Securing permission to report on a family court case involving child contact, serious domestic abuse, and national security – St John’s Chambers

Posted May 19th, 2026 in news by sally

‘Garrido J has granted permission for the media to publish information about private law children proceedings, in which a family court judge had made findings that a father, serving in the armed forces, had used ‘extreme emotional and psychological abuse of the mother over many years’, before going on to order unsupervised contact, contrary to the recommendations of the Cafcass Officer.’

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St John's Chambers, 5th May 2026

Source: www.stjohnschambers.co.uk