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Dr Charlotte Proudman (instructed pro bono on a direct access basis) appeared on behalf of the appellant mother Ms Hannah Markham KC and Ms Madeleine Whelan (instructed pro bono by Bindmans solicitors) appeared on behalf of the first respondent father Ms Roseanna Cawthray Stern (instructed by NYAS) appeared on behalf of the child Hearing dates: 11 June 2025 (reading day) and 12 and 13 June 2025 ____________________
This judgment was handed down by email and by release to the National Archives at 2pm on 30 June 2025.
Some years after their initial meeting, in 2013, the parents met again and renewed their relationship. Matters progressed quickly between them. The mother became pregnant and C was born in October 2015. About a month later the parents separated. As set out by Recorder Pollard, ' thereafter there were occasional visits and contact with family members present� [the] contact was fraught with difficulty '. C has lived with the mother since the separation. She has not spent time with the father since March 2020, that is for over 5 years.
(a) Seven entailed allegations of rape or sexual abuse against the mother (numbers 1 to 5, and 7 to 8).
(c) Nine were allegations of verbally abusive and/or threatening behaviour against the mother (numbers 9 to 16 and 18). The most recent such allegation was on 28 June 2016.
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