Re B (Minors) (Issue Estoppel)

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Judgment Date1997
Date1997
Year1997
CourtFamily Division
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39 cases
  • Re W (Children)
    • United Kingdom
    • Family Division
    • 18 June 2008
    ... ... The other issue relates to his guilty plea to the grievous bodily harm offence on Rhys. Those acting on Mr G's ... it is also right to refer to what is accepted by counsel as the leading authority on issue estoppel in child care proceedings. That is the decision of Re: B [1997] 1 FLR 285 , a decision of Mrs ... ...
  • G v The Child and Family Agency
    • Ireland
    • Supreme Court
    • 28 June 2018
    ...Res Judicata and Double Jeopardy (Butterworths, 1999)) at para. 13.10) and that it has a very limited role to play in such cases ( Re B [1997] 3 W.L.R. 1). The application of the doctrine must take into account the exceptional nature of the care jurisdiction and the potential impact on fam......
  • RC CCS 1296 2008
    • United Kingdom
    • Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals Chamber)
    • 1 April 2009
    ...was with the practice of the family courts, as explained by Hale J (as she then was) in Re B (Children Act Proceedings) (Issue Estoppel) [1997] Fam 117. She analysed the authorities to show that issue estoppel did not operate in proceedings in which the court or tribunal had to take an inqu......
  • W (Children)
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 24 April 2015
    ...2013 and the fact that on 1 September 2014 Judge Cleary had ruled out the parents as prospective carers for Je: see In re B (Minors) (Care Proceedings: Issue Estoppel) [1997] Fam 117 and In re Z (Children) (Care Proceedings: Review of Findings) [2014] EWFC 9, [2015] 1 WLR 95. The same appr......
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  • Essential Daily Guidance for Proceedings Concerning Children
    • United Kingdom
    • Wildy Simmonds & Hill The Single Family Court: a Practitioner's Handbook - 2nd Edition Contents
    • 30 August 2017
    ...); Birmingham City Council v H and others [2005] EWHC 2885 (Fam) ( Birmingham No 1 ); In Re B (Minors) (Care Proceedings: Issue Estoppel) [1997] Fam 117; Re ZZ and Others [2014] EWFC 9, President. 75 Re K and H (Children) [2015] EWCA Civ 543. Note also: 24 The Single Family Court: A Practit......

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