Hearings
18 Dec 2020 [2020] EWHC 3411 (Fam), Fam D (Peel J)
10 Aug 2021 [2021] EWCA Civ 1222; [2021] 4 WLR 139; [2021] 2 FLR 1429; [2021] WLR(D) 448, CA (Bean, Baker LJJ, Sir Stephen Irwin)
28 Oct 2021 Permission to appeal to Supreme Court refused
In re I-A (Children) (Revocation of Adoption Order)
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Subject Matter
ADOPTION — Adoption order — Revocation — Adoption order made without hearing in absence of mother — Mother applying under inherent jurisdiction to revoke order — Whether order lawfully made — Whether decision to make adoption order without hearing in absence of mother amounting to procedural irregularity — Whether irregularity giving rise to fundamental breach of natural justice — Adoption and Children Act 2002 (c 38), ss 46(6), 51A, 141 — FPR rr 14.15, 14.16
[2021] EWCA Civ 1222; [2021] 4 WLR 139; [2021] 2 FLR 1429; [2021] WLR(D) 448, CA
Appellate History
In re I-A (Children) (Revocation of Adoption Order) [2020] EWHC 3411 (Fam), Fam D
Decision of Peel J affirmed
In re I-A (Children) (Revocation of Adoption Order) [2021] EWCA Civ 1222; [2021] 4 WLR 139; [2021] 2 FLR 1429; [2021] WLR(D) 448, CA
Commentary
Transparency Project
Re I-A: use of the inherent jurisdiction to try to set aside adoption orders
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