When a child in care applied for leave to change his surname, the court should allow for the age of the child applying the Gillick competence test, and the views of a guardian ad litem, and scrutinise carefully the motives of someone who sought to oppose the application. Judges: Thorpe LJ, Mummery LJ Citations: Gazette … Continue reading In Re S (A Minor) (Change of Surname): CA 15 Dec 1998