| Source: | All England Reporter |
| Publisher Citation: | [2003] All ER (D) 149 (Nov) |
| Court: | Court of Appeal, Civil Division |
| Judge: | Thorpe and Scott Baker LJJ |
| Representation | Janet Waddicor for the father. |
| Hugh Travers for the mother. | |
| Judgment Dates: | 11 November 2003 |
Catchwords
Children - Contact - Order restricting applications without leave of court - Father applying for direct contact order - Judge dismissing application - Judge making order prohibiting father from making any applications in respect of child for entire period of her minority - Correctness of decision - s 91(14).
The Case
In the circumstances of the instant case, an order made under s91(14) of the prohibiting a father from making any applications in respect of his nine-year-old daughter for the entire period of her minority had not been justified, and would be substituted by one prohibiting any applications for direct contact for a period of two years.
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