Case Summaries

Consideration by the Court of Appeal as to when a placement order can be made

Appeal from refusal of permission to apply for provision under the Inheritance Act 1975 some six years after the death of the deceased.

Application by mother for a residence order, for an order granting her permission to change the child’s forename and surname, and for an order terminating the father’s parental responsibility.

Application within care proceedings for the transfer of the proceedings and of the children themselves to the Slovak Republic under Art 15 of Brussels II Revised. Application dismissed.

Judgment in fact-finding hearing concerning a child who had suffered a serious head injury where the local authority claimed that the father had deliberately injured her and he claimed that the injury was accidental. Held, after hearing several expert witnesses, that that the father’s account was more likely than not to be correct.

Fact finding hearing in care proceedings to establish the cause of injuries suffered by a six month old girl.

Appeal of care and placement for adoption orders in which McFarlane LJ emphasises the need for trial judges to consider sections 1 and 52 of the Adoption and Children Act 2002 before approving a care plan for adoption where an application for a Placement Order is before the court or imminent

Application by mother to appeal placement orders made in 2012. Delays in matter coming before the court. Pragmatic way forward agreed.

Welfare stage of care proceedings; disagreement of guardian with local authority as to appropriate plan; criticism of guardian in relation to her discussions with the child, which court found had resulted in emotional harm.

Long-awaited judgment of the Court of Appeal regarding the impact of the ECJ decision in Owusu v Jackson [2005] QB 801 on the power of the English court to stay divorce proceedings on the grounds of forum non conveniens.

Parents’ successful appeals against the making of orders refusing them permission to oppose the granting of adoption orders in relation to their children – Re B-S (Children) revisited and confirmed.

Application for permission to appeal residence and contact orders – permission granted in part

Case summary coming soon

Application for declarations pursuant to the High Court’s inherent jurisdiction in respect of immunisation of children in local authority care.

Father’s application for a declaration and specific issue order for his children to receive the MMR vaccination

Application by mother under Brussels II Revised seeking a declaration of enforcement of a Polish order granting her interim residence in respect of her son. Declaration made.