Case Summaries

Applications for permission to appeal by husband and associates refusal to strike out wife’s pleadings that shares and assets in family companies were held on constructive trust for the husband. Applications refused.

Appeal by mother against shared residence order on the grounds that it may have been made as a result of procedural unfairness. Appeal dismissed.

Application by special guardian for a fresh assessment of the allowances payable to her. A new assessment backdated to March 2006 was ordered.

Application by mother for permission to appeal refusal to allow leave to apply for discharge of a special guardianship order in favour of the child’s grandmother. In the event the matter was settled by consent but Wilson LJ provides guidance on the correct approach to be taken in the future.

Contested petition for divorce by wife on grounds of unreasonable behaviour. Application by husband for adjournment pending release of funds on account of litigation costs refused. Decree nisi granted.

Judgment in quantum meruit claim concerning services provided by daughter to family company. The claimant was awarded £105,000.

Applications by CMEC seeking not to be bound by an individual voluntary arrangement in respect of one of the respondents who owed £25,000 in child maintenance arrears. The applicant was found to be a creditor but the IVA was revoked as unfairly prejudicial.

Appeal against findings of fact where the appellants had been found to be possible perpetrators of injuries to a child of a friend. Appeal dismissed.

Judgment in big money ancillary relief proceedings following a 22 year marriage, involving substantial inherited wealth, family companies and partnerships. The wife was awarded roughly £7.5m.

Application for permission to appeal by mother against an order transferring residence of a child to the father, primarily on the grounds that there was no evidence to sustain the judge’s change of attitude on the matter. Application refused.

Application by father for permission to appeal, with appeal to follow, order in private law proceedings requiring him, at a scheduled hearing, to disclose information relating to communications and meetings with his local MP. Application granted, appeal refused.

Judgment arising out of written request by BBC to clarify an order disapplying s12 of the Administration of Justice Act to allow parents wrongly involved in care proceedings to publicise their experiences. The order was amended under the slip rule.

Judgment in ancillary relief proceedings involving conduct, inherited wealth and post-nuptial agreements where the husband had been convicted and jailed for sexually abusing his step-granddaughters and the main family wealth was inherited by the wife. There was no award made to the husband.

Judgment concerning costs in ancillary relief proceedings involving conduct, inherited wealth and post-nuptial agreements and where the husband had been convicted and jailed for sexually abusing his step-granddaughters. The husband was ordered to pay a £50,000 contribution to the wife’s costs because of his conduct in the proceedings.

Judgment in care proceedings relating to threshold criteria where one of six children in a family had been suspected of starving to death.

Application by father for return of three children to the Republic of Ireland under the Hague Convention. Application failed.