| Source: | All England Reporter |
| Publisher Citation: | [2012] All ER (D) 11 (Feb) |
| Court: | Court of Appeal, Civil Division |
| Judge: | Thorpe, Black LJJ and Sir John Chadwick (judgment delivered extempore) |
| Representation | John Buck for the appellant. |
| Joanna Chadwick for the local authority and the children's guardian. | |
| Judgment Dates: | 2 February 2012 |
Catchwords
Adoption - Practice - Appeal - Appellant mother seeking to oppose application for adoption of child - Respondent local authority preparing report damaging to appellant's case - Report not being made available to appellant - Judge making order for adoption - Whether judge erring - .
The Case
Adoption Practice. The Court of Appeal, Civil Division, set aside an adoption order and ordered that the matter be re-tried, in circumstances where a report prepared by the local authority as part of the adoption proceedings had not been provided to the appellant mother who wished to oppose the adoption.
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