OXFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL V (1) DP (2) RS (3) BS (BY HIS CHILDREN'S GUARDIAN)

Once properly constituted care proceedings had been commenced within the statutory context of the Children Act 1989 Part IV, they remained lawfully established unless and until they were either concluded or withdrawn. The fact that no party was positively seeking a public law order was insufficient to render otherwise lawful proceedings unlawful in so far as those proceedings might consider various findings of fact.
[2005] EWHC 1593 (Fam)

Related Barristers:

Robin Tolson QC