Re H (Paternity: Blood Test)

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
CourtCourt of Appeal (Civil Division)
Judgment Date1996
Year1996
Date1996

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10 cases
  • Re C (Contact: Grandfather)
    • United Kingdom
    • Family Division (Northern Ireland)
    • 6 February 2004
    ... ... both domestic and international law that, as Ward LJ said several years ago in Re H (Paternity: Blood Test) (1996) 2 FLR 65: “Every child has a right to know the truth unless his welfare ... ...
  • MS v RS
    • United Kingdom
    • Family Court
    • Invalid date
    ... ... In particular he relied on the results of an o›-the-shelf  commercial DNA test which he had obtained using DNA samples taken from the children without their knowledge. The DNA ... gravity of the questions posed; that, although the ascertainment of the truth regarding paternity was almost always in a childs best interests, given the gravity and lifelong consequences of the ... The following cases are referred to in the judgment: A (A Minor) (Paternity: Refusalof Blood Test), In re [ 1994 ] 2 FLR 463 ,C A Ahrens v Germany CE:ECHR: 2012 : 0322 JUD 004507109 ;[ 2012 ... ...
  • Kl v Ba
    • United Kingdom
    • Family Division
    • 1 January 2025
    ...In re [1998] 1 FLR 392, CA H (A Minor) (Blood Tests: Parental Rights), In re [1997] Fam 89; [1996] 3 WLR 506; [1996] 4 All ER 28; [1996] 2 FLR 65, CA H and A (Paternity: Blood Tests), In re [2002] EWCA Civ 383; [2002] 1 FLR 1145, CA H (Parental Responsibility), In re [1998] 1 FLR 855, CA H-......
  • In the matter of T (Declaration not to inform the birth father of child's existence)
    • United Kingdom
    • Family Division (Northern Ireland)
    • 27 April 2004
    ... ... applicant) or the pregnancy and that there is reference in the case notes to D denying paternity of T’s baby. On 31 March 2004 I made telephone contact with (the relevant Health & Social ... relevant in this context to address what Ward LJ said several years ago in Re: H; (Paternity; Blood Tests) 1996) 2FLR65 at page 80: “Every child has a right to know the truth unless his welfare ... ...
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1 books & journal articles
  • The Role of Rights and Utility in Instituting a Child’s Right to Know Her Genetic History
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Social & Legal Studies No. 13-2, June 2004
    • 1 June 2004
    ...Responsibility: Blood Tests) [1995] 1 FLR 392Re G (A Minor) (Blood Test) [1994] 1 FLR 495Re H (A Minor) (Blood Tests: Parental Rights) [1996] 2 FLR 65McMichael vUK [1995] 20 EHHR 205 ECtHRRe O and Re J (A Child) (Blood Tests: Constraint) [2000] All ER 29Re R (Blood Test: Constraint) [1998] ......