Case Summaries

Judgment of Mostyn J considering the effect of an asylum claim by the subject children on an application under the 1980 Hague Child Abduction Convention.

Application for a declaration that it was in the best interests of a young man, D to receive stem cell treatment for a brain injury.

Judgment in care proceedings concerning M, a fifteen-year-old boy, who after receiving a community sentence had been living with his grandmother because the local authority had been unable to find a secure placement for him. M has subsequently absconded and is in breach of his community sentence.

Financial remedies appeal considering the correct approach to non-matrimonial property when determining a claim by application of the sharing principle.

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Judgment of McFarlane LJ dismissing mother’s appeal following the making of care and placement orders authorising the child to be placed for adoption.

London Borough of Southwark’s application for Deprivation of Liberty and Secure Accommodation Orders in respect of a 14 year old child.

Application to extend the wardship of a child borne via a surrogacy arrangement.

The fifth Judgment of the President of the Family Division concerning, X a very vulnerable 17 year old young woman. Munby P endorsed the local authority care plan for X and emphasised that X is entitled to enjoy now and after she attains 18, all of the benefits accruing to her as a “looked after” child. The President emphasised that it was of critical importance that “leaving care” planning for X should begin immediately.

Jurisdiction decision including consideration of habitual residence, prorogation of jurisdiction and forum conveniens.

Judgment of Theis J dismissing the father’s application made pursuant to the Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction 1980 for the return of X (aged 5) to Lithuania.

Judgment of Theis J granting a parental order in respect of a little girl, B who was born following a surrogacy arrangement entered into through a fertility clinic based in Mumbai.

Judgment of the President of the Family Division in respect of an application for a declaration of parentage where the requisite forms had not been completed and filled in correctly.

Husband’s application for downward variation of spousal periodical payments, including backdating the variation and to remit any arrears which might in any event remain. Application dismissed following the use of an abbreviated procedure hearing.

Application by a father for permission to appeal against various orders made in proceedings concerning contact between the father and his daughter.

Successful appeal against variation of a prohibited steps order which permitted the mother to take the parties’ children to Iraq for a four week summer holiday.