A Mother and A Health and Social Care Trust and A Father and in the matter of an application for injunctive relief pursuant to the Human Rights Act and in the matter of PO a boy ages 11½ years

JurisdictionNorthern Ireland
Neutral Citation[2021] NIFam 19
Date17 June 2021
CourtFamily Division (Northern Ireland)
1
Neutral Citation No: [2021] NIFam 19
Judgment: approved by the Court for handing down
(subject to editorial corrections)*
Ref: McF11553
ICOS: 15/106061/05
Delivered: 17/06/2021
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE IN NORTHERN IRELAND
___________
FAMILY DIVISION
OFFICE OF CARE AND PROTECTION
___________
BETWEEN:
A MOTHER
Applicant
-v-
A HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE TRUST
-and-
A FATHER
Respondents.
IN THE MATTER OF AN APPLICATION FOR INJUNCTIVE RELIEF
PURSUANT TO THE HUMAN RIGHTS ACT 1998
IN THE MATTER OF PO A BOY AGED 11½ YEARS
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Mr O’Donoghue QC with Ms C McKeown BL (instructed by Finucane Toner solicitors)
for the mother
Mr A Montgomery BL (instructed by the Directorate of Legal Services) for the Trust
Ms N Devlin BL (instructed by Emma Lyons solicitors) for the father
Ms L Murphy BL (instructed by the Official Solicitor) for the Official Solicitor and
representing the interests of PO
___________
McFARLAND J
Introduction
[1] This judgment has been anonymised to protect the identity of the child. I
have used the cipher PO for the name of the child. These are not his initials.
Nothing can be published that will identify PO.

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