Case Summaries

Applications for judicial review arising from appeals against the CSA. A declaration against the Secretary of State was granted in one of the applications.

Appeal by local authority against refusal to grant a final secure accommodation order. Appeal allowed.

Appeal by grandfather in care proceedings concerning his continued contact with his grandson during long term foster care or adoption. Appeal allowed.

Judgment arising from care proceedings given in public by Munby J specifically to praise the professionals involved in the proceedings.

Judgment in ancillary relief proceedings relating to costs.

Appeal from the Northern Ireland Court of Appeal by unmarried seeking to adopt a child. Appeal allowed by 4 to 1 majority.

Application for permission to appeal, with appeal to follow, by mother against committal order arising from breach of contact with the children’s paternal grandparents and the underlying contact order. Application and appeal allowed.

Application for permission to appeal orders in an intractable contact dispute. Application refused but with recommendations for future representation of the children.

Second appeal arising out of ancillary relief proceedings. Appeal allowed

Application by mother for return of two children to the UK under the inherent jurisdiction and s41 of the Supreme Court Act. Application granted.

Appeal arising from findings that a High Court judge could not determine whether or not the children were at risk of harm. Appeal dismissed.

Appeal relating to duration of sentences where a non-molestation order has a power of arrest attached and an individual has been remanded in custody under the Family Law Act pending final disposal of the matter. Appeal allowed.

Application by father for permission to appeal, with appeal to follow, a non-molestation order with power of arrest attached arising from contact proceedings. Application granted and appeal allowed in part.

Application by father, an Australian national resident there, for summary return of his daughter under the Hague Convention. Application refused.

Application by mother for permission to appeal a direction that she and her daughter should provide saliva for a DNA test to ascertain the daughter’s paternity. Application refused.

Application by father for permission to appeal a second time, with appeal to follow, dismissal of an application for a shared residence order. Application and appeal allowed.