The court was asked as to: ‘a) The approach to be taken in determining a child’s long-term welfare once the child has become fully settled in a prospective adoptive home and, late in the day, a viable family placement is identified;
b) The application of the Supreme Court judgment in Re B [2013] UKSC 33 (‘nothing else will do’) in that context;
c) Whether the individuals whose relationship with a child falls to be considered under Adoption and Children Act 2002, s 1(4)(f) is limited to blood relatives or should include the prospective adopters;
d) Whether it is necessary for a judge expressly to undertake an evaluation in the context of the Human Rights Act l998 in such circumstances and, if so, which rights are engaged.’
Jackson, McFarlane, Lindblom LJJ
[2016] EWCA Civ 793
Bailii
England and Wales
Children
Updated: 20 January 2022; Ref: scu.567809