Case Summaries

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Application for permission to appeal, with appeal to follow, by father against a refusal to order summary return of a child under the Hague Convention and Brussels II Revised. Application refused.

Appeal by mother against a residence order in favour of the father where the child wished to return to his mother and the CAFCASS officer recommended the same. Appeal allowed on a majority, Ward LJ dissenting.

Application by mother for permission to appeal, with appeal to follow, an order for unsupervised contact by their father to her two youngest children. Application and appeal allowed.

Application by husband in ancillary relief proceedings seeking to vary an order that required security for costs before an application for permission to appeal would be considered. The deadline for providing security was extended.

Reasons given for refusal for permission to appeal against an order allowing doctor’s to stop medical treatment on a 10 month old child. Permission at the hearing was refused.

Judgment in ancillary relief proceedings arising from a refusal of permission to appeal where the wife was seeking to set aside a consent order because of the husband’s non-disclosure.

Judgment arising from application by a local authority for continued publicity restrictions in a case where a claim that a 12 year old boy had fathered a child to a 15 year old mother had already received wide media coverage. Application refused.

Appeal against a majority decision of the Court of Appeal that a local authority can arrange for a child in need to be accommodated under Part VII of the Children Act 1989 rather than under s20 of the Children Act 1989. Appeal allowed.

Judgment given to provide guidance on how local authorities and the Secretary of State for the Home Office should respond when presented with a paediatrician’s report that their age assessment, for the purposes of providing asylum or housing assistance, is wrong.

Appeal by local authority against an order in care proceedings where was alleged that the FPC had interfered with the local authority’s decision making in relation to parental responsibility. Appeal dismissed.

Application for a rehearing in bankruptcy proceedings where the applicant claimed that the judge had been “tricked” into error when making orders concerning the matrimonial home. Application refused.

Application for judicial review arising from alleged failure of a local authority to provide properly drafted core assessments of children in need. Application refused.

Application by step-father for permission to appeal findings of fact in care proceedings relating to allegations of sexual abuse on his step-daughter. Applications refused.

Application by father for permission to appeal costs arising from contact proceedings. Application refused.

Application by mother for permission to appeal, with appeal to follow, an order awarding residence of her son to the paternal grandparents. Appeal allowed.