E-R (Child Arrangements)

Clare Renton (instructed by Stephens & Scown) for Mrs. H The father and his partner (Miss B) in person Melanie Johnson (instructed by Walters & Barbary) for the child (T). Hearing dates: 21-23 March 2016 ____________________

ii) T has spent time with her father and Miss B; she has stayed with them at a rented cottage in Cornwall (on many occasions) and at their home in Suffolk (on four occasions);

iii) By Order of Baker J. (22 April 2015) T was joined as a party to the proceedings and is now represented by a Children's Guardian;

iv) On the joint instruction of the parties a psychological report has been prepared by Dr. Anne Gough, Consultant Clinical Psychologist;

v) T has been able to spend time with maternal relatives, travelling to Alaska shortly before Christmas for the wedding of a maternal cousin, a trip which was opposed by the father, but authorised by Baker J on 9 December 2015.