H (Children)
Thursday 19 February 2026
By an Appellant’s Notice filed on 4 September Appellant appeals the Final Care Orders dated 24 March 2025 from the Lincoln Family Court.
The Judge made final care orders for three children, placing them in the local authority’s care with plans for long‑term foster placements. After the final hearing, it emerged that a key witness was an educational psychologist though had been obtaining instructions as a clinical psychologist. National press reports stated that he had been suspended for six months by his regulator.
The Appellant appeals the Judge’s decision as it relied heavily on the psychologist’s assessment of the mother and children, which he was not qualified to undertake.