Case No. FD25F00020 - [2025] EWHC 783 (Fam)

Royal Courts of Justice

Strand, London, WC2A 2LL

Before :

MR JUSTICE MCKENDRICK

Ms Katie Scott (instructed by Hill Dickinson) for the Applicant

Mr Adam Fullwood (instructed by Advocate) for the Respondent

Hearing date: 25 March 2025

Approved Judgment

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This judgment was delivered in public but a reporting restrictions order is in force. 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 and details of the treating clinicians must be strictly preserved. All persons, including representatives of the media and legal bloggers, must ensure that this condition is strictly complied with. Failure to do so may be a contempt of court.

Mr Justice McKendrick:

Introduction