Case Summaries

Appeal by adoptive parents against refusal to allow leave to apply for a residence order for the brother of their adopted son. Appeal allowed.

Appeal by grandfather against findings of fact in care proceedings concerning allegations of sexual abuse. Appeal dismissed.

Appeal against a refusal to allow leave to apply to revoke a placement order. Appeal allowed.

Appeal by mother against placement orders on two children. Appeal dismissed.

Application by father for permission to appeal, with appeal to follow, directions in contact proceedings bringing forward a fact finding hearing. Appeal allowed.

Appeal by father to overturn a finding by a Recorder, in the course of contact proceedings, that he had attempted to poison his wife. He had been acquitted of this charge in the criminal courts. Appeal allowed and finding sent for retrial.

Application for permission to appeal, with appeal to follow, by mother in leave to remove proceedings. Application and appeal allowed.

Application for permission to appeal, and to amends grounds of appeal, in proceedings under Schedule 1 of the Children Act involving children not resident in England, that had been stayed by way of forum non conveniens. Applications refused.

Appeal against finding that the appellant, though named as joint tenant of a property, had no joint or beneficial interest in the sale proceeds. Appeal allowed in part.

Application by children to be joined as parties in Hague Convention proceedings. Application allowed.

Appeal against care and placement orders on grounds that the appellant’s human rights had been breached for not having had a fair trial and that the Official Solicitor should not have been instructed to act on her behalf. Appeal dismissed.

Judgment in ancillary relief proceedings involving valuation of a privately owned restaurant business and where both parties were seeking a clean break. The wife was awarded 67% of the “non-business wealth” plus periodical payments.

Application by widowed wife under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975. The application succeeded.

Applications to disclose evidence given in family proceedings for the purposes of related criminal and CICA proceedings. Applications allowed.

Judgment in fact-finding hearing relating to possible non-accidental injuries. The judge found that the parents were not responsible for the injuries.

Appeal against decision that a local authority can place a child for adoption where the biological father was seeking leave to apply to revoke the placement order. Appeal dismissed by majority.