Judgment in appeal determining (a) whether the County Court has power to injunct a local authority from removing a child from the care of foster parents who wish to adopt him, when the local authority has a placement order and wishes to place the child with prospective adopters; and (b)when a child becomes “placed” for adoption.
Applications by mother and one of her children for permission to appeal against interim care order on the grounds that it was effectively a final order. Held that the judge had mis-directed himself, the permission was granted and appeal allowed.
Child abduction from Poland to the UK; defence based on habitual residence in the UK and the father’s acquiescence. Hague Convention 1980 applied. Held that the child’s habitual residence was Poland and the father had not acquiesced.
Appeal against finding of fact in care proceedings. Appeal allowed and findings set aside.
Application under Brussels IIR concerning A, a seven year old boy, following proceedings in Germany under the Hague Convention. Residence order granted to the mother, supervised contact to the father.
Judgment in a Court of Appeal case concerning the nature of mirror orders, the jurisdiction of the High Court to make them and their consequential effect.
Court of Protection. Consideration of the detention of a patient. Held that the detentions were unlawful.
Judgment in a Court of Protection case concerning deprivation of liberty, and in which misconduct on behalf of the local authority led to the issues of costs and publication of the name of the local authority arose.
Application for judicial review challenging the local authority’s assessment of the applicant’s age.
Court of Appeal considered the striking out of an application to appeal both care and placement orders in public law children proceedings. Appeal unanimously dismissed.
Court of Appeal. Waiver of professional privilege in care proceedings in respect of the circumstances leading to the change of a party’s witness statement and the order for further disclosure arising from that waiver.
Appeal to the Supreme Court by mother against an order for the return of children under the Hague Convention, on the grounds that the judge had failed to apply Article 13(b) of the Convention. Appeal dismissed.
Application to annul bankruptcy order joined to ancillary relief appeal. Both matters dismissed.
European Court of Human Rights. Appeal from Northern Ireland relating to a freeing order and post-adoption contact. Appeal dismissed.
Appeal against special guardianship order on grounds that prior to the order there should have been further assessment of the father and insufficient consideration of the child’s religious and cultural needs.
Appeal against judge’s refusal in care proceedings to make a direction under s.38(6) of the Children Act 1989. Appeal unanimously dismissed except for a procedural rider to adjourn the application generally rather than dismiss it.
