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-When Can a Judge Change Their Mind? - Thomas Crockett, 1 Chancery Lane

25/03/13. In re L and Anor (Children) (Preliminary Finding: Power to Reverse)[2013] UKSC 8 the Supreme Court considered the circumstances where a judge was entitled to depart from such a preliminary judgment or ruling. Whilst the underlying facts of this case being appealed related family proceedings, however Supreme Court’s ruling is very likely to be considered of much broader application. At first instance, Her Honour Judge Penna sitting at Manchester County departed from her first ‘preliminary outline judgment’ in a fact-finding hearing in...

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