Case Summaries

Application by former cohabitant for orders concerned with the removal of his property from the defendant’s home.

Committal of father for contempt of court on account of his violence in courtroom during family proceedings. Consideration of effect of sentence in criminal proceedings for assault occasioning actual bodily harm and common assault.

Appeal in financial remedy proceedings against an award in favour of a wife which included 25% of the husband’s future bonuses. Appeal allowed and cap imposed of £20,000 pa.

Application by wife for interim financial provision for herself and two children in proceedings in which the parties dispute the validity of a non-proceedings divorce, in the husband’s home country, entitled to recognition in this country.

Judgment in Court of Protection proceedings concerning an 84 year old woman detained under an authorisation by the court so that she was no longer eligible for non-means tested legal aid.

Appeal against claim for professional negligence of solicitors in ancillary relief proceedings. Appeal dismissed.

Application for approval of a consent order intending to give effect to an arbitral award following arbitration conducted under the Institute of Family Law Arbitrators scheme.

Judgment of the President of the Family Division dealing with the court’s approach to care proceedings concerning children from other European countries, and to reporting restriction orders in such cases.

Supreme Court judgment as to whether in Hague Convention 1980 proceedings the court may take account of a child’s state of mind in determining his habitual residence; and whether the child should made be made a party to the proceedings.

Judgment in proceedings arising from an application by the father for the return to Lithuania of his child who had been brought to the UK by the mother, without the father’s consent. Issues arising as to the mother’s need of legal representation and its funding.

Judgment by the President of the Family Division continuing an injunction against the husband in financial remedy proceedings by which he was restrained from competing with the family company of which he was a shadow director.

Hearing to decide whether a placement order or a special guardianship order should be made in relation to a family placement.

Local Authority applications for without notice declarations pursuant to the inherent jurisdiction concerning an unborn child about whose safety following birth the Local Authority had concerns.

Application by parents within a Placement Order application to adduce further medical evidence to challenge findings against them that they had caused non-accidental injury to their son.

Application by local authority to withdraw care proceedings in circumstances where threshold not met.

Application for permission to appeal against the dismissal of the appellant’s application under section 21A Mental Capacity Act 2005, challenging the lawfulness of a Standard Authorisation made under Schedule A1 to the MCA authorizing a deprivation of liberty. Application dismissed on the grounds of absence of jurisdiction.