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Children and young persons – Court proceedings. The proceedings concerned whether a child, K, should be returned to Malta. In the course of proceedings, the judge carried out a lengthy interview with K. The judge held that K should be returned. The mother appealed. The Court of Appeal, in allowing the appeal, held that the judge had erred in allowing the meeting with K to become an exercise in the gathering of evidence.
Children and young persons – Court proceedings. The proceedings concerned whether a child, K, should be returned to Malta. In the course of proceedings, the judge carried out a lengthy interview with K. The judge held that K should be returned. The mother appealed. The Court of Appeal, in allowing the appeal, held that the judge had erred in allowing the meeting with K to become an exercise in the gathering of evidence.
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