Case Summaries

Appeal by husband against judgment summons under section 5 of the Debtors Act 1869, granted in respect of non-payment of maintenance arrears. Appeal dismissed.

Judgment following final hearing in acrimonious private law Children Act proceedings concerning two children.

Rehearing of father’s application for direct contact with his teenage daughter in a complex, long-running dispute in which there had been almost continuous proceedings since 2001

Application for a mandatory interlocutory injunction under CPR to require a husband to pay sums to complete the purchase of a property. Application granted.

Husband’s appeal against the decision of a District Judge in financial remedy proceedings where the District Judge had failed to take into account the agreement that had been reached at the FDR on the term of the maintenance order

Balancing of Article 8 and Article 10 rights in the context of whether a lifelong reporting restriction order should be granted to a victim of child sexual exploitation. Lifelong reporting restriction order granted.

Judgment in Court of Protection concerning disclosure of the identity of parties to proceedings upon an application for a reporting restriction order.

HHJ Wildblood QC gave permission to appeal a District Judge’s order in financial remedy proceedings and ordered a rehearing in relation to capital and periodical payments

Application for a Parental Order by H and M, in respect of a seven month old child (A) born in South Africa

Successful application by a father for leave to oppose an adoption order

Judgment in an appeal in care proceedings considering the impact of delay of six months between final hearing and judgment.

Judgment in respect of an application for exceptional funding for legal aid in order to obtain legal representation in proceedings concerning alleged contempt of court.

Judgment in proceedings concerning application under the Adoption and Children Act 2002, section 84, in which the applicants asked the court to dispense with the father’s consent on the ground that the welfare of the children required it.

Application by a mother to relocate permanently with the parties’ 8 year old son to Angola.

Appeal from two judgments of the President concerning the practice and procedure to be adopted in applications to the Court of Protection in deprivation of liberty cases.

Judgment in proceedings challenging the decision by the HFEA to refuse permission to allow export and use of female gametes after death of the donor. Issues of consent, correct use of powers and engagement of Article 8.