S (Children)

LADY JUSTICE BLACK LADY JUSTICE GLOSTER and LORD JUSTICE VOS ____________________

Mr Andrew Bagchi QC & Miss Carly Henley (instructed by Hay & Kilner Solicitors) for the Appellant Ms Rachel Langdale QC & Mrs Fiona Walker (instructed by North Tyneside Council Legal Services) for the Respondent Mr Nicholas Stonor QC (instructed by Caris Robson solicitors) for the Children's Guardian Hearing date: 26th November 2015 ____________________

K's allegations and retractions in the period preceding the commencement of care proceedings; the medical evidence; the criminal proceedings

iv) The degree of support that K would have from her family or otherwise, and in particular the support offered by the paternal grandmother;

vi) K's fluctuating views about giving evidence and her feelings generally, including her sense of responsibility for the rift in her family and the situation of the appellant and his children;