Application for parental orders in respect of twins born conceived by way of IVF subsequent to a commercial surrogacy agreement entered into between the applicants (a British couple) and the respondent birth mother (a Thai national).
Appeal by mother against a declaration that it was lawful and in her child’s best interest to remove his respiratory support and to offer pain relief.
European Court of Human Rights judgment concluding that there had not been an Article 8 violation when a Russian court dismissed an application for contact nor an Article 6 violation when a hearing proceeded in a party’s absence.
Successful appeal by the trustees in bankruptcy of the first respondent against an order that the sale of a property owned by the first and second respondents be postponed until the respondents’ disabled adult child no longer resided at the property.
Judgment of HHJ Bellamy (sitting as High Court judge) determining the habitual residence of a child as a preliminary issue.
Hayden J gives detailed judgment in care proceedings concerning the radicalisation of children by or within their family to join ISIS and/or engage in jihadist activities or support.
Appeal by the sole beneficiary of an estate against a decision under Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 providing the deceased’s cohabitee (who was a man of means) with an option to purchase the property in which he had lived with the deceased.
Roberts J considers the relevance of a ‘stratospheric’, ‘unimaginably high’ marital standard of living to a Pt III MFPA 1984 claim by a wife, distilling the current jurisprudence on Pt III claims, and providing guidance on ‘needs’ claims in ‘big money‘ cases.
Roberts J considers the quantification element (‘Stage II’) of her decision in W’s Part III MFPA 1984 application following a concluded agreement in Russia and where the assets had been generated were nearly exclusively non-matrimonial.
Judgment concerning a child, relinquished for adoption by her parents. The local authority’s application for a care order was dismissed, on the basis that threshold was not made out.
Application for a reporting restriction order in respect of a judgment handed down in public. Guidance on RRO applications given.
Child support appeal to the Upper Tribunal concerning interpretation of the Child Support Maintenance Calculation Regulations 2012 regarding information being obtained from HMRC and other sources.
Court of Appeal judgment in an appeal of a decision not to grant leave to apply for contact with the subject child in care proceedings. Appeal allowed
Judgment of Roberts J in financial remedies case where the total wealth available for distribution was in the order of between £10.5 to £11.6 million in which the husband sought a deviation from the sharing principle on the basis that his wealth had accrued before the marriage and he contended that the wife should leave the marriage with her needs met.
Applications for parental orders in respect of three children who were all born within 6 months of each other in which Ms Justice Russell considers whether the payments made to the surrogates were for expenses reasonably incurred.
Father awarded damages after Poland’s treatment of his application for contact with his daughter violated Article 8 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.
