Wednesday 9 April 2008

England and Wales Court of Appeal (Civil Division) Decisions 'Neutral Citation Number; [2008] EWCA Civ 15 Case No: B4/2007/2168'

LORD JUSTICE WALL
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P (A child) ____________________
Miss P attended court (together with a MacKenzie Friend)
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Lord Justice Wall :

This is an application by the mother of a female child born on 7 May 2006 for permission to appeal against care and placement orders made by Her Honour Judge Butler sitting in the Nottingham County Court on 29 August 2007. Although this judgment is a public document, and although in due course there may be an application for the child and her mother to be identified, I have, for the time being and with the applicant's agreement, imposed reporting restrictions. Nothing must therefore be published which would identify the child or her mother; and I propose in this judgment to refer to the child as KP and to her mother as "the applicant". KP was born prematurely on 7 May 2006, and remained in hospital. As the judge stated – and this does not appear to be in dispute - KP "has very many serious medical conditions with which to contend" and requires skilled day to day care and management. Care proceedings in relation to her were instituted in September 2006, and on 23 November 2006, pursuant to an interim care order, she was discharged from hospital into the care of foster parents, with whom she has remained. She has thus never been in the sole care of the applicant.
Full Judgement: http://www.stopinjusticenow.com/News_0738.htm

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