“…In Re H-N and Others (Children) (Domestic Abuse: Finding of Fact Hearings) [2021] EWCA Civ 448 (‘Re H-N’) at [74], Sir Andrew McFarlane P (‘the President’), having reiterated his observations in Re R that family judges should avoid being drawn into an an…”
“…background. She gave herself a substantial legal self-direction that included reference to Practice Direction 12J of the Family Procedure Rules 2010 and Re H-N [2021] EWCA Civ 448 on domestic abuse and fact-finding; Re A [2019] EWCA Civ 74 on transnational marriage abandonment; and Re P [2019] EWFC 27 and R v Lucas [1982] QB 720 on witne…”
“…ong statement setting out her case. On 30 March 2021, this court’s judgment in Re H-N (Children) (Domestic Abuse - Finding of Fact Hearings) [2022] 1 WLR 2681; [2021] EWCA Civ 448 was handed down. In consequence the magistrates found that the final hearing could not go ahead and reallocated the case to a District Judge.…”