Eleanor Marsh provides commentary on her case FH v MH (PH12J: Parallel Criminal Proceedings) [2026] EWFC 195 (B)
3rd August 2026
Eleanor Marsh represented the mother in the case of FH v MH (PH12J: Parallel Criminal Proceedings) [2026] EWFC 195 (B), where the Court considered the relationship between the assessment of risk within the Family Court and ongoing criminal proceedings. The Court applied the Resolution model, finding that the maintaining of a guilty plea within criminal proceedings need not be fatal to an assessment of risk within the Family Courts.
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