Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2007] All ER (D) 300 (May)
Court: Family Division
Judge:

Hogg J
Representation The grandmother appeared in person.
  Gregor Ferguson for the local authority.
  The guardian did not appear and was not represented.
Judgment Dates: 17 May 2007

Catchwords

Family proceedings - Orders in family proceedings - Care order - Children living with maternal grandmother - Guardian and psychologist disputing grandmother's ability to care for emotional needs - Social worker supporting grandmother until witnessing unauthorised contact to mother - Magistrates accepting evidence of social worker - Final care order being made - Grandmother appealing - Whether magistrates plainly wrong.

The Case

Family proceedings Orders in family proceedings. Where a grandmother appealed against a final care order in respect of her three grandchildren, disputing various findings of fact, the appeal would be dismissed. In the instant case, there had been sufficient evidence available to the magistrates to make the findings of fact which they had. The implication from those findings was that the grandmother had failed to put the children's emotional needs first.

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