Analysis of Re H-N and Others (children) (domestic abuse: finding of fact hearings) [2021] EWCA Civ 448 and the Domestic Abuse Act 2021
Natasha Slabas, Family Partner at DMH Stallard, presents to you a role on episode on finding of fact hearings in the family courts. The emphasis is on this particular Court of Appeal case, given its significance in steering the family courts into a directions which does not overlook circumstances where there is a series of events pointing towards abuse. There is a clear tension between the need to uphold the paramountcy principle underpinning the Children Act 1989 in ensuring a child's welfa...