Hearings
England & Wales
25 Oct 2016 [2016] EWHC 2660 (Fam); [2016] 4 WLR 177; [2017] 2 FLR 366, Fam D (Cobb J)
Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council v M
Subject Matter
CHILDREN — Inherent jurisdiction — Child sexual exploitation — Local authority seeking injunctive relief under inherent jurisdiction — Whether inherent jurisdiction appropriate
[2016] EWHC 2660 (Fam); [2016] 4 WLR 177; [2017] 2 FLR 366, Fam D
PRACTICE — Anonymity order — Victim of child sexual exploitation — Application for lifelong anonymity orders following local authority’s discontinued application for injunctive relief — Whether vulnerable female child originally thought to be victim of sexual exploitation entitled to lifelong anonymity — Whether men associated with female child entitled to lifelong anonymity — Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), Sch 1, Pt I, arts 8.1, 10.1
[2016] EWHC 2660 (Fam); [2016] 4 WLR 177; [2017] 2 FLR 366, Fam D