[2025] EWHC 945 (Fam)

Royal Courts of Justice

Strand, London, WC2A 2LL

Before :

MR JUSTICE PEEL

Between :

Charlotte Proudman (instructed by direct access) for the Appellant

Carl Geary (instructed by Mitchell Ryan Solicitors) for the First Respondent

Rachel Chapman (instructed by Abels Solicitors) for the Second Respondent

Hearing date: 9 April 2025

Approved Judgment

This judgment was handed down remotely at 10.30am on 16 April 2025 by circulation to the parties or their representatives by e-mail and by release to the National Archives.

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MR JUSTICE PEEL

A transparency 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 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 will be a contempt of court.