Source:	All England Reporter
Publisher Citation:	[2012] All ER (D) 128 (May)
Court:	Court of Appeal, Civil Division
Judge:	Thorpe and Rafferty LJJ and Norris J (judgment delivered extempore)
Representation	Stephen Ainsley for the mother.
	Justin Gray for the authority.
	John O'Sullivan for the children's guardian.
Judgment Dates:	16 May 2012

Catchwords

Child - Care - Local authority - Mother suffering mental illness - Local authority seeking long-term care orders and placement orders for children - Mother undertaking program to control mental illness - Judge finding a number of uncertainties in having children returning to mother - Experts giving evidence supporting rehabilitation program of return of children to mother - Judge making care orders and placement orders - Mother submitting judge failing to give reasons for departing from expert evidence - Whether judge erring.

The Case

Child Care. The Court of Appeal, Civil Division, reversed a decision making care orders and placement orders in relation to three children since the judge had erred by failing to give cogent reasons for departing from recommendations of experts that the mother should be reunited with the children under a rehabilitation program.

Practice Areas

• Family
• Local Government
• Dispute Resolution

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