In re I (Children)

Subject Matter

CHILDREN — Child protection — Child assessment order — Local authority applying for child assessment order — Whether court having jurisdiction to make order if local authority believing child suffering significant harm — Whether local authority having “reasonable cause to suspect” such harm — Whether assessment “required” in order to enable local authority to determine whether child suffering such harm — Children Act 1989 (c 41), s 43

[2020] EWCA Civ 281; [2020] Fam 390; [2020] 3 WLR 79; [2020] 1 FLR 1213; [2020] WLR (D) 156, CA