The test for likelihood of suffering harm in the future should be that either:
- the child can be shown to have suffered ill-treatment or impairment of health or development as a result of physical, emotional, or sexual abuse or neglect, and professional judgement is that further ill-treatment or impairment are likely; or
- professional judgement, substantiated by the findings of enquiries in this individual case or by research evidence, is that the child is likely to suffer illtreatment or the impairment of health or development as a result of physical, emotional, or sexual abuse or neglect.
