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Article: The children (Northern Ireland) order 1995, article 50: the best interests of the child; alleged parental culpability; medical evidence; and the rules governing publicity.(Northern Ireland)
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- June 22, 2008
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In the matter of the Children (NI) Order 1995 and in the matter of LM1, LM2 and SM
The High Court Gillen J Delivered 20 February 2008
This case concerned an application by a Trust for an order under Article 50 of the 1995 Order in relation to three children, LM1, LM2 and SM. LM3 is their mother while X, the father of L1 and L2, played no part in the proceedings.
Background
In October 2002, LM1, then only a few weeks old, was admitted to hospital. The presumptive diagnosis there, and subsequently at the regional hospital where the child was transferred, was of an intra-abdominal tumour (a neuroblastoma) which was bleeding. Further investigations showed what ...