The WLR Daily case summaries
[2022] WLR(D) 196
Family Division
K v L and another
[2022] EWHC 986 (Fam)
2022 March 29, 30; April 29
Knowles J
Children— Orders with respect to children— Child arrangements order— Father applying for joint care of child— Mother making allegations of domestic abuse by father including rape— Mother introducing in evidence intimate still and video images of parties to support allegations— Father introducing further intimate images to rebut mother’s submissions and support father’s assertions of consensual sexual interactions and behaviour— Neither party considering consent of other or approaching court before filing evidence— Mother subsequently seeking to remove all images from evidence— Definition of “intimate images”— Observations on relevance, necessity and proportionality of intimate images and alternatives to their inclusion in evidence within private law children proceedings— General guidance on approach to such evidence—
FPR
r 22.1, PD 12J, para 19