Case Summaries

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Appeal by a mother against a child arrangements order for unsupervised contact made in the context of a history of domestic violence and against a family assistance order made without prior consultation of the recipient local authority. Appeal allowed.

Mother’s appeal against the making of a placement order to enable further assessment of her parenting capabilities dismissed

Appeal by grandparents against the making of an interim care order removing children from family members. Appeal dismissed.

Appeal of care and placement orders involving consideration of procedural fairness, need for compliance with FPR 2010 Part 30 and whether there is a freestanding obligation on the court to consider children giving evidence.

Appeal by mother in public law proceedings against finding of fact that she had administered an anti-psychotic drug to her child. Expert evidence considered. Appeal dismissed.

Guidance from the President in respect of the Court of Protection’s powers to impose a care plan upon a reluctant local authority.

Appeal by the trustees of a post-nuptial settlement against an order which varied the settlement to provide financial relief to the wife following divorce. Appeal dismissed.

Judgment arising from cross-applications for a residence order and contact order (as they were then called) in respect of a child conceived following an agreement whose terms were highly contested.

Appeal against decision at first instance that the appellant did not have a beneficial interest in property and was not a partner in a kennelling business. Appeal dismissed and Eves v Eves distinguished.

Judgment in financial remedy proceedings in which the Court of Appeal restated the application of the principle in Barder v Barder (Caluori intervening) [1987] 2 FLR 480.

Appeal against special guardianship order. Appeal allowed and directions given for the future conduct of the proceedings, including evidential and witness requirements.

Father’s successful appeal against adoption orders and dismissal of his contact application – the applications were remitted to be heard by a different judge

President makes s.91(14) Children Act 1989 and Grepe v Loam orders against litigant in person.

Appeal against an order allowing only indirect contact between the father and his two daughters aged 16 and 14; and a s 91(14) CA 1989 prohibition for two years.

Appeal against a child arrangements order which provided that a child should live with her father following her mother’s death. The appellants were the mother who was terminally ill (and died before the hearing of the appeal), and her friends who had been caring for her and the child and whom the mother had appointed as testamentary guardians.