Case Summaries

Application by mother for permission to appeal, with appeal to follow, two orders confirming regular supervised contact with the father. Application and appeal allowed.

Appeal by wife against an order for sale of the matrimonial home. Appeal allowed.

Application by father, who had been the subject of several s91(14) orders, for redefined contact order in an ‘intractable’ contact dispute.

Application for permission to appeal, with appeal to follow, order relating to a s38(6) application for an assessment. Application and appeal allowed.

Application for permission to appeal, with appeal to follow, an order granting a decree absolute before the conclusion of an appeal in the French courts. Application granted but appeal dismissed.

Appeal by mother against a s91(14) order that prohibited further application by her until the child, J, reached 18. Appeal dismissed.

Application by mother for permission to appeal, with appeal to follow, an indemnity costs orders made in the course of Children Act and ancillary proceedings in a case where she represented herself. Application successful and appeal allowed.

Judgment in proceedings under Brussels II Revised where the father is seeking return of his child who has been taken to France by the mother. Return declined.

Appeal against a committal order for breach of a non-molestation order that prevented the applicant from entering his mother’s home. Sentence reduced from 2 years to 12 months.

Application by father for permission to appeal care and placement orders. Application dismissed.

Appeal against a committal order for breach of an order under Part IV of the Family Law Act 1996. Appeal dismissed.

Application by husband for permission to appeal an order in ancillary relief proceedings on the grounds that the judge did not have the power to make the orders that he set out in his judgment. Appeal dismissed.

Appeal against an order in a property dispute where the original order had stated that no order for sale would be made for the “time being”. The appellant was seeking both more certainty about her right to stay in the house and a larger beneficial interest. Appeal allowed on the point regarding the order for sale.

Application for permission to appeal with appeal to follow by mother who is seeking to stop proceedings for a declaration of parentage order and contact by the biological father of her twins. Permission granted but appeal dismissed.

Application for permission to appeal an order transferring residence from mother to father in an implacable contact case. Application granted but appeal dismissed.

Appeal by husband against an order in ancillary relief proceedings on the grounds that the judge had been discriminatory in his division of the assets. Appeal allowed