G, Re (Disclosure of Fact-Finding Judgment to Secretary of State for the Home Department)

Mr Richard Harrison KC and Miss Samantha Ridley for the father Mr Teertha Gupta KC and Miss Fitzrene Headley for the mother Ms Dorothea Gartland for the child by his children's Guardian Mr Thomas Jones for the Secretary of State for the Home Department Hearing date: 27 February 2023 ____________________

a) communications under rule 12.73(1)(a), which may be made as a matter of right;

b) communications under rule 12.73(1)(c) and Practice Direction 12G paragraphs 1 and 2, which may be made but are subject to any direction by the court, including in appropriate circumstances, a direction that they should not be made, and

c) other communications, which under 12.73(1)(b) may only be made with the court's permission.

It is common ground that neither (a) or (b) above applies in this case and that the fact-finding judgment can only be disclosed to the SSHD if the court gives permission for this to occur.