Case Summaries

Reasons for dismissal of appeal and renewed application for permission to appeal by parents against orders made in care proceedings concerning a refusal to allow instruction of medical experts.

Matrimonial finance case in which Singer J considers the extent to which the Husband’s interests under trusts should properly be taken into account in assessing the parties’ assets.

Application by sister to be joined as a defendant in Hague Proceedings concerning her brother. Application granted.

Judgment arising from an application to find that a marriage conducted in Bangladesh was not capable of being recognised in the United Kingdom. A declaration in these terms was made.

Appeal by mother against finding that she had been a possible perpetrator of harm to her eldest child which subsequently led to the removal of her second child. Appeal allowed and remitted for hearing before a different judge.

Appeal concerning proper approach re. application for costs by one parent against the other at the end of a bespoke fact-finding hearing within contact proceedings. Appeal allowed and Respondent ordered to pay two thirds of the costs of the hearing before the District Judge.

Deprivation of liberty case involving lack of capacity in which Munby LJ gives guidance on court reviews, and internal reviews in such cases.

Hague Convention application by Portuguese mother for return of 13 and a half year old son. The President refused the application.

Parents with a history of drug abuse appealed against a county court order refusing their application to revoke placement orders in respect of their two sons. Appeal refused –the county court judge had acted within the limits of the very broad discretion he had in such a case as this.

A preliminary issue as to whether the judicial review jurisdiction of the High Court extended to decisions of the Upper Tribunal concerning the decision of the UT to refuse permission to appeal to itself, against a decision of the First-tier Tribunal (“FTT”) relating to child maintenance payable by the claimant. Application dismissed.

Application for a special guardianship order under the Children Act 1989, s 14A. In a dispute as to which local authority was responsible for producing a report under section 14A(8), it was determined that the obligation lay with Cambridgeshire County Council in whose locality the child now resided.

Application by mother and guardian in care proceedings to discharge father from the proceedings in a case where the father does not know the whereabouts of the mother and the children. Application allowed.

Claim seeking judicial review of an age assessment decision for the purposes of determining the applicant’s eligibility for support from the local authority under the Children Act. Claim dismissed.

Judgment arising from Court of Protection proceedings and deprivation of liberty for the purposes of providing treatment to the subject.