Article | 10 April 2025

Intermediaries: there is no warrant for overlaying the test of necessity

Holly Hilbourne-Gollop

On 10 April 2025, the Court of Appeal handed down judgment in Re M (A Child: Intermediaries) [2025] EWCA Civ 440 in respect of an appeal arising from the refusal of a Mother’s application for intermediary assistance in care proceedings. For the purposes of the appeal, the Association of Lawyers for Children and the Family Law Bar Association were intervened.

Lord Justice Peter Jackson dealt with the appeal and considered the recent decisions in West Northamptonshire Council v KA (Intermediaries) [2024] EWHC 79 (Fam) and Re X and Y (Intermediary: Practice and Procedure) [2024] EWHC 906 (Fam). 

Holly Hilbourne-Gollop has considered the appeal, to read the article, please click here.

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Holly Hilbourne-Gollop

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