Originally published in TEDR Volume 13 Issue 2 (publication date not recorded).
[2008] EWCA Civ 365 TEDR Volume 13 Issue 2
The local Authority were seeking a Care Order relating to the fifth child of a couple. The first four children were already the subject of Care Orders.
Accordingly, there was a great deal of material which justified the concerns of the Local Authority and founded its application for a Care Order.
As part of that history there were reports and records relating to possible sexual misconduct by the father containing two cautions; two prosecutions resulting in two acquittals; and various other complaints and assertions which had never been the subject of any criminal or family proceedings.
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