Approved Judgment
This judgment was handed down remotely at 10.30am on 3 April 2023 by circulation to the parties or their representatives by e-mail.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
- A and D v B, C and E
- Background
- The Judge’s Findings of Domestic Abuse
- The Judgment Under Appeal
- The Parties’ Positions
- Legal Framework
- Re H-N and Others (Children) (Domestic Abuse: Findings of Fact)
- Piglowska
- Re F (Children)
- Re A (A Child: Findings of Fact)
- Analysis
- Ground two
- Re B-M (Children: Findings of Fact)
- Re A (A Child) (No. 2)
- Ground three
- Re H-N and Others (Children) (Domestic Abuse: Finding of Fact Hearings)
- Ground One
- Re F and Another (Children) (Sexual Abuse Allegations)
- Conclusion