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UK mother separated from children for years has ‘draconian’ order overturned
UK News•February 13, 2026 at 6:01 PMNational

UK mother separated from children for years has ‘draconian’ order overturned

By Hannah Summers•The Guardian - UK News

Flawed evidence by psychologist Melanie Gill was used to remove children from woman in 2019A mother who did not see her children for nearly six years after they were taken away by the family courts has been reunited with her son after the flawed evidence used in her case was overturned.An assessment by an unregulated psychologist led to “extraordinary” and “draconian” orders that effectively terminated her relationship with her children, lawyers told the high court. Continue reading...

Flawed evidence by psychologist Melanie Gill was used to remove children from woman in 2019

A mother who did not see her children for nearly six years after they were taken away by the family courts has been reunited with her son after the flawed evidence used in her case was overturned.

An assessment by an unregulated psychologist led to “extraordinary” and “draconian” orders that effectively terminated her relationship with her children, lawyers told the high court.

Continue reading...

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