Twelve month supervision order made in respect of four children who were to remain in their mother’s care, against the recommendation of the Guardian that a care order be made. Orders for direct and indirect contact made in respect of the respective fathers. Consideration given to the difference between a care order and supervision order.
Application for the dissolution of a marriage where the domicile of the parties was in dispute.
The Court of Appeal refuses permission to appeal a refusal to set aside a financial remedies consent made order in 2005 following a similar decision in the case in 2010. The Court considered the law on res judicata, estoppel and the court’s powers under s31F(6) MFPA 1984 and FPR 2010 r4.1(6).
Judgment in proceedings concerning two siblings and involving cross-applications for private law orders, an application by the local authority for public law orders and applications brought under section 7 of the Human Rights Act 1998 for declarations and damages.
Application for permission to amend a claim form, the central question being whether a potential Inheritance Act claim by a surviving husband against his deceased wife’s estate abates on the death of the husband.
Successful appeal to the Court of Appeal in respect of a direction admitting a report (albeit on the basis that an addendum to that report should also be filed) which had been found to be “fundamentally flawed” by the Court of Appeal in an earlier appeal.
Declaration of parentage made where the wrong forms were signed after the couple’s child was born following fertility treatment.
Final hearing in contested adoption proceedings where the mother had not been notified of the application for an adoption order or the father’s successful application for leave to oppose because her whereabouts were unknown.
Mostyn J determined applications relating to the status of a Dubai divorce and set out his interpretation of s2(1)(b)(i) of the FLA 1986, which was said to provide a jurisdictional basis for the mother’s Children Act application.
Judgment in a re-hearing in care proceedings in relation to a child, whose mother accepted that she had a long, chronic history of substance misuse. The two central issues were: (i) the interpretation of hair strand test results, and (ii) resolution of the child’s welfare.
Francis J grants a certificate of entitlement to a decree of nullity in circumstances where both parties agreed that there was nothing capable of recognition as a marriage and where the purported ‘marriage’ was unregistered and probably bigamous.
Judgment determining unresolved issues arising from a claim under Schedule 1 to the Children Act 1989, in particular a provision seeking to restrict the mother and child from purchasing a replacement property outside England and Wales, effectively to prevent external relocation before a specified stage in the child’s education.
Judgments of Mr Justice Francis in respect of a husband’s challenge on jurisdiction in divorce proceedings.
Care proceedings and an application under the inherent jurisdiction for a declaration of lawfulness of withholding invasive treatment.
Application for permission to appeal by a social worker involved in care proceedings, against whom finding had been made by the trial judge.
Appeal asserting sole beneficial ownership in an English property by virtue of on an alleged common intention constructive trust or alternatively, by way of proprietary estoppel.
