Appeal by a mother against a first instance judgment which: (a) gave responsibility to the father for administering certain trust and investment funds and requiring her to sign all documents to effect such transfers; and (b) made a costs order against her. Appeal allowed.
Guidance in respect of the timing of consideration of the issue of Article 15 Brussels II Revised transfer and the most appropriate tribunal to determine the issue.
Judgment in protracted proceedings between parents concerning contact arrangements in respect of a ten year old girl.
Appeal by mother against placement order in respect of 6 year old child on the grounds that the judge had not applied the correct test in dispensing with the parents’ consent and making a placement order; and if she did so, had not adequately analysed the expert evidence in conducting a proper balancing exercise in her contemplation of long term fostering as opposed to adoption. Appeal dismissed.
Appeal by a local authority, supported by a child’s Guardian, against a refusal to grant a placement order at the conclusion of care proceedings. Appeal allowed.
First of two linked judgments as to whether the wife in financial remedy proceedings is able to show jurisdiction in England and Wales under Article 3 of Brussels II Revised on the basis of her habitual residence for twelve months before her petition.
Second of two linked judgments in financial remedy proceedings as to whether the English court has jurisdiction to hear those proceedings consequent upon the wife’s habitual residence here. Held that the English court does have jurisdiction.
The President of the Family Division concludes that parents facing an application by a local authority pursuant to s.22 of the Children Act 1989 without access to legal representation was a denial of justice
Fact finding hearing undertaken in relation to unusual injuries in circumstances where there had been substantial delay from a failure of the police and a Hospital Trust to disclose documents
Local Authority application under the Human Rights Act 1998 and the inherent jurisdiction for anticipatory declaratory relief to separate mother and baby on birth, without informing the mother in advance.
Judgment in respect of a declaration that it was lawful for doctors treating a seriously ill baby boy to discontinue life-sustaining treatment and to provide him with palliative treatment only.
Judgment determining that the English courts had jurisdiction to hear care proceedings concerning a 16 month old girl, who was an Albanian citizen without a regularised immigration status in the UK.
Appeal from a decision to refuse a father’s application under the Hague Child Abduction Convention 1980 for the summary return of his daughter to Lithuania. Appeal dismissed.
A mother’s out of time application for permission to appeal care and placement orders, which depended upon the court admitting fresh evidence. Permission refused.
Application by respondent husband to set aside a grant of leave under Part III of the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 to apply for financial relief under that Part. Application dismissed.
Application by father within care proceedings concerning two Roma children that a district court in the Czech Republic assume jurisdiction pursuant to Article 15 of Brussels II Revised. Apllication granted.
