Case Summaries

CPS v Richards & Richards [2006] EWCA Civ 849

The CPS was appealing against an order made in ancillary relief proceedings that awarded the wife of a drug dealer an amount equal to her beneficial interest in the matrimonial home. The appeal was allowed.

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H (Children) [2006] EWCA Civ 871

This was an appeal by the father against the judge’s refusal to order the summary return of his children to Dominica. Appeal allowed and a further hearing ordered.

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N (Children) [2006] EWCA Civ 872

This was an appeal by the mother against an order permitting the father to remove one of their children to Canada with him for an interim period. The appeal was allowed.

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Mr E v Mrs E [2006] EWCA Civ 843

This was an application for permission to appeal, by both husband and wife, orders made in the course of contact and ancillary relief proceedings. The appeals were allowed, the ancillary relief order was set aside and the matter directed for hearing in the High Court.

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F (Children) [2006] EWCA Civ 792

This was a mother’s application to appeal, with appeal to follow, against orders in a contact case which reinstated contact with the father who was the subject of a sexual abuse allegation. Appeal allowed.

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Clayton v Clayton [2006] EWCA Civ 878

An appeal against injunctions preventing a father from publishing matters concerning his daughter. The appeal was allowed, the injunction quashed and a Prohibited Steps Order imposed.

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Farley v Child Support Agency & Others [2006] UKHL 31

Appeal by the Child Support Agency against the Court of Appeal’s decision to review and quash a liability order for CSA arrears made by the magistrates courts. The appeal was allowed.

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B (Children) and B & O (Children) [2006] EWCA Civ 773

This was an appeal by a mother and father against findings of fact in a child abuse case. The appeal by the father was dismissed but the appeal by the mother succeeded.

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R (On the application of Pigott) v Secretary of State for Work & Pensions [2006] EWHC 1484 (Admin)

This was an application for permission to apply for judicial review, with hearing to follow if granted, in a case where the applicant had been made the subject of distress for levy of child support arrears. Application refused.

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D (A Child) [2006] EWCA Civ 830

This was an appeal by a mother against an order for the return of her son to Romania after she had wrongfully removed him. The appeal was dismissed.

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T & J (Children) (Abduction: Recognition of Foreign Judgment) [2006] EWHC 1472 (Fam)

This was an application by a mother for the return to Spain of her daughter T and son J under the Child Abduction and Custody Act 1985. The application was refused.

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Re SA [2005] EWHC 2942 (Fam)

This was an application by the Local Authority for orders to prevent the parents of a vulnerable adult seeking an unsuitable arranged marriage. The application succeeded.

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Reading Borough Council v D & Ors [2006] EWHC 1465 (Fam)

This was an application by Thames Valley Police for permission to use documents supplied by a social worker to one of their officers.

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D (A Child) [2006] EWCA Civ 760

This was an application for leave to intervene on behalf of a seven year old child in a Hague Convention case.

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Wood v Collins [2006] EWCA Civ 743

Appeal against a committal order on the ground that it was unduly lenient. Appeal allowed.

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F (A Child) [2006] EWCA Civ 752

Application by a father for permission to appeal the dismissal of a residence order and prohibiting both mother and father from applying to vary the residence order for 3 years. Application allowed, appeal dismissed.

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