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Judgment as to whether life-preserving treatment should be withdrawn from patient in a minimally conscious state.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