Case Summaries

Application by wife for security for costs arising out of ancillary relief proceedings. Application allowed.

Appeal by wife against order for periodical payments following her application to vary. Appeal allowed.

Appeal by local authority against refusal to allow removal of children from their home in care proceedings arising out of alleged chronic neglect. Appeal allowed and matter sent for retrial.

Application by wife for permission to appeal, out of time, an order in ancillary relief proceedings for a transfer of property. Application refused.

Application by mother for permission to appeal, with appeal to follow, refusal of application for unsupervised contact and imposition of a s91(14) order. Appeal allowed in part with the s 91(14) order set aside.

Second appeal by wife against an order in ancillary relief proceedings where she had been found liable to a substantial part of the husband’s costs. Appeal dismissed.

Application for permission to appeal, with appeal to follow, order concerning enforcement in ancillary relief proceedings. Application granted and matter remitted back to county court.

Appeal by police against refusal to allow disclosure of information from care proceedings for further possible criminal investigation. Appeal allowed.

Judgment in Inheritance Act proceedings to determine whether the claimant was living with, and maintained by, the deceased so that she could claim under the Act. The judge found that she could make a claim.

Judgment concerning disclosure in care proceedings where the respondent claimed that information revealed to a social worker could endanger her safety. The judge rules that the information can be disclosed.

Judgment concerning media access to residence and contact proceedings involving celebrities. The existing order excluding the media was upheld.

Judgment in ancillary relief proceedings to determine whether an interest in a trust fund was a “financial resource” that could be included in the settlement.

Judgment arising from application for an injunction by local authority to prevent a child in their care from travelling to Pakistan to find his remaining family. The injunction was lifted.

Second appeal by husband against an order in ancillary relief proceedings which he claimed included an element of double counting. Appeal allowed.

Application in residence proceedings concerning the mother’s desire to go to India with her son for a family wedding. Leave was granted.