This case concerned an application for a summary return order to Italy pursuant to the 1980 Hague Convention. The matter was heard by Mr Justice Cusworth and the proceedings concerned two children, XR aged 6 and XZ aged 3.
The case of Tousi v Gaydukova [2024] EWCA Civ 203 started its life as a straightforward application for a transfer of tenancy. However, what unfolded was far from straightforward.
This was a successful appeal heard in the Court of Appeal in relation to a summary return order (relating to United Arab Emirates) that was made in the High Court.
This was a reported decision from Mr Glasson KC sitting as a High Court Judge. The application relating to one by the mother who sought a return order of the child, ‘T’ from the jurisdiction of Pakistan.
Appeal by M against finding that injuries to child were caused by one of 6 relatives who were present, rather than accident.
Mr Justice Poole has refused the local authority’s applications for DNA testing and declaration of parentage, in the context of public law proceedings, notwithstanding that the adults involved created what he called ‘a welfare minefield’ in conceiving D, and had the potential to cause emotional harm.
These proceedings were heard by Mr Justice MacDonald in the High Court. The case was one which had been remitted by the Court of Appeal for re-hearing on the question of habitual residence (see Re A (A Child) (Habitual Residence: 1996 Hague Child Protection Convention) [2023] EWCA Civ 659).Â
A mother lost her appeal against the decision to refuse her habeas corpus application in relation to her child, whom she knew was living with the child’s father.
This was a final hearing before Mr Justice Cusworth sitting in the High Court.
This case concerned the mother’s application for committal of the father to prison, following his repeated breaches of High Court return orders in relation to their daughter. The hearing was heard in open court and the parties are named in the judgment.
This matter was heard by Mr Justice Poole sitting as a High Court Judge.
This is the judgment of Mr Justice Poole, sitting in the High Court, upon the Local Authority’s application for a reporting restrictions order in relation the family proceedings, and also the ongoing criminal proceedings in relation to the subject children’s father. The Court granted the application for a reporting restriction order but made the order in more limited terms than sought and only in relation to the family proceedings.
This matter concerned an appeal from the family court, heard by Mr Justice MacDonald in the High Court.
DJ Dinan-Hayward gave judgment on this factual dispute on 8 November 2023.Â
A judgment in which the Court authorises a deprivation of liberty order in respect of a 7-year child in circumstances where, at the date of the hearing, there were limited realistic options to prevent risk of harm to the child and others.
This was F’s application under the Child Abduction and Custody Act 1985 for a summary return order under the 1980 Hague Convention.
