Hearings
England & Wales
30 Oct 2017 [2017] EWHC 2704 (Fam); [2017] 4 WLR 199; [2018] 1 FLR 914; [2017] WLR (D) 724, Fam D (Hayden J)
In re J (A Child) (Adoption: Revocation of Order)
Subject Matter
CHILDREN — Adoption — Revocation — Application for adoption order — Birth mother seeking leave to oppose adoption order at directions hearing — Circuit judge refusing leave and making adoption order without proper regard to due process and with manifestly insufficient material to make informed decision — Circuit judge later purporting to revoke adoption order — Whether High Court could and should of its own motion revoke adoption order — Whether circuit judge’s refusal of leave to be upheld
[2017] EWHC 2704 (Fam); [2017] 4 WLR 199; [2018] 1 FLR 914; [2017] WLR (D) 724, Fam D
Commentary
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Hayden J corrects judicial error in purported revocation of adoption order, where that order was ultra vires.
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