C v Crown Prosecution Service

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Mr Anthony Speaight QC and Mr Nicholas Baker appeared on behalf of the Appellant Mr Anthony Hudson appeared on behalf of the Second Applicant (Media applicants) Mr Miles Bennett appeared on behalf of the Respondent ____________________

Mr Speaight QC referred to another case which showed how the judgment had been exercised in that particular case. I do not need to refer to the facts of S or the case to which he referred - W - because each case must, as Lord Steyn said, be examined on its particular circumstances.

The considerations relating to the balancing exercise: the children's rights under Article 8 and the criminal conviction of a parent

It was that decision of the CPS to prosecute which brought the matter into the public domain and before the criminal courts.