“…For the local authority, Mr Twomey KC and Mr O’Brien referred to Re CTD (A Child: Rehearing) [2020] EWCA Civ 1316, [2020] 4 WLR 140, at [8]-[13], which affirms that the court’s task at a rehearing is to conduct a fresh investigation into the whole of the evidence. Here, the judge had lost s…”
“…ons of this court in Re E (Children: Reopening Findings of Fact) [2019] EWCA Civ 1447, [2019] 1 WLR 6765 and Re CTD (A Child) (Rehearing) [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 …”