“…In Re W (A Child: Leave to Oppose Adoption) [2020] EWCA Civ 16, [2020] 1 FLR 1125 at [3-14] I gave a full account of the legal context surrounding applications under s. 47(5), noting that the proper approach to the exercis…”
“…y identified the legal principles by reference to the statutory provisions and to the recent decision of this court in Re W (A Child: Leave to Oppose Adoption) [2020] EWCA Civ 16 and in particular paragraphs 8 to 13 of the judgment of Peter Jackson LJ (in which he summarised the principles set out in the earlier decisions of this court …”