SQ24C50017 - [2025] EWHC 2078 (Fam)

Royal Courts of Justice

Strand, London, WC2A 2LL

Before :

MRS JUSTICE LIEVEN

Between :

A LOCAL AUTHORITY

Applicant

and

Mother

First Respondent

and

Father

Second Respondent

and

P

(A Child, through his Children’s Guardian)

Third Respondent

and

(1) MATERNAL GRANDMOTHER

(2) MATERNAL GRANDFATHER

(3) PATERNAL AUNT

Interveners

Mr Christopher Adams (instructed by a Local Authority) for the Applicant

Ms Kate Burnell KC and Ms Nicola Brown (instructed by Wollens Solicitors) for the Mother

Mr Richard Hadley KC and Mr Christopher Rank (instructed by Dicksons Solicitors) for the Father

Ms Kate Hughes KC and Mr George Smith (instructed by S Family Law Solicitors) for the child, P

Mr Adeo Fraser (instructed by Brendan Fleming Solicitors) for the First and Second Interveners, Maternal Grandmother and Maternal Grandfather

The Third Intervener, paternal aunt attended and was not represented

Hearing dates: 16-24 June 2025

Approved Judgment

This judgment was handed down remotely at 10.30am on 8 July 2025 by circulation to the parties or their representatives by e-mail.

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MRS JUSTICE LIEVEN