CA-2025-001041 - [2025] EWCA Civ 910

This appeal is brought by a local authority against the outcome of a fact-finding hearing in care proceedings involving two children, a girl, “K”, now aged 3, and a boy, “G”, now aged 2.

The appeal is supported by the children’s guardian and by the children’s parents. All parties seek a rehearing of the fact-finding hearing before another judge.

Whether an appeal should be allowed is, however, a decision for the appellate court, not the parties. It will, of course, be unusual for the court to dismiss an appeal which is supported by the other parties. But in my view, this is just such a case.