Case Summaries

Judgment concerning rights of audience for McKenzie Friends in private children law proceedings.

Judgment concerning the sanctions available to the judiciary where bundles are not supplied in accordance with the 2006 Practice Direction.

Judgment arising from wardship of a child who held dual Pakistani and British passports and sought the assistance of the British High Commission when faced with the prospect of a forced marriage.

Appeal by father against costs order arising from contested contact proceedings. Appeal allowed and costs reduced.

Application by Commissioner for Police for permission to appeal, with appeal to follow, decision to allow disclosure of phone numbers in wardship proceedings and related possible criminal proceedings. Application and appeal allowed.

Appeal against finding that a daughter could not enforce an agreement made by her divorced parents concerning an interest in the former matrimonial home. Appeal allowed.

Application for permission to appeal findings in complex ancillary relief proceedings. Application refused.

Judgment concerning disclosure and publicity issues arising out of care proceedings.

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.