Case Summaries

S v S [2012] EWHC 2960 (Fam)

Wife’s application for permission to appeal a financial award on the grounds that the District Judge had erred in failing to transfer a property to her and that the costs award did not properly reflect the Husband’s alleged litigation misconduct.

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F (A Child) [2012] EWCA Civ 1364

Appeal by a father who had become the primary carer against an order granting the mother of their 7 year old child leave to permanently remove the child from the jurisdiction.

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B (Children) [2012] EWCA Civ 1275

Appeal of refusal to make interim care orders.

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C (Children) [2012] EWCA Civ 1281

Appeal from an order that a father should be provided with a passport-sized photograph of a child on an annual basis.

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A (Children) [2012] EWCA Civ 1278

Appeal against a finding that a father was responsible for fatal injuries caused to a baby.

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W (Children) [2012] EWCA Civ 1307

Appeal by mother against an order refusing her application to reopen a fact-finding which had been scheduled to take place in 2009. Appeal dismissed.

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Karim v Musa [2012] EWCA Civ 1332

Appeal by husband against a financial order on the basis of the respondent’s failure to disclose her interest in certain properties. Appeal allowed in part.

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J (A Child) [2012] EWCA Civ 1231

Children Act 1989 proceedings. Appeal by the father on the basis that the hearing had not been conducted fairly, the substance of the judge’s decision was insufficient. Appeal allowed.

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Evans v Evans [2012] EWCA Civ 1293

Appeal from the making of a decree absolute on the grounds of fresh evidence that the decree would prevent enforcement of order transferring shares.

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A Local Authority v S & O [2011] EWHC 3764 (Fam)

Fact-finding hearing as to whether a couple who had apparently given birth to a child in Nigeria had been aware that it was actually a ‘staged labour’.

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R.P. and others v The United Kingdom [2012] ECHR 1796

Application to the ECtHR by mother in care proceedings, claiming that her Article 6, 8 and 13 rights had been violated, partly as a result of the involvement of the Official Solicitor. Held that there had been no violation.

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Knecht v Romania

Application alleging in particular a breach of the applicant’s private and family life with regard to her inability to have a child by means of IVF using the embryos she had previously deposited in a private clinic from which the embryos were seized as part of a criminal investigation by the state authorities and deposited at the Institute of Forensic Medicine, which was not authorised to function as a genetic bank.

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Musa & Ors v Holliday & Ors [2012] EWCA Civ 1268

Appeal of award under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 to deceased’ cohabitant and her adult son.

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K (A Child) [2012] EWCA Civ 1306

Appeal by mother against residence and contact order in respect of four children on the grounds, inter alia, that the order had been made without hearing from the parties and that allegations of domestic violence had not been adjudicated upon. Appeal allowed.

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Z v A [2012] EWHC 1434 (Fam)

Application under Part III of the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984: the correct approach in truly “international” cases; independent wealth and separate finances; short marriage; needs

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MA v LB of Camden & Ors [2012] EWCA Civ 1340

Appeal of refusal to revoke placement orders in relation to children aged 6 and 4

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