underlined
:“(i) When considering the welfare of the child, the effect on the child's welfare of an allegation being investigated or not
- 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