Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2012] All ER (D) 190 (May)
Court: Court of Appeal, Civil Division
Judge:

Thorpe and Laws LJJ (judgment delivered extempore)
Representation Rachel Langdale QC and Marisa Allman for the mother.
  Sarah Singleton QC and Gordon Shelton for the grandmother.
  Caroline Shields for the father.
Judgment Dates: 3 May 2012

Catchwords

Family proceedings - Orders in family proceedings - Residence order - Paternal grandmother applying for contact order - Mother being assessed as vulnerable and in need of support during proceedings - Hearing taking place while mother not in receipt of recommended support - Mother not complying with contact order - Grandmother seeking residence order - Judge refusing to investigate history of mother's allegations regarding paternal family - Judge making findings as to mother and grandmother - Judge making residence order - Whether judge erring.

The Case

Family proceedings Orders in family proceedings. The Court of Appeal, Civil Division, allowed the mother's appeal and set aside a residence order made in favour of the paternal grandmother where the judge had refused to investigate the history of the family once compromises had been made at an earlier hearing of an application for contact.

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