7BR’s Vanessa Marshall KC and Susannah Johnson KC appeared in the case of A Local Authority v MA & Ors [2026] EWFC 130.
This was a complex, multi-party fact-finding hearing concerning the poisoning of a 6-week-old baby with salt in a domestic setting.
You can read the judgment here.
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