Case Summaries

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.

An appeal by a local authority that raises novel points of law regarding special guardianship.

Application by wife for an order in ancillary relief proceedings where the matrimonial home was potentially the subject of a confiscation order under the Proceeds of Crime Act. Application failed.

Appeal by local authority against refusal to grant a care order where there had been serious dometic violence within the family. Appeal was granted.

Appeal by father against the imposition of a s91 (14). Apeal allowed.

Appeal against the imposition and conditions attached to a s91 (14) Children Act order. Appeal granted to a limited extent.

Case involving an application by a father requesting an order to prevent the local authority from contacting his parents which would reveal that he is the father of a child currently the subject of care proceedings. Application refused.

Appeal by father against an order for financial relief under the Children Act 1989. Appeal allowed in part.

Appeal by father against a contact order. Appeal dismissed.