Brixey v Lynas: HL 2 Jul 1996

Delay after a hearing will increase the reluctance of an appellate court to interfere with the decision of a court on the evidence.

Citations:

1996 SLT 908, 1996 SC (HL) 1, [1996] UKHL 17

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Citing:

Appeal fromBrixey v Lynas 1994
‘However difficult it may be, the Court must as we have mentioned take a long term view in relation to the interests of a child. We agree with what is said in Wilkinson at page 212 (Wilkinson and Norrie: The Law Relating to Parent and Child in . .

Cited by:

CitedSanderson v McManus HL 6-Feb-1997
An order had been made refusing an unmarried father access to his child by the court after evidence that it would not be in the child’s best interests. The father appealed.
Held: The father could not appeal on a question of fact alone. There . .
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Scotland, Children

Updated: 01 July 2022; Ref: scu.229104