D v A

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Legal Representation Ms Sophie Kay (Counsel) on behalf of the Applicant Mr Zainulabedin Hatim Jafferji (Counsel) on behalf of the Respondent ____________________

There is a response a few hours later where P1 responds, and there is reference to a phone, but that is not directly relevant to this particular issue, but in that email he says:

Significantly, the word 'again' is used. That must, in itself, imply that there has been some physical chastisement of the Mother by the Father previously. I do not see it as a slip, I do not see it as a mistake. It is quite clear what that meaning is.

I am not sure that that threat in itself is ever going to be a serious one, it is probably something said in frustration or anger when the Mother was not complying with the wishes of the Father, but it, of course, is something which will upset and be quite debilitating for the Mother to read in the context of that email.