- Cited — J (Children: Reopening Findings of Fact) 2023-04-28
“…ing) [2020] EWCA Civ 1316, [2020] 4 WLR 140. These authorities endorse the decisions of Hale J in Re B (Minors)(Care Proceedings: Evidence) [1997] 2 All ER 29, [1997] Fam 117, [1997] 1 FLR 285, [1997] 3 WLR 1 and Munby P in Re Z (Children) (Care Proceedings: Review of Findings), [2014] EWFC 9, [2015] 1 WLR 95, [2014] All ER (D) 143.…”
- Cited — Re W-A (Children: Foreign Conviction) 2022-08-05
“…[1997] Fam 117…”
- Approved — W (Children: Reopening/recusal) 2020-12-15
“…See Re E (Children: Reopening Findings of Fact)[2019] EWCA Civ 1447at [50], approving Re B (Children Act Proceedings: Issue Estoppel) [1997] Fam 117 at 128.…”
- Cited — CTD (A Child: Rehearing) 2020-10-14
“…llow past findings to be relitigated must be a reasoned one and that the considerations identified by Hale J in Re B (Children Act Proceedings: Issue Estoppel) [1997] Fam 117 at 128 provide a useful framework:…”
- Cited — E (Children: Reopening Findings of Fact) 2019-08-14
“…Estoppel) [1997] Fam 117 concerned the status of findings of fact made in proceedings concerning other children. It is an influential decision and deserves full citation. Hale J said t…”
- Cited — Re W (A Child) 2018-08-15
“…e reasoning underlies the different approach taken in cases concerning children to issue estoppel: see, for example, In re B (Care Proceedings: Issue Estoppel) [1997] Fam 117 in which Hale J (as she then was) made general observations about the matters which would impact on the court’s decision as to whether or not to allow a full r…”
- Doubted — In the matter of R-E (Children) 2018-05-01
“…itself needs to be based on the existence of new evidence or information which casts “doubt upon the accuracy of the original findings”: per Hale LJ in In re B [1997] Fam 117 at p. 129. The present case is not such a case. In my view, the judge was entitled to decide that she had sufficient information/evidence to enable her fairly …”