Case Summaries

Appeal and application for rehearing by father against findings of judge in protracted contact litigation. Appeal dismissed.

Application by husband for permission to appeal, with appeal to follow, order in ancillary relief proceedings allowing wife three years to pay a lump sum. Appeal allowed.

Applications by mother and father for permission to appeal refusal to allow assessments in care proceedings involving physical harm to their child. Applications refused.

Appeal against refusal to allow move for judicial review against a decision not to accommodate the claimant under the Children Act. Move to review allowed but application dismissed by majority of the Court of Appeal.

Application by husband for permission to appeal decision to annul a bankruptcy order in the course of ancillary relief proceedings. Application granted.

Application by father for enforcement of a contact order made by consent in the Spanish courts. The judge made an order requesting transfer of proceedings to the English courts.

Appeal by father against refusal to recognise that the English courts have no jurisdiction in contact and residence case where children habitually resident in Spain. Appeal allowed.

Appeal by mother against joint residence and parental responsibility orders in protracted contact case. Appeal dismissed.

Judgment in care proceedings relating to possible adoption of a child by kinship carers in the USA.

Application by local authority for declarations that its proposed plan for placing a child with a paternal uncle and aunt in the US is lawful.

Application, by a local authority, for permission to apply for judicial review of another local authority’s decision not to take responsibility for an asylum seeker whose age was in dispute. Permission granted but challenge rejected.

Application for judicial review by newspaper to stay a private prosecution by an interested party arising from publication of material that should have been prevented under s97 and 103 of the Children Act. Application allowed.

Appeal by father against decision to discharge a previous order for return of his children to Mozambique. Appeal allowed.

Application by parents for permission to appeal, with appeal to follow, care and placement orders. Appeal allowed.

Application by Times Newspapers for clarification of reporting restrictions in a case involving care proceedings and child abduction. An order allowing a limited and specific lifting of restrictions under the Administration of Justice Act 1960 was agreed.

Appeal against a finding of fact in care proceedings arising from allegations of sexual abuse. Appeal dismissed.