Appeal by husband against an order varying and capitalising a nominal periodical payments order, made in 1981, after the wife lost money on investments made after selling ground rents that were part of the original settlement. Appeal allowed.
Application by doctors seeking a declaration that it would be lawful to perform a bone marrow transplant on a child against the wishes of the parents. Application successful.
Appeal by wife against an order allowing a trustee in bankruptcy to apply for an order for sale notwithstanding an agreement in ancillary relief proceedings that the matrimonial home could only be sold after specified events had occurred. Appeal dismissed.
Application by husband for permission to appeal an order in ancillary relief proceedings. The order had been made on appeal to the circuit judge from the district judge’s original order. Application refused.
Application for permission to appeal, with appeal to follow, findings of fact in a disputed contact case where the mother accused the paternal grandparents of domestic violence and so contact with the paternal family had lapsed. Application granted but appeal dismissed.
Application to open the wills of the late Queen Mother and Princess Margaret by a man claiming to be Princess Margaret’s illegimate child. The wills had been sealed by an order of the former President of the Family Division. Application struck out as abuse of process.
Appeal by father against refusal to grant leave to oppose the making of an adoption order. Appeal dismissed.
Judgment in ancillary relief proceedings where there is a dispute, among other things, over whether the husband is liable to pay a lump sum to the wife where that lump sum had been dependent on the husband receiving a second instalment of an earn out clause following the buy out of the couple’s software business; he had resigned his position before the sum fell due.
Appeal by husband against a finding that a tenancy agreement granted by the appellant to his former wife was void through frustration or mistake and a claim for occupation rent arising from the termination of the tenancy. There were also issues with regard to payment of maintenance. Appeal allowed.
Appeal and cross-appeal against parts of a judgment arising out of proceedings under s14 of the Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996 concerning the value of credits that each party should be entitled to given the continued occupation of the property by the respondent. The appeal succeeded; the cross appeal failed.
Appeal against the imposition of a custodial sentence for successive breaches of an order under Part IV of the Family Law Act 1996. Appeal allowed and sentence discharged.
Renewed application for permission to appeal by husband against an order allowing wife to make an application for financial relief under Part III of the Matrimonial Proceedings and Property Act 1984. Application refused.
Judgment given in the course of care proceedings where a child, who had suffered a series of fits after the parents had taken her to hospital, had been taken into care but the local authority subsequently sought to withdraw those proceedings in the light of differences between the medical experts acting in the case.
Appeal by mother against striking out claim against a council for negligence arising from placement of her children on the Child Protection register. Appeal dismissed.
Appeal by mother and children against striking out of claim for negligence against the Child Support Agency. Appeal dismissed.
Application by mother for return of her daughter to Ireland under the Child Abduction and Custody Act 1985 and Brussels II Revised. Application granted but stayed.
