The WLR Daily case summaries
[2014] WLR (D) 159
ADOPTION— Arrangements for adoption— Placement order— Application by unrelated former carer for leave to seek residence order and for joinder— — Whether court obliged to have regard to “change in circumstances”— — Whether court obliged to treat child’s welfare as paramount— — Relevance of change of circumstances and welfare of child— — Guidance— — Adoption and Children Act 2002 (c 38), ss 1, 24, 29(4), 47