Procedural muddle: family case came before 15 judges (The Law Gazette) (20 August 2020)

A reported family law case, R v P (Children: Similar Fact Evidence), involving allegations of controlling and coercive behaviour came before at least fifteen judges, the Court of Appeal reveals in a judgment highlighting the importance of judicial continuity. The case concerns a father’s application for contact with his two young children. The mother opposes contact, alleging that the father subjected her to extreme coercive and controlling behaviour, and sexual abuse including rape. Solicitor Michelle Lubelle of the Harrow office’s family department is representing the mother in this case.