The applicant father in contact proceedings sought disclosure of the identity of a third party (“X”) who had made allegations of sexual abuse against him and he also sought details of those allegations and medical evidence pertaining to X’s mental and physical health.
Judgment following the appeal of an order made against a husband that he must pay the costs incurred in his wife’s abortive Part III MFPA 1984 application.
Hague Convention / Brussels II Revised proceedings where there had been a written agreement entitling the mother to leave Sweden to return to the UK with the children should she choose to do so.
Judgment following final hearing in a settled financial remedy case, giving guidance as to the preparation and presentation of such cases.
Application for permission to appeal the judgment of Moylan J in complex financial remedy proceedings where one of the issues was the circumstances in which it is possible to pierce the corporate veil.
Court of Appeal. Appeal in private law contact proceedings between the father of C, and C’s mother and her husband. The circuit judge had set aside, on appeal, a district judge’s decision and imposed a different conclusion without conducting a full evaluation process. Appeal allowed.
Forced marriage case heard by Baker J which included consideration of applications for forced marriage protection orders under Part 4A of the Family Law Act.
Appeal by biological father of child residing with the biological mother and her lesbian partner concerning contact arrangements in respect of the child. Appeal allowed and case remitted to a Family Division judge.
Appeal by mother to the Supreme Court against an order of the English Court of Appeal that she should immediately return her son, aged two, to Australia. The mother relied on Art 13(b) of the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction 1980. Appeal allowed.
Care proceedings involving issues of jurisdiction, paternity and s.38(6) applications
Appeal against findings made in preliminary issue trial, on the basis of procedural irregularities in arranging a meeting between the judge and a child. Appeal dismissed.
Costs judgment following the substantive hearing in GS v L [2011] EWHC 1759 (Fam). The wife contended that there should be a departure from the usual position in relation to costs by virtue of the husband’s approach to the litigation.
Appeal against orders under Children Act 1989 s 34(4) excusing the local authority from making further contact provisions in respect of two children, and against their mother under s 91(14) of the Act. Appeal dismissed.
Appeal brought by solicitors in financial remedy proceedings against a wasted costs order made against them.
Financial remedies case including an analysis of matrimonial property regimes and more helpfully a straightforward analysis of the law relating to periodical payments.
Financial remedies case final judgment in a case in which the husband had argued that £1.49 m of assets were ring-fenced having either been pre-acquired or subject to a community of property agreement.
