Re G (A Minor)
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Judgment Date | 06 February 1991 |
| Date | 06 February 1991 |
| Court | Family Division |
Family Division
Children - practice - adjournment
Courts hearing matters concerning children should be cautious before acceding to a request, even if made by both parties, for an adjournment because such cases should be decided in as short a time as possible.
Mr Justice Anthony Lincoln so stated in a chambers judgment, reported with his Lordship's consent, in the Family Division on January 25.
HIS LORDSHIP said that the matter had come before him on circuit. Three days had been set aside but at the outset the court had put before it a draft consent order adjourning the matter. Both parties wanted more time.
His Lordship had refused consent as it meant deferring a decision to almost a year from the commencement of the proceedings.
When exercising discretion whether to adjourn, the existence of consent between the parties was factor not lightly to be disregarded but the more important factor was to decide children's cases within a short a time as possible.
The argument that the case was not ready should be looked at with...
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...of a litigant in person being supported by a McKenzie friend was a matter to which this court attached significance in the case of Re G (A minor) (unreported) 10 July 1991. That was an appeal in wardship proceedings where an application was being made to end the wardship of a ward of court.......