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Conclusions
Decision
I will make directions as follows:
This application is adjourned.
The court approves short form service on the respondent.
This matter is reserved to me if available, even if pursued out of hours.
The applicant shall issue a C66 form for consideration of the welfare of the child once born, forthwith.
When the respondent’s child is born, (s)he will automatically become a respondent to these proceedings and to the C66 application without further order.
CAFCASS High Court team are to appoint a guardian to the baby as soon as they are notified (s)he has been born.
CAFCASS must be served with this order and the papers in this application.
The applicant is to inform the respondent’s legal team, CAFCASS and the Court when the respondent goes into labour.
Costs in the application.
I thank solicitors and counsel for their adroit assistance and ask an order is drafted in these terms.
Postscript
On 27 March 2025 PP was delivered of her baby. A hearing took place before me within an hour of the baby’s birth. The baby’s guardian was able to attend the hearing and instruct a solicitor to represent the baby’s interests. Consent to test was provided as being overwhelmingly in the baby’s best interests.