A London Borough v A & Ors

Alison Grief (instructed by local authority solicitors) for the Applicant David Boyd (instructed by Edwards Duthie) for the First Respondent mother Wendy Frempong (instructed by Charles Allotey & Co) for the Second Respondent father Giles Bain (instructed by Lawrence and Co) for the Respondent children Hearing dates: 23-27 July 2012 ____________________

The mother's actions cannot remotely be compared to the father's, and some understanding and sympathy is due. She has lost a child in tragic circumstances, been separated from her other children, and is now pregnant again. However, by her response to B's death, she has let him and the other children down. She has put her own dependence on the father ahead of the interests of her children. This cannot continue if she is going to parent C, J and the expected child safely without the father's involvement.