The local authority's approach in this case amounts, in my judgement, to a serious failure in its child protection responsibilities...by supporting the father's custody of the children, social workers had been facilitating and reinforcing patterns of significant domestic abuse.
The family cannot be identified for legal reasons, but Her Honour Judge Madeline Reardon said Tower Hamlets should be named against its wishes so that it could be held accountable over its dangerous approach.
The father then encouraged two of the children to copy his abusive behaviours towards the mother.
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