FD25P00484 - [2025] EWHC 2780 (Fam)

IN PRIVATE

1st Mezzanine, Queen's Building

Royal Courts of Justice

Strand

London WC2A 2LL

BEFORE:

MR JUSTICE MACDONALD

BETWEEN:

S

Applicant

- and -

(1) LONDON BOROUGH OF ISLINGTON

(2) THE CHILD (Through her Children's Guardian)

Respondents

The Applicant, MS S, appeared in person

MR P COUTTS (Solicitor) appeared on behalf of the Respondent Local Authority

MR H LAMB appeared on behalf of the Child, through her Children's Guardian

JUDGMENT

(Approved)

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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.