WV21C00104 - [2025] EWHC 1791 (Fam)

Royal Courts of Justice

Strand, London, WC2A 2LL

Before :

MRS JUSTICE LIEVEN

Between :

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Applicants

and

SHROPSHIRE COUNCIL

First Respondent

and

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Second Respondent

and

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Intervenor

Ms Lorraine Cavanagh KC and Ms Kathryn Anslow (instructed by Clarkes Law & W M Law) for the Applicants

Mr Nick Goodwin KC and Ms Louise Higgins (instructed by Shropshire Council) for the First Respondent

Ms Kirsty Gallacher (instructed by Talbots) for the Second Respondent

Mr Andrew Duncan (instructed by WMB Law) for the Intervenor

Hearing dates: 15 May 2025 & 10 June 2025

Approved Judgment

This judgment was handed down remotely at 10.30am on 11 July 2025 by circulation to the parties or their representatives by e-mail.

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MRS JUSTICE LIEVEN

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.