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Family proceedings – Orders in family proceedings. The proceedings concerned the mother's appeal against a decision about her contact with her children and the imposition of a restriction order, under s 91(14) of the Children Act 1989, on her making further applications in relation to the children for two years. The Court of Appeal, Civil Division, in allowing the appeal, held that the judge's omission to set out his conclusions about the contact centre material in his judgment was fatal to his decision.
Family proceedings – Orders in family proceedings. The proceedings concerned the mother's appeal against a decision about her contact with her children and the imposition of a restriction order, under s 91(14) of the Children Act 1989, on her making further applications in relation to the children for two years. The Court of Appeal, Civil Division, in allowing the appeal, held that the judge's omission to set out his conclusions about the contact centre material in his judgment was fatal to his decision.
Chair of the Bar reports back
Marie Law, Director of Toxicology at AlphaBiolabs
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