Case Summaries

This was a committal hearing before HHJ Vincent in the context of private law proceedings. As it was a committal hearing, the hearing was conducted in public.

This was an application heard in the High Court in June 2024 concerning the inherent jurisdiction.  The application was in respect of a return application for two children, aged 10 and 5 from India where they had been since September 2023.

This was a judgment from Mr Justice Peel sitting in the High Court on 12th June 2024.

HHJ Baker decides that it is in the best interests of a 7 year old child to be removed into foster care at an interim hearing, on the basis of the emotional harm caused by the parent with care, who was preventing her child maintaining a relationship with her other parent. It is of interest because of the way the judge criticised the local authority for its disregard of previous findings by the court and the history leading to the child being subject to a care order. It is also notable that his treatment of considers alienating behaviours, manipulative behaviour and the misuse of social media.

These proceedings, presided over by Mr Justice Francis, concern an application made by the mother (hereinafter referred to as M) to terminate the father’s (hereinafter referred to as F) parental responsibility for their daughter, A.

This case concerns the financial remedies proceedings arising out of the divorce between UD and TQ.

This judgement was handed down by Mrs Justice Lieven DBE on the 17th May 2024. H, a girl aged 3, was the subject child in the Court of Appeal judgment Re H (Parents with Learning Difficulties: Risk of Harm) [2023] EWCA Civ 59. The LA issued proceedings in respect of H at birth, but H has remained in the care of her parents since birth.

This is the second judgment in this matter. Earlier in the year DJ McKendrick KC handed down his judgment in the applicant’s summary application to return his son “N” to Ukraine.

Applications by Husband to vary terms of financial remedy order relating to the use of monies from a damages award for his child, who has lifelong care needs. Applications granted.

Application for release of papers and transcripts of Hearings from past s25 and DOL proceedings

Application by Grandparents for contact with 6 year-old grandchild.

Before Nicholas Allen KC. A “paradigm case for the court to exercise its new powers” under FPR r3.4(1), in which an order was made staying the wife’s financial remedies application for the parties to engage in NCDR.

In this case, the father applied under the 1980 Hague Convention for the return of his daughter to Ukraine.

HHJ Vincent declined to conclude a ‘finely balanced’ case where there had only been one brief instance of contact between the applicant mother and the children since 2019.

Appeal by Mother from decision, largely based on hair strand testing, to remove children in interim care from the care of their maternal grandmother. Appeal allowed.

In March, Ms Justice Henke heard an appeal against an Order made confirming that the two parties, who married in an Islamic ceremony in 1999 were not legally married.