Case No. ZE17P01593

•The mother may disclose any document filed within these proceedings to any of the following persons: (a) the solicitor acting for the father in relation to his immigration matters; (b) the Secretary of State for the Home Department; (c) the police.”17.This case commenced, on F’s application, on 25th December 2017. As is abundantly clear, it has been heavily litigated. The challenges and obstacles to the smooth and timely resolution of the case, as discussed in the judgment from the fact-finding hearing, have been almost entirely of F’s making. At risk of repetition, it requires to be emphasised, that F found the opportunity to extend his controlling behaviour into the Court arena. The Children Act embodied, for the very first time, in English statute, the obligation to avoid delay in litigation relating to a child. Underpinning that is a recognition that delay is invariably inimical to the welfare of children. Here, it has been actively harmful. The protective provisions agreed by the parties and set out above related to the findings that I had made but they did not recognise the opportunities that the litigation has created for F to exert control over M and the children’s lives. With this omission in mind and with the full co-operation of the parties, I decided to hear evidence from the Cafcass Officer and from M and F. 18.Section 91A was inserted into the Children Act on the 19th May 2022 pursuant to the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 ss. 67(3), 90(6), SI 2022/553, Regs 1(2), 2(1)(b). In