“…The most useful judicial guidance on the topic is Re B (A Child) [2012] EWCA Civ 737. Black LJ confirmed that the court should consider the factors contained in section 10(9) of the Children Act:…”
“…I am also, on behalf of the local authority, referred to the case of Re B (paternal grandmother joinder as party) [2012] EWCA Civ 737 and Black LJ’s judgment therein, which makes it clear that there is a broad discretion to conduct care proceedings according to the issues and evidence, and I …”