The Law Reports (Family Division)
[2005] Fam 134
Court of Appeal
In re
U (A Child) (Department for Education and Skills intervening)
In re
B (A Child) (Department for Education and Skills intervening)
[2004] EWCA Civ 567
2004 March 3,
4;
May 14
May 14
Dame Elizabeth Butler-Sloss P, Thorpe and Mantell LJJ
Children
— Care proceedings
— Threshold conditions
— Standard of proof
— Allegations of serious injury caused by mother
— Application for care order by local authority
— Whether standard of proof higher than balance of probabilities
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Children Act 1989 (c 41), s. 31(2)