Case Summaries

Appeal by husband against an order in ancillary relief proceedings adjusting a previous order in favour of the wife. Appeal allowed.

Application for permission to appeal a decision that prevented the applicants from allowing experts and their legal representative to interview their children in connection with criminal charges now facing the parents. Appeal allowed in part.

Judgment in contested contact and residence proceedings.

Application by the wife to bring a second appeal in ancillary relief proceedings. Application granted.

Application for permission to appeal out of time an order in ancillary relief proceedings. Application refused.

Application by a local authority under the inherent jurisdiction of the court for directions as to the future of a vulnerable person who has been in care and has now reached 18.

Appeal against dismissal of an application to a judge to recuse himself from ancillary relief proceedings. Appeal allowed.

Appeal by local authority against decision to grant the mother leave to apply for revocation of placement orders made on her two children. Appeal allowed and applications refused.

Appeal by surrogate mother against orders requiring that residence of a child born as a result of the surrogacy agreement be transferred to the biological father. Appeal dismissed.

Application for permission to appeal, with appeal to follow, care and adoption placement orders that had been stayed by a previous hearing. Application refused.

Application for permission to appeal with appeal to follow, orders in contact and residence proceedings. Judgment set aside and sent for retrial.

Application for permission to appeal with appeal to follow, findings following a preliminary fact-finding hearing. Application granted but appeal dismissed.

Judgment in ancillary relief and bankruptcy proceedings where the wife was seeking to annul the husband’s bankruptcy on the grounds that he petitioned for bankruptcy to avoid the ancillary relief obligations. Application failed.

Judgment arising from care proceedings that were withdrawn before the fact-finding hearing in the light of the medical evidence.

Application by local authority under the inherent jurisdiction of the court to place restrictions on the contact between vulnerable adult and her long standing partner.

Judgment following an application by a local authority for directions where they have care of a child whose mother has rejected her and the identity of the father is unknown.