Hearings
31 Jul 2019 [2019] EWCA Civ 1364; [2019] 4 WLR 115; [2020] 1 FLR 50; [2019] WLR (D) 468, CA (Sir Andrew McFarlane P, Simon, Davies LJJ)
29 Aug 2019 Permission to appeal to Supreme Court refused
In re M (Children)
Subject Matter
CHILDREN — Evidence — Disclosure — Care proceedings instigated following arrest of parents suspected of being terrorists — Parents giving no comment interviews and police investigation yet to produce evidence of criminality — Police seeking disclosure of parents’ witness and position statements made in care proceedings — Whether disclosure to be ordered — Whether disclosure breaching parents’ right to silence or privilege against self-incrimination — Whether established test requiring revision — Children Act 1989 (c 41), s 98 (as amended by Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c 33), s 261(1), Sch 27, para 132) — FPR r 12.73(1)(b)
[2019] EWCA Civ 1364; [2019] 4 WLR 115; [2020] 1 FLR 50; [2019] WLR (D) 468, CA
Legislation Considered
Statutes
Children Act 1989 (c 41), s 98 (as amended)
Statutory Instruments
FPR, r 12.73(1)(b)
Cases Considered
Cases considered in: In re M (Children) [2019] EWCA Civ 1364; [2019] 4 WLR 115; [2020] 1 FLR 50; [2019] WLR (D) 468, CA
In re M (Children) Applied
Cases Cited
Cases cited in: In re M (Children) [2019] EWCA Civ 1364; [2019] 4 WLR 115; [2020] 1 FLR 50; [2019] WLR (D) 468, CA
Bank Mellat v HM Treasury (No 2) [2013] UKSC 38; [2013] UKSC 39; [2014] AC 700; [2013] 3 WLR 179; [2013] 4 All ER 495; [2013] 4 All ER 533; [2013] Lloyd's Rep FC 580; [2013] HRLR 30; [2013] WLR (D) 244, SC(E)
In re
In re C
In re C (A Minor) (Care Proceedings: Disclosure) [1997] Fam 76; [1997] 2 WLR 322; [1996] 2 FLR 725, CA
R v Director of Serious Fraud Office, Ex p Smith [1993] AC 1; [1992] 1 All ER 730; The Times, 13 November 1991; The Independent, 8 November 1991, DC
R v Garbett (1847) 1 Den 236
R v Hertfordshire County Council
R v Hertfordshire County Council, Ex p Green Environmental Industries Ltd [2000] 2 AC 412; [2000] 2 WLR 373; [2000] 1 All ER 773; [2000] LGR 215, HL(E)
R v Slaney
Subsequent Consideration
Cases subsequently considering: In re M (Children) [2019] EWCA Civ 1364; [2019] 4 WLR 115; [2020] 1 FLR 50; [2019] WLR (D) 468, CA
Applied in In re A (Children) [2020] EWCA Civ 448; [2020] 2 FLR 1, CA
Applied in In re AB (Court of Protection: Police Disclosure) [2019] EWCOP 66; [2021] 4 WLR 34; [2021] WLR(D) 83, Ct of Protection
Cases citing
Cases citing: In re M (Children) [2019] EWCA Civ 1364; [2019] 4 WLR 115; [2020] 1 FLR 50; [2019] WLR (D) 468, CA
In re A (Children) [2020] EWCA Civ 448; [2020] 2 FLR 1, CA
In re AB (Court of Protection: Police Disclosure) [2019] EWCOP 66; [2021] 4 WLR 34; [2021] WLR(D) 83, Ct of Protection
In re G (Disclosure of Fact-finding Judgment to Secretary of State for the Home Department) [2023] EWHC 450 (Fam); [2023] 2 FLR 1329, Fam D
In re P (Children) [2021] EWHC 3133 (Fam); [2022] 1 FCR 324, Fam D
In re P (Children) [2022] EWCA Civ 495; [2022] 1 WLR 3833; [2022] 4 All ER 418; [2022] 2 FLR 912; [2022] WLR(D) 178, CA
In re Z (Disclosure to Social Work England: Findings of Domestic Abuse) [2023] EWHC 447 (Fam); [2023] 2 FLR 995, Fam D
M v S [2024] EWFC 80 (B), Fam Ct
Commentary
UK Human Rights Blog
The “long arm” of the police – how “confidential “ are family proceedings?
Case comment
UK Police Law Blog
Disclosure of material from care proceedings to the police
Case comment
Family Law Week
Children: Public Law Update
Case comment