DMCA and A Health and Social Care Trust; BT being a person under a disability by her next friend the Official Solicitor and A Health and Social Care Trust
| Jurisdiction | Northern Ireland |
| Judge | Gillen LJ |
| Judgment Date | 2017 |
| Neutral Citation | [2017] NICA 3 |
| Court | Court of Appeal (Northern Ireland) |
| Date | 24 January 2017 |
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Neutral Citation No: [2017] NICA 3
Ref:
GIL10167
Judgment: approved by the Court for handing down Delivered:
24/1/2017
(subject to editorial corrections)*
IN HER MAJESTY’S COURT OF APPEAL IN NORTHERN IRELAND
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IN THE MATTER OF APPEALS FROM THE FAMILY CARE CENTRE
SITTING AT BELFAST
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BETWEEN:
DMcA
Appellant;
-and-
A HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE TRUST
Respondent.
BETWEEN:
BT being a person under a disability by her next friend the Official Solicitor
Appellant;
-and-
A HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE TRUST
Respondent.
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(Refusal of Expert: Appeal)
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Before: Morgan LCJ and Gillen LJ
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GILLEN LJ (giving the judgment of the court)
Introduction
[1] The identities of the parties have been anonymised in order to protect the
interests of the children to whom this judgment relates. Nothing must be published
or reported which allows these children or any related adults to be identified in any
way.
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O v C
...have considered to the extent to which the mode of appeal engages Article 6 and Article 8 rights. In DMcA v A Health and Social Care Trust [2017 NICA 3 the Court of Appeal said [44] We commence with certain uncontroversial assertions of law. First, Article 6 does not guarantee a right to ap......
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...court in relation to such proceedings, it is important to bear in mind what this court said in DMcA v A Health and Social Care Trust [2017] NICA 3: “In our view it is clear law that the creation of a right of appeal requires legislative authority. An appeal does not lie unless expressly giv......