Re Y and K (Split Hearing: Evidence)

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Year2003
Date2003
CourtFamily Division
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4 cases
  • Re X (Children) (Disclosure for Purposes of Criminal Proceedings)
    • United Kingdom
    • Family Division
    • March 31, 2008
    ...to give oral evidence. Pointing to the decision of the Court of Appeal in Re Y and K (Split Hearing: Evidence) [2003] EWCA Civ 669, [2003] 2 FLR 273, they correctly submitted that the Defendant was a compellable witness, that he had no right to refuse to give evidence and that by virtue of ......
  • Q v Q
    • United Kingdom
    • Family Court
    • August 6, 2014
    ...the first three questions would be reasonably clear. He would be compellable: Re Y and K (Split Hearing: Evidence) [2003] EWCA Civ 669, [2003] 2 FLR 273. He would not be able to plead the privilege against self-incrimination: section 98(1) of the 1989 Act. His evidence would not be "admissi......
  • In the matter of L1 and L2 [Care Proceedings: Criminal Trial]
    • United Kingdom
    • Family Division (Northern Ireland)
    • October 16, 2003
    ...a compellable witness with no right to refuse to give evidence or refuse to answer questions which might incriminate her. In Re Y and K (2003) 2 FLR 273 at paragraph 34 Hale LJ said: 4 “We are glad, therefore, to have the opportunity today of clarifying the situation. Parents can be compell......
  • County Council v Y and Another
    • United Kingdom
    • Family Division
    • December 17, 2003
    ...learned from it. 2 The case is the same case that has already been reported as Re Y and K (Split hearing: evidence) [2003] EWCA Civ 669, [2003] 2 FLR 273 following an earlier appeal to the Court of Appeal. 3 The essential history is as follows. A mother has a daughter, T, who was born in Ap......
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