Re C (a child) (adoption proceedings: change of circumstances) [2013] EWCA Civ 431, [2013] All ER (D) 235 (Apr)
In every case where an application to the Court of Appeal is made for permission to appeal against the making of a placement order (or of any order consequent upon the making of a placement order) the following steps had to be taken: (i) The appellant’s notice had to be filed as soon as possible. (ii) Those advising the appellant had to give careful thought to including in the appellant’s notice any appropriate application for a stay or other interim relief. (iii) If a transcript of the judgment being appealed against was not then available: (a) the appellant’s notice had to be accompanied by whatever note of the judgment (even if unapproved) is available; and (b) the transcript had to be ordered immediately. (iv) When an application for a transcript was received, the court from which the appeal was being brought had to deal with the application immediately. (v) Respondents who were parties to any application consequential upon the placement order (eg, an application for an adoption order) had
