Case Summaries

Mr Justice Peter Jackson sets out principles as to how evidence from non-English speakers should be obtained

Jurisdiction dispute as to whether a Schedule 1 to the Children Act 1989 claim issued in England by the wife should be stayed because the Husband had already issued proceedings in Italy

Applicant for permission to appeal an order for capitalised maintenance in the context of an application to vary a maintenance order of £12,000 pa made in June 2011.

Jurisdiction and habitual residence. Florida court found England did not have jurisdiction. High Court found child habitually resident in England and Wales and that it did have jurisdiction. Re A (Children) [2013] UKSC 60 applied.

Judgment explaining the circumstances in which Skype and related technologies might be usefully employed in family proceedings involving witnesses in remote locations.

Appeal by mother against the refusal to grant her leave to oppose the adoption of two of her children. Appeal dismissed.

Appeal against direction for paternity testing made within Hague Convention proceedings.

Appeal from a sentence for contempt of court in the context of care proceedings

Sentencing of a mother for contempt of court arising from a breach of a collection order in respect of her son.

Application by a local authority for committal of a mother for contempt of court arising from the breach of a collection order in respect of her son. Contempt proved.

Application by a local authority for committal of a father for contempt of court arising from the breach of a collection order in respect of his son. Contempt proved.

Appeal by mother against refusal to make a child a ward of court on the grounds that he had never been in the jurisdiction. Appeal allowed.

Father’s renewed application for return of his children to Spain in circumstances where two of the children had expressed objection to returning

Appeal from grant of temporary leave to remove from the jurisdiction for holiday to a non-Hague convention country

Application for permission to appeal a costs order in the context of a s.37 application

Appeal in a long running contact case against a no direct contact order. Guidance given on applicability of Re B (A Child) [2013] to private law cases and the correct approach to implacable hostility to contact cases