First it was Sally Clark, then Trupti Patel and finally, in the Angela Canning criminal case, the judges cast serious doubts on reliance in court on evidence from expert witnesses in child abuse cases.
The judgement recorded 'If the outcome of the trial depends exclusively or almost exclusively on a serious disagreement between distinguished and reputable experts, it will often be unwise and therefore unsafe to proceed.' Now the promised, but long awaited, announcement of a review of CIVIL cases, where children may have been taken away from their natural parents under such circumstances has come. Hundreds of family court cases will be reviewed. In her first interview since the announcement' Minister for Children, Margaret Hodge joins Jenni.
