Dr Charlotte Proudman was instructed by solicitors on behalf of the appellant mother to apply to stay a court order for child contact whilst her appeal is pending in the High Court. The mother is appealing against a fact-finding decision in which her allegations of domestic abuse were unproven. Mostyn J set out the relevant principles and held that the mother’s application met the two stage test: 1) the grounds of appeal are not fanciful; and 2) if the terms of the contact order were implemented, the viability of the appeal would be extinguished. Read the Judgment here.
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