A judgment concerning the necessity of an expert report into the impact on a child of adoption where four possible options were being considered for placement, adoption among them.

“The social worker and guardian are plainly well-qualified and highly-trained professionals, but their expertise manifestly does not extend to expressing a professional opinion as to the impact of loss and trauma of this degree and complexity”

Read the judgement via Family Law: Re AV (A Child) (Expert Report) [2020] EWCA Civ 346