Case Summaries

Proceedings under the inherent jurisdiction in respect of young adult lacking capacity.

Appeal by mother against residence order in favour of paternal grandparents following intractable contact dispute. Appeal dismissed.

Renewed application for permission to appeal against decision that local authority did not owe duties to the claimants under sections 23A, 23B and 23C of the Children Act 1989. Application granted.

Judgment in high value ancillary relief case involving inherited, gifted and business assets. Lump sum awarded.

Judicial Review application re Child Maintenance and Support Commission’s decisions to instruct bailiffs/apply for committal/disqualification for assessed arrears where the welfare of children of the family may be affected and alleging breach of Article 8 ECHR. Application refused.

Appeal by a father against an order that he was to have no contact with his daughter and was not to make an application for contact or residence without the court’s permission for a period of five years. Appeal allowed and period of two years substituted during which indirect contact would be permitted.

Application by father for permission to appeal, with appeal to follow, an order refusing him direct supervised contact with daughter. Application granted and appeal allowed.

Application to set aside wardship and ancillary orders including return to the UK. Wardship upheld but order requiring return stayed pending determination of proceedings for interim care.

Appeal by father against finding that he had injured his baby son the day after his birth. Appeal dismissed.

Application by mother for permission to appeal, with appeal to follow, order allowing removal of children to short term foster care. Application granted and appeal allowed.

Intractable contact dispute. Appeal against the conditions included in a contact order. Appeal allowed.

Appeal against a contact order in favour of father concerning a 4 1/2 month old child. Appeal allowed.

Appeal against an order transferring residence from the mother to the father. Appeal dismissed.

Judgment in high value ancillary relief case involving consideration of whether a clean break can be achieved where that outcome would be funded through the family company. A clean break was rejected and a lump sum and periodical payments awarded.

Application by deputy for order authorising him to execute a statutory will. Order granted.

Appeals against finding of fact that a father had stabbed a mother, refusals to to allow permission to appeal, a residence order in favour of the mother and a finding that the threshold criteria under the Children Act 1989 section 31 had not been met. Appeals dismissed.