Approved Judgment
MR JUSTICE MOSTYNThis 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 may be a contempt of court.
- Approved Judgment
- Mr Justice Mostyn:
- General legal principles
- The family law authorities
- consequence
- Not infrequently, a finding in relation to one child will have implications for the welfare of other children
- only
- underlined
- But the significance to the individual child of knowing the whole truth cannot, of itself, be a main purpose of the investigation.
- Similarly, the public interest in the identification of perpetrators of child abuse cannot, of itself, be such a purpose.
- necessary
- This means that the court must be satisfied that the findings, if made, would produce something of importance for the welfare decision.”
- The facts of this case
- Decision