The mother
25.The mother filed three witness statements and gave very short evidence. She described S and B with obvious pleasure and love. She exhibited distress at some points when speaking of O, but was also able to collect herself and answer questions.26.She was adamant that she had not lost her temper or become frustrated and hurt O. She said that she had never felt that way about him, nor did she believe that the father had done so. She said that he would have been ‘out the door’ if she thought he had harmed her children.
- Approved Judgment
- Introduction
- Background
- The proceedings
- The parents
- The Guardian
- The law
- [2012] EWHC 1370 (Fam
- [2020] EWCA Civ 1230
- Re B (Children)(Care Proceedings: Standard of Proof)(CAFCASS intervening);[
- The hearing
- The medical evidence
- The mother
- The father
- Wider canvass
- Analysis
- Threshold
- [2022] EWHC 3404 (Fam)
