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The judgment is being distributed on the strict understanding that no report shall identify: (a) the person M respect of whom the proceedings have been brought, (b) the parties (save for the Second Respondent, Manchester City Council), (c) all witnesses (save for Christopher Read and Dr. Berney), (d) any other persons mentioned in the judgement (save for judges, counsel, their instructing Solicitors, Official Solicitor and Mr. Mike Dodd), and (e) any company, organisation or establishment or location mentioned in the judgment, save for the Press Association and the Care Quality Commission.
Miss Kerry Bretherton (instructed by Linder Myers) for the Applicant Miss Amy Street (instructed by Irwin Mitchell) for the First Respondent Miss Gillian Irving QC and Mr David Maekley (instructed by the Local Authority's Solicitor's Department) for the Second Respondent Mr Neil Allen (instructed by Linder Myers) for the Third Respondent Hearing dates: 19 - 23 July 2010 ____________________
Similar views have of course been set out in other cases in which local authorities have been subject to judicial criticism, notably Re B: X Council v B [2007] EWHC 1622 (Fam) , [2008] 1 FLR 482 per Munby J and the other cases cited therein at paragraph 14 of his judgment.
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