Application to the Court of Protection for declarations as to capacity and best interests in relation to an 80-year old patient who had suffered a cardiac arrest some five months prior to the application. Concern expressed by Hayden J for a tendency in CoP cases to “adjourn these difficult applications for a wide and ever varying variety of enquiry”.
Theis J considers the issue of domicile of choice in the context of section 54 HFEA 2008 in relation to applicants whose domicile of origin was Germany.
Mother’s application for permission to relocate her two children out of the jurisdiction to the state of Utah in the USA. The move was opposed by the father and the Children’s Guardian, but permitted by the court.
Appeal restating the court’s power to grant contact orders pursuant to Council Regulation (EC) No2201/2003 (“Brussels II revised”).
Two linked applications for claims for damages and declarations under the Human Rights Act 1998 in the context of public law children proceedings.
Wife’s application for financial remedies after a short marriage (with one young child) during which there was no marital acquest.
Appeal concerning the jurisdiction provisions of Brussels I in relation to the appellant’s unsuccessful application to dismiss or stay proceedings brought in relation to a London House under TLATA.
Father’s unsuccessful application for the summary return of the child to Turkey, on the basis of a defence under Article 13(b).
Unsuccessful appeal against an order, made in proceedings under the 1980 Hague Convention, setting aside orders for the return of the parties’ three children to Hungary.
An ex-husband’s unsuccessful appeal to the Privy Council against an order for ancillary relief made by the High Court of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (British Virgin Islands) and upheld in large part by the Court of Appeal of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (British Virgin Islands).
Judgment in five joined test cases as to how relevant person’s representatives (RPRs) and s.39D IMCAs should decide whether to bring an application to the Court of Protection under s.21A of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 to challenge a standard authorisation under Schedule A1.
Application by husband for permission to appeal a non-molestation order and occupation order. Application refused.
Successful appeal of case management decision to dispense with the need for a fact finding hearing in the context of a private law children dispute.
Successful appeal against a six-month prison sentence for contempt of court imposed in the Court of Protection.
Cross-applications by the prospective adopters for an adoption order in respect of A, a two and a half year old girl, and an application by A’s paternal grandparents, (pursuant to permission) for a Special Guardianship Order.
Application for a declaration of recognition of an adoption which was formalised in India in 2011, and an application for an adoption order under the Adoption and Children Act 2002, the Secretary of State for the Home Department being joined as a respondent to the proceedings.
