A Biological v Mother The Adoptive Parents

Ms S Trainor BL (instructed by Edwards & Co solicitors) for the biological mother

�Ms C McCloskey BL (instructed by the Directorate of Legal Services) for the Trust

[1]������� This is an application by a biological mother (�the applicant�) for contact with a pair of siblings born to her and now adopted by the adoptive parents (�the respondents�).� It came before the High Court as an appeal against a decision of Deputy County Court Judge Loughran (�Judge Loughran�) sitting in Craigavon Family Care Centre on 23 May 2019 whereby Judge Loughran refused to grant the applicant leave to commence proceedings.

[2]������� This judgment has been anonymised to protect the identity of the children. �I do not propose to reveal their gender or ages. �Nothing can be published that will identify them.

[2]������� The children were removed from the applicant�s care very shortly after they both were born and care orders were made in respect of the children on 5 March 2012. �The children were placed with the respondents in late 2012. �The children were freed for adoption on 3 September 2013 and the children were formally adopted in 2014.