CMEC v Forrest [2010] EWHC 1264

Appeal by way of case stated from a decision of justices to acquit on a charge of failure to comply with an information request under s. 14A (3) Child Support Act 1991. Held: Appeal allowed. The justices had come to an unsustainable conclusion. Once the claim had been substantiated the justices had been wrong to find that protecting another from the possibility of facing criminal charges could constitute reasonable excuse for failure to provide the information requested.