fact finding in circumstances where it appeared that they had no direct bearing on the final care plan of the Local Authority, that being the children should remain living with their respective family carers under the auspices of care orders.
Judgment
A v B [2023] and [2024]
Appeared on behalf of the Applicant non-biological mother in the case of M (A child) (No 1) [2023] EWFC 312 (B) and M (A child) (No 2) [2024] EWFC 99 (B) Judgments were handed down on 13 April 2023 and 2 May 2024.
Acted on behalf of the Applicant non-biological mother in this case. The Applicant (‘A’) initially made an application for contact with a child in care. However, by the final hearing applications had been made for the discharge of a care order, a Child Arrangements Order ‘lives with’ in the Applicant’s favour, restrictions to be placed on the exercise of the Parental Responsibility of the Respondent biological mother (‘B’), contact to remain supervised and an order under section 91(14) of the Children Act 1989 to be made for a period of 5 years.
Judgment (13th April 2023)
Judgment (2nd May 2024)