A Plymouth mother has won access to documents she says may help her win back custody of her brain damaged and emotionally disturbed son.
She lost custody of him nearly four years ago after he was taken into the guardianship of Plymouth council at the age of 24.
Since then she has been seeking access to medical reports and recommendations on which the guardianship order was based, as well as his social services files.
Appeal court judges upheld her judicial review challenge and Lady Justice Hale ordered the council to disclose the documents to the mother and her advisers.
Plymouth council said the decision is specific to this particular case, but that it will be looking to see if there are any implications for other cases. The council said the decision only gives access to specific pieces of information, not to all files.
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