Case Summaries

Judgment, following a fact finding judgment, in financial remedy proceedings as to the division of assets, in some of which the Official Receiver had claimed an interest.

Appeal by parents against care and placement orders on the grounds of procedural unfairness. Appeal allowed.

M granted permission to remove the child permanently to Tanzania despite a contrary recommendation by Cafcass.

Permission to appeal granted and appeal dismissed in respect of a mother of a child removed by local authority on the grounds that the mother had breached undertakings to live in a refuge and not to communicate with the father.

Appeal by local authority against the dismissal of care proceedings in respect of three children where the facts relied upon by the authority were findings in earlier proceedings involving the mother in which the perpetrator of harm to her child had not been identified. Appeal dismissed.

Further judgment in respect of a child removed by the mother to Poland. Residence order made in favour of the mother with contact to the father in both Poland and the UK.

Judgment of Court of Appeal relating to financial orders made following the dissolution of a Civil Partnership

Father’s appeal against findings of sexual abuse against him. Appeal dismissed.

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.