“…e the judges, having considered various earlier authorities including Re J (A Minor) (Wardship: Medical Treatment, [1991] Fam 33, and Re A (Male Sterilisation) [2000] 1 FLR 549, summarised the legal principles in these terms (at paragraph 87):…”
“… ascertainable, it is wrong to speculate. Further, whilst the court may find creating a balance sheet to determine best interests to be a useful tool (see Re A [2000] 1 FLR 549 at 560) “a balance sheet …should be a route to judgment and not a substitution for the judgment itself”: per McFarlane LJ in Re F (A Child (International Reloc…”