Case Summaries

Appeal by local authority against case management decision in care proceedings. Appeal allowed.

Judgment in application by father for summary return of a child under the Hague Convention. The application was refused.

Application to annul a bankruptcy order so as to free up progress of ancillary relief proceedings. Application successful.

Judgment concerning whether a father had custody rights under the Hague Convention for the purposes of determining whether to order summary return of a child.

Judgment arising from fact finding in potential care proceedings.

Judgment arising from application to vary and extend or capitalise periodical payments in case involving high income couple and compensation.

Judgment concerning divorce proceedings where there was a dispute over the validity of a marriage ceremony held in South Africa.

Application for permission to appeal by parents against orders arising in adoption proceedings where the child was removed from them shortly after birth as a result of a finding against the father involving non-accidental injury to a child of a previous relationship. Application refused.

Appeal by firm of solicitors against wasted costs order arising from divorce proceedings. Appeal allowed.

Appeal by mother against committal order arising from contact proceedings. Appeal allowed.

Appeal by grandmother of decision by circuit judge to overturn residence order, made in the FPC, in her favour for one in favour of the father. Appeal dismissed.

Appeal by wife against a decision that the fall in property prices necessitated a revaluation of the husband’s lump sum obligations on a Barder basis. Appeal allowed.

Application for permission to appeal by father against care and other orders involving cultural issues and where the mother was in jail. Application refused.

Appeal by father against findings of fact in care proceedings also involving consideration of the proper approach to fact finding hearing following Re B [2008] UKHL35. Appeal allowed.

Judgment concerning jurisdiction arising from contact applications made by a mother where the father and child lived in Pakistan.