Case Summaries

Judgment of Cobb J in relation to a mother’s application under The Hague Convention and BIIA seeking the return of her daughter N.

Judgment by Mostyn J as to whether a declaration of ownership of pension rights had been set aside by the Court of Appeal, applicability of issue estoppel, a double-limbed periodical payments order and a ‘bolstering injunction’.

Short judgment of Keehan J interpreting the provisions of the court’s residual jurisdiction to hear a Children Act application under s.2(1)(b) of the Family Law Act 1986.

Appeal regarding the working out and enforcement of orders for financial provision made at the conclusion of divorce proceedings between wealthy Russian spouses.

Application by mother for a declaration that the contempts of the father, who had removed the parties’ children to Nigeria, were criminal, and not merely civil.

Judgment gives wife 37.5% of £36.95 million

Application brought by X (supported by his partner, Y) seeking, together with other relief, a declaration pursuant to section 55A of the Family Law Act 1996 that he is, in accordance with sections 36-37 of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008, the legal parent of C1 and C2, where the registrar had refused to register X as C1 and C2’s father because X and Y could not produce the necessary written consents.

Judgment in respect of eight cases in which the partner of the mother of a child born as a result of IVF treatment had applied for a declaration that the partner is the child’s legal parent, following administrative failure by the treating clinic.

An application for parental orders in relation to two children in which the court had to determine whether at least one of the applicants could be said to be ‘domiciled’ in the jurisdiction at the time of the application and at the time of making the order, as required by section 54(4)(b) of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008.

Application to the European Court of Human Rights concerning an alleged breach of the applicant’s Article 8 and Article 12 rights.

Judgment of Peter Jackson J in the Court of Protection in which he upheld one-to-one supervision of P as proportionate and necessary, and authorised extended deprivation of liberty now beyond two and a half years.

Judgment of Mr Justice Bodey considering the following issues, amongst others: whether a discretionary trust of which the husband was the primary beneficiary was a financial ‘resource’ available to him; the quantum of a discount to be applied to the value of the husband’s shares in a company; unmatched financial and domestic contributions by the husband; and whether to make a sharing or needs-based award.

Judgment by Sir James Munby P considering preliminary issues in six cases involving an application for adoption under the Adoption and Children Act 2002 by prospective parents, living in England, of children who were living with them and in relation to each of whom a Scottish Sheriff had made a permanence order with authority to adopt under sections 80 and 93 of the Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007.

Judgment as to whether life-preserving treatment should be withdrawn from patient in a minimally conscious state.

Application for costs in the Court of Protection.

Judgment in relation to the application by the Secretary of State for the Home Department to discharge a disclosure order providing for the disclosure into public children law proceedings of information that she held.