Case No. ZE22C50109
Family Court

Case No. ZE22C50109

Fecha: 03-May-2023

The evidence

37.The bundle includes the witness statements of the parties and witnesses, medical evidence produced by treating clinicians and expert witnesses, and hospital, police and social work records. There has been no parenting assessment, because I determined at an early stage in the proceedings that this would not be necessary unless the threshold criteria were found to be met. There are, however, a number of assessments of wider family members in the bundle, which have added to the evidential picture. 38.I have watched videos produced by the parents. Some are family videos taken around the time of the relevant events; two further videos were taken more recently to demonstrate the amount of time it takes to take out the bins at the family home. 39.I heard oral evidence from the following witnesses:a.Dr Adam Oates, a consultant radiologist;b.Dr Patrick Cartlidge, a consultant paediatrician;c.The mother;d.The father;e.Mrs O, a family friend;f.Mrs N, the children’s maternal grandmother.