Nottinghamshire County Council v The Mother

Subject Matter

CHILDREN — Care proceedings — Case management — Child subject to special guardianship order sustaining severe injuries — Special guardians’ bail conditions prohibiting unsupervised contact with children — Whether family judge able to order unsupervised contact — Whether family judge better placed to determine risk to child — Children Act 1989 (c 41), s 1

[2024] EWHC 666 (Fam); [2024] 2 FLR 868, Fam D

Legislation Considered

Statutes

Children Act 1989 (c 41), s 1

Commentary

Local Government Lawyer
Judge urges police to “carefully consider” position and role of Family Court when determining bail conditions Case comment