Legal representatives of a party were entitled to have disclosed to them of ‘behind the scenes’ investigation in a care matter in which their client was involved, but should be requested to undertake not to pass on details to their client.
Judges:
Lord Devlin
Citations:
[1965] AC 201
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Approved – Re M (Disclosure) FD 20-May-1998
Children proceedings must not become overburdened by expert evidence which vastly increase expense. Closer case management was urged by courts as urged. Disclosure of background reports to a legal adviser under conditions of confidentiality was . .
Cited – In re W (Children) (Care proceedings: Disclosure) FD 11-Jul-2003
The authority had received confidential information from the police about mistreatment of a child by a father. The allegation was unknown to the mother. It sought directions from the court as to the extent to which it could breach that . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.
Children, Legal Professions
Updated: 16 September 2022; Ref: scu.184728
