Approved Judgment
I direct that pursuant to CPR PD 39A para 6.1 no official shorthand note shall be taken of this Judgment and that copies of this version as handed down may be treated as authentic.This judgment was delivered in private. The judge has given leave for this version of the judgment to be published on condition that (irrespective of what is contained in the judgment) in any published version of the judgment the anonymity of the children and members of their family must be strictly preserved. All persons, including representatives of the media, must ensure that this condition is strictly complied with. Failure to do so will be a contempt of court.
- Approved Judgment
- Introduction
- Summary of conclusion
- The Legal Context
- “Requirement to obtain information about the child
- MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED IN THE CHILD'S HEALTH REPORT
- “21 Placement orders
- Dismissal of FPR 2010, Part 18 applications
- The validity of a placement order or an adoption order
- [2015] AC 1787
- Are existing placement or adoption orders vulnerable to challenge?
- On what basis may a placement order be set aside or revoked?
- [2008] EWCA 835
- I have reached the conclusion that the Recorder was wrong for the simple reason that
- Re P-B
- accurately states the law
- On what basis may an adoption order be set aside or revoked?
- “Is it open to this court in 2009 to set aside the adoption orders?
- simply make it impossible for this court to set aside the adoption orders even if, as Mr and Mrs Webster argue, they have suffered a serious injustice
- FPR 2010, Part 18
- Conclusion
- What needs to happen now?