The father (F) of a 12-year-old girl (A) applied for permission to appeal the decision of Judge Cryan issuing an interim care order and requiring that all contact between the child and her paternal family be supervised; and the decision relating to outcomes of a fact-finding hearing. The application was set down for an oral hearing.
The findings of the hearing were based on allegations by A's mother, including alleged domestic and sexual abuse over 20 years.
Judge Cryan did not find the more serious allegations to be founded, but did find F to be "bullying and violent". F's application for permission to appeal focused on a criticism of these findings, and a claim that he suffered discrimination in the process as a result of his Greek origin and disability.
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