Case Summaries

Consideration as to whether the six month time limit, under s.54(3) of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008, should be extended to enable the making of parental orders

Care proceedings in which it was determined that the child L was habitually resident in England and the court declined to transfer the proceedings to Romania under Article 15 of Brussels IIR

Judgment in high value financial remedies case in which the wife came to the marriage with significant assets and there was a pre-nuptial agreement between the parties – a “paradigm” case demonstrating “the need for more certainty in the law of financial remedies and nuptial agreements”.

Appeal by father against orders granting adoption in favour of a step-father and terminating the child’s contact with his father. Appeal allowed because the procedure was flawed, and matter remitted for rehearing by a different judge.

Final hearing of financial remedies application – 7 year delay between separation and application for financial remedies – consideration of post-separation increase in the value of husband’s shareholding in a company

Appeal by father in care proceedings against a determination that the child had been habitually resident in England and Wales throughout her life. Appeal dismissed.

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