“…orably put it, the Re S approach “is not a mechanical exercise to be decided on the basis of rival generalities”: A Local Authority v W [2005] EWHC 1564 (Fam), [2006] 1 FLR 1 [53].…”
“…In the context of family proceedings, the approach was endorsed by Sir Mark Potter P in A Local Authority v W [2006] 1 FLR 1, in which case he emphasised that the analysis is not “a mechanical exercise to be decided upon the basis of rival generalities”.…”
“…Restrictions on publication) [2004] UKHL 47, [2005] 1 AC 593 (to which we will refer as S); A Local Authority v W [2005] EWHC 1564 (Fam), [2014] EMLR 7, [2006] 1 FLR 1 (to which we will refer as W); and Re J (A Child) [2013] EWHC 2694 (Fam). He started with Re J, as the most recent. The passage quoted, from para. 22 of the ju…”