The Weekly Law Reports
[2016] 3 WLR 1557
Court of Appeal
In re
C (Children) (Child in Care: Choice of Forename)
[2016] EWCA Civ 374
2015 Dec 16;
2016 April 14
Gloster, King, David Richards LJJ
Children— Name— Choice and registration of forename— Twin children subject of interim care orders— Mother proposing to name children “Cyanide” and “Preacher” respectively— Local authority seeking order restraining mother from so naming children and registering names— Whether naming of child and registration of child’s birth and name constituting acts of parental responsibility— Whether and under what power High Court having jurisdiction to make order—
Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953 (c 20), s 2(1)
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Children Act 1989 (c 41), ss 3(1), 33(3)(b), 100
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Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), Sch 1, Pt I, art 8