Case Summaries

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.

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.