Case Summaries

Application for permission to appeal against an award dividing assets 65%/35% in favour of wife. Permission granted; application to adduce further evidence refused; appeal allowed.

Appeal to the European Court of Justice, under the urgent procedure, as to whether there was jurisdiction under Article 20 of the Brussels II regulation as amended. Jurisdiction rejected.

Renewed application for permission to appeal arising from claims by the applicant of misfeasance and negligence by public officers when investigating suspected child abuse. Application refused.

Appeal by wife against a committal order for contempt made on the application of a husband arising from allegedly prohibited disclosure by the wife of information wife relating to their contact litigation. Appeal allowed.

Appeal against judicial review decision concerning residence order allowances. Appeal dismissed.

Judgment in complex, big money ancillary relief proceedings including comments on preparation for trial.

Judgment on directions in multiple judicial review claims arising from disputed age assessments.

Application by local authority for permission to appeal, with appeal to follow, decision to dismiss care proceedings. Application granted and appeal allowed.

Application for permission to appeal by guardian against a decision by justices to grant an interim care order to the local authority who intended to move the child to alternative foster carers pending a final hearing. Appeal dismissed.

Supplemental judgment arising from applications concerning use of irregularly obtained confidential information in ancillary relief proceedings. This judgment concerns the forms of the relevant orders, costs, further directions and permission to appeal.

Judgment arising from applications concerning disclosure of information about the medical evidence presented in care proceedings and the anonymity of the expert witnesses where the parents had been exonerated as perpetrators of non-accidental injury. The judge ruled that s12 of the Administration of Justice Act can be disapplied and rejected applications for anonymity of the professionals involved to be preserved.

Judicial review application where the claimant, a 17 year old girl, submitted that the local authority had failed to assess her needs under s17 of the Children Act 1989 and failed to have proper regard to their welfare duties under s11 of the Children Act 2004. Application failed.

Application for permission to appeal against finding that a ceremony in South Africa did not constitute a marriage. Application refused.

Judgment concerning applications in ancillary relief proceedings arising from potential use and retention of irregularly obtained, confidential information.

Judgment arising from a complex family dispute involving family businesses and properties including applications under the Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996 (TOLATA) concerning beneficial interests and occupation rent with regard to the main family home.

Application for permission to appeal, with appeal to follow, refusal to overturn liabilities under orders for maintenance pending suit on the grounds that the petition in this jurisdiction had been withdrawn.