Hearings
England & Wales
25 May 1989 [1990] Fam 86; [1989] 3 WLR 933; [1989] 3 All ER 740, CA
15 Nov 1989 (pet dis) [1990] 1 WLR 275, HL(E)
H v H (Minor) (Child Abuse: Evidence)
Additional names
K v K (Minors) (Child Abuse : Evidence)
Subject Matter
MINOR — Child abuse — Evidence — Allegations of sexual abuse by father — Standard of proof — Whether on balance of probabilities — Whether hearsay evidence admissible
[1990] Fam 86; [1989] 3 WLR 933
MINOR — Custody — Access — Custody of children granted to parents jointly — Mother granted care and control with defined access to father — Allegation that father sexually abusing children — Social worker's evidence of interviews with children — Whether statements by children to social worker admissible in evidence — Civil Evidence Act 1968, ss 1(1), 2(1), 18(1)