Judgment arising from an application for an adoption order in respect of Z, a girl who is now six, who was born in Egypt on or about 29th October 2010 to unknown parents and was found abandoned.
Re-hearing of financial remedies application following non-disclosure, court proceeding to build upon fairness of previous award rather than start with a ‘blank slate.’
Judgment of Mr Justice Holman sitting in the Court of Protection concerning the capacity of P in relation to proceedings concerning the package of care required to enable him to live at home.
Judgment arising from an application for an adoption order in respect of Z, a girl who is now six, who was born in Egypt on or about 29th October 2010 to unknown parents and was found abandoned.
Dismissal of an oral renewal by a Trustee in Bankruptcy appealing the strike out of a claim under sections 23 and 24 of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973.
Application for permission to appeal out of time with appeal to follow in relation to: (i) the summary dismissal of the mother’s application for a section 34 contact order; and, (ii) the making of a section 91(14) order.
Re-hearing in relation to a 2013 fact-finding, which had concluded that a mother had caused life-threatening injuries to her son and that these were non-accidental. Cobb J sets out the core principles of a re-hearing.
The Court of Appeal revisits the subject of interim care orders made in the context of longstanding neglect.
Finding of deliberate smothering of an infant set aside on appeal followed by a rehearing which concluded the local authority failed to establish the fact of deliberate smothering.
Appeal by mother against placement orders in respect of her three youngest children on the grounds that that judge’s approach was not Re B-S compliant. Appeal allowed and remitted for rehearing.
Decision of Mr Justice Peter Jackson in relation to an application for declarations in respect of treatment, including the administration of blood products, to a two year old boy, T, whose parents are Jehovah’s Witnesses.
Judgment in respect of a litigant in person arising from applications to stay execution of an order in financial remedy proceedings and for revocation of orders in the Court of Protection. Applications dismissed.
Judgment by Peter Jackson J concerning an application by a 14-year old girl suffering from a rare form of terminal cancer for orders to secure her wish to be cryo-preserved upon death.
Appeal considering whether a witness in family proceedings, who is the subject of adverse judicial findings and criticism, and who asserts that the process in the lower court was so unfair as to amount to a breach of his/her rights to a personal and private life under ECHR Art 8, can challenge the judge’s findings on appeal; and, if so, on what basis and, if a breach of Article 8 is found, what the appropriate remedy is.
Appeal against dismissal of a claim for judicial review concerning the provision of support for a looked after child.
Judgment as to whether the court had jurisdiction in respect of the welfare of an elderly woman who had lived abroad for several years. Applying Al-Jeffery [2016] EWHC 2151 (Fam) , Jackson J determined that the inherent jurisdiction of the High Court was applicable.
