E (A Child- Care Proceedings Fact Finding) [2023] EWCA Civ 858

This is an appeal of the judgment of HHJ Thain, following a lengthy fact-finding hearing in care proceedings relating to a child (“E”). The judge found that E’s mother was the perpetrator of injuries inflicted on E on 30 July 2021. The issue on appeal was whether the local authority’s failure to disclose a viability assessment and associated documents in relation to the paternal grandmother (“PGM”) meant the findings against the mother were wrong or unjust.