Case Summaries

Application for permission to appeal, with appeal to follow, costs orders arising from litigation under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975. Permission to appeal was granted.

Appeal against a CSA liability order on the grounds that the amount of the liability was incorrect.

Judgment concerning whether litigants in person should be allowed to cross examine witnesses in the family courts where there are allegations of sexual abuse by the LIP.

Appeal by husband arising from wife’s application to vary a 1981 consent order which provided for her to receive nominal periodical payments. Appeal dismissed.

Appeal by husband against orders in ancillary relief proceedings setting out terms of sale of the matrimonial home and other properties. Appeal allowed.

Appeal against orders making a final care order and placing a child, K, for adoption. Appeal allowed.

Appeal by guardian against decision to require that a child should give evidence by video link in care proceedings. Appeal dismissed.

Appeals against case management directions in care proceedings where the precedence of criminal proceedings over care proceedings was in dispute.

Judgment in ancillary relief proceedings awarding the awarding the wife 40% of matrimonial assets.

Appeal against an order in a case arising from loan agreements between cohabitants. Appeal allowed.

Judgment in the course of lengthy litigation where both litigants were Nigerian with the petitioner claiming she was married to the respondent, which he denied. In the hearing Charles J had to determine whether the English courts had jurisdiction and whether to grant a stay.

Appeal by mother against a refusal to award compensation even though Hedley J had found that her Article 8 rights had been breached concerning the rehabilitation of her child. Appeal dismissed.

Application by mother for wardship of her son who is currently living in Iraq with his father. Application failed.

This is an appeal by a mother against an order comitting her to prison for contempt arising from a breach of a contact order. Appeal dismissed.

Appeal by father against an order in contact proceedings which imposed a 20 month moratorium on further proceedings and declined to appoint NYAS as the child’s guardian.

Application by the wife to impose conditions on the grant of permission to appeal in a big money case. Dismissed save for security for costs granted.