Case Summaries

Appeal by defendant against committal to prison for contempt of court for breaches of a disclosure order ancillary to a freezing order. Appeal dismissed.

Appeal by father against findings of fact in care proceedings. The appeal allowed was on a limited basis and a direction made that further and better particulars of judgment be given at the conclusion of the welfare hearing.

Adoption order made in favour of a woman suffering from visual impairment.

Final hearing of an application for a care order where the court had to decide whether the child should return to the care of his mother or be placed in the family of his maternal great uncle, who lived in Belgium.

Judgment of Jackson J on welfare issues in respect of care applications following a fact-finding hearing.

Application to strike out a committal application for failure to comply with disclosure order arising from a child abduction. Application dismissed.

Hague Convention application in which the Court of Appeal considered whether permanence is a necessary ingredient of habitual residence and the remedies available when a child is lawfully removed pursuant to a return order and that return order is subsequently set aside on appeal.

Application by a local authority for permission to invoke the inherent jurisdiction of the High Court, with a view to the local authority seeking the revocation of an adoption order regarding a young girl. Permission refused.

Proceedings in the Court of Protection under the Mental Capacity Act 2005 concerning the residence of a mentally incapacitated adult and whether the order made should be a ‘final’ or ‘interim’.

Application for permission to appeal against a refusal to allow a mother to oppose an application for the adoption of her two eldest children. Permission granted, applying the recent Supreme Court decision in Re B (A Child).

Appeal against an ancillary relief order made in the Principal Registry of the Family Division in which the judge had declined to make a Mesher order.

High Court application within private Children Act proceedings for a costs order against a non party local authority.

Appeal against a finding that there was no beneficial interest in a property where the appellant had contributed a sum at the time of its purchase.

Application for a contact order opposed by proposed adoptive parent. Court made adoption order but also made limited contact order.

Appeal by children’s guardian against various aspects of a fact-finding as to who had perpetrated non-accidental injuries to the youngest child.

Application by the Health Services Executive of Ireland for the transfer of public law proceedings to England and Wales under Art 15 of Brussels (II) Revised