H (A Child), Re

[2008] EWCA Civ 649

Case details

Case citations
[2008] EWCA Civ 649
Court
Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Judgment date
15 May 2008
Judgment text

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Subjects
Family Appellate procedure Retrial
Keywords
child proceedings appeal retrial Dewsbury Crown Court
Outcome
appeal allowed
Judicial consideration

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Summary

The appeal was allowed and a retrial was ordered. The judgment supplied records the disposition but gives no reasons or substantive legal proposition.

Factual background

This was an appeal to the Court of Appeal (Civil Division) from Dewsbury Crown Court, before His Honour Judge Rose, in proceedings concerning a child. The court announced that the appeal would be allowed and that the matter would proceed to a retrial. No further factual background or issue is stated in the supplied judgment.

Held

The court announced that it would allow the appeal and order a retrial. It further indicated that HHJ Hunt should either conduct the retrial or allocate it to an appropriate judge.

The formal order recorded in the judgment was: Appeal allowed. The supplied text contains no reasons, statutory analysis, authority discussion, or further order.

The court’s approach to earlier authorities

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Appellate history

  • Court of Appeal (Civil Division): Appeal from Dewsbury Crown Court allowed; a retrial was ordered.

Lower court decision

Judgment appealed:
Not stated in the judgment
Outcome:
appeal allowed

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