Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2007] All ER (D) 260 (Jul)
Court: Court of Appeal, Civil Division
Judge:

Dyson and Wilson LJJ
Representation The mother appeared in person.
  Eleanor Platt QC and Karen McLoughlin for the local authority.
  The father appeared in person.
  Sarah Forster for the guardian.
  Paul Hepher for CAFCASS.
Judgment Dates: 17 July 2007

Catchwords

Family proceedings - Orders in family proceedings - Care order - Child being placed in father's care under local authority care order - Application by mother for leave to apply for contact order and discharge of care order - Order prohibiting mother from making further applications under without leave - , s 91(14).

The Case

Family proceedings Orders in family proceedings. Where the father had been awarded residence of his son under a local authority care order and where the mother had made an application for staying contact and sought to appeal against the care order, the judge had been justified in making an order under s91(14) of the that the mother was not to make any further applications in respect of the son until he had reached majority. Proceedings had lasted for over 14 years and the grounds on which the judge had made the order were overwhelming.

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