FD24P00235 - [2025] EWHC 952 (Fam)

Royal Courts of Justice

Strand, London, WC2A 2LL

Before:

MR JUSTICE MACDONALD

Between:

Ms Anita Guha KC and Ms Helen Compton (instructed by A & N Care Solicitors) for the Applicant

Mr Henry Setright KC and Ms Julia Gasparro (instructed by Avery Naylor) for the First Respondent

Mr Michael Gration KC and Ms Charlotte Georges (instructed by Freemans) for the Second and Third Respondents

Hearing dates: 10 to 14 and 18 and 19 March 2025

Approved Judgment

This judgment was handed down remotely at 10.30am on 29 April 2025 by circulation to the parties or their representatives by e-mail and by later release to the National Archives.

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MR JUSTICE MACDONALD

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 and legal bloggers, must ensure that this condition is strictly complied with. Failure to do so may be a contempt of court.