- Considered — A, B & C (Fact-Finding: Gonorrhoea) 2023-04-26
“…If I find that I cannot identify a single perpetrator, then, in accordance with Re B (Uncertain Perpetrator) [2019] EWCA Civ 575 I should go on to consider whether there is a real possibility that each individual on the list caused the harm….”…”
- Cited — A, B & C (Fact-Finding: Gonorrhoea) 2023-04-26
“…In short, as Peter Jackson LJ put it in Re B (Children: Uncertain Perpetrator) [2019] EWCA Civ 575 at paragraph 39:…”
- Cited — A, B & C (Fact-Finding: Gonorrhoea) 2023-04-26
“… (Minors) [2003] UKHL 18, North Yorkshire County Council v SA [2003] EWCA Civ 839, Re S-B (Children) [2009] UKSC 17, and Re B (Children: Uncertain Perpetrator) [2019] EWCA Civ 575.…”
- Cited — RE A (CHILDREN) (POOL OF PERPETRATORS) 2022-10-17
“…In Re B (Children: Uncertain Perpetrator) [2019] EWCA Civ 575, [2019] 2 FLR 211 (“Re B: 2019”),Peter Jackson LJ clarified the proper approach in respect of uncertain perpetrator cases and the concept of a pool of perpetra…”
- Cited — M (Children) v Wiltshire Council & Ors 2020-12-18
“…k of any analysis of the necessary welfare considerations. Instead, HHJ Hess indicated in his judgement that he had referred the advocates before him to InRe B [2019] EWCA Civ 575, which…”
- Cited — M (Children) v Wiltshire Council & Ors 2020-12-18
“…Re B (Children: Uncertain Perpetrator) [2019] EWCA Civ 575.…”
- Considered — D (Fact-finding appeal) 2019-12-20
“…The judge set out some relevant points of law, including citations from the judgment of Peter Jackson LJ in Re B (Children: Uncertain Perpetrators)[2019] EWCA Civ 575 and a number of authorities on the issue of credibility. He then considered the fresh evidence about Y’s movements over 25 to 26 January 2018. He reminded hims…”
- Considered — A (No. 2) (Children: Findings of Fact) 2019-11-14
“…e then turned to consider whether it was possible to identify a perpetrator of the assaults. He directed himself with reference to Re B (Uncertain Perpetrator) [2019] EWCA Civ 575, which confirms that the court will seek to identify a perpetrator on the balance of probabilities where possible, and will only consider making a ‘pool’ findi…”
- Considered — R (A Child) 2019-05-24
“…a perpetrator on the balance of probabilities. This court has recently considered the proper approach in such a case in Re B (Children: Uncertain Perpetrators) [2019] EWCA Civ 575. It emphasised that a decision to place a person in the pool of perpetrators is not a conventional finding of fact, but a conclusion that nevertheless has to b…”