In the matter of W

W ("the child") is the subject of an interim care order. The parties to the care proceedings are the applicant and respondents as listed above.

The Guardian applies for disclosure into these care proceedings of documents obtained in the course of the criminal prosecution of C the child's maternal grandfather, ("the grandfather") for offences against children.

For the purposes of the application, the Guardian filed a form C2 listing the persons to be served as those persons from whom the information was being sought, namely Miss Janette Urquhart, the author of the social inquiry report, Her Majesty's Solicitor General and Advocate Pearmain, representing the grandfather.

The other parties to the care proceedings, namely the Minister, the mother and the father, were told that they were not expected to attend the hearing of this application but could apply to intervene. Correspondence from Miss Heath, acting for the Guardian, referred to there being two Courts involved, one in relation to the care proceedings and the other in relation to the criminal proceedings against the grandfather, it being to the latter Court that the application for disclosure was being made.

The application came before me on 19 th July, 2010. Present in Court were Miss Heath, representing the Guardian, Mr Yates, representing the Attorney General and Advocate Pearmain representing the grandfather.