A Health and Social Care Trust and A Mother and A Father and in the matter of LS (A male child aged 8 months)
| Jurisdiction | Northern Ireland |
| Judge | McFarland J |
| Judgment Date | 28 February 2022 |
| Neutral Citation | [2022] NIFam 9 |
| Court | Family Division (Northern Ireland) |
| Date | 28 February 2022 |
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Neutral Citation No: [2022] NIFam 9
Judgment: approved by the Court for handing down
(subject to editorial corrections)*
Ref: McF11775
Court ref. : 21/085981
Delivered: 28/02/2022
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE IN NORTHERN IRELAND
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FAMILY DIVISION
OFFICE OF CARE AND PROTECTION
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Between:
A HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE TRUST
Applicant;
-and-
A MOTHER
-and-
A FATHER
Respondents.
IN THE MATTER OF LS
(A MALE CHILD AGED 8 MONTHS)
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Mr A Magee QC with Ms C McGrane BL (instructed by the Directorate of Legal Services)
for the Health and Social Care Trust
Ms M Smyth QC with Ms N Rountree BL (instructed by McGeady Molloy Solicitors) for
the Mother
Ms M Connolly QC with Ms A McHugh BL (instructed by John McCaffrey & Co
Solicitors) for the Father
Mr G McGuigan QC with Mr B Devlin BL (instructed by McConnell Fyffe Solicitors) the
Guardian ad Litem representing the interests of the child
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McFARLAND J
Introduction
[1] On 27 January 2022 a social worker was on leave travelling on an inter-city
bus service in the Republic of Ireland (“RofI”) and observed a young child travelling
in the company of two adults. She recognised the child as being the subject of
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