Case Summaries

The court of appeal dismissed two appeals made in respect of a HHJ Thain’s findings of sexual abuse by Father and failure to protect by the mother.

Private Law case in which Lieven J addressed the proportionality of Hearings following convictions

Application to take child to Pakistan for Christmas, the UK not having yet accepted Pakistan’s accession to the 1980 Hague Convention. Observations made as to how to proceed when no QLR is found.

Refusal of application by Mother to prevent Father exercising his PR so as to allow the parties’ daughter to be subject to a further ABE interview

This was an application by M under the Child Abduction and Custody Act 1985 for a summary return order under the 1980 Hague Convention concerning a 5 year old child called XZR.

Determination as to whether administration of CPR in the event of cardiac arrest would be in child’s best interests taking account of specific factors in the case

The court was concerned with a cost application following proceedings which sought the summary return of two children to Qatar from England under the inherent jurisdiction.

This case involved a set of facts where one parent displays alienating behaviours towards another, resulting in damage between the child and one of their parents.

This was a pre-emptive application by the husband to strike out the wife’s claim for financial remedies pursuant to public policy principles on the basis of the wife’s alleged bigamy following a 20-year marriage, characterised by abuse and for which there were two children now living with the wife.

Pension sharing application kept open to aid possible enforcement of orders for transfer of property & contents in good order, payment of service charge, and in lieu of a costs order to be determined in modest assets case 

Unsuccessful “Daniels v Walker” application by W to adduce additional expert evidence

On an application by a father for mandatory summary return to Canada, under the 1980 Hague convention

This was the Mother’s application for committal of the Father for contempt of court for failing to comply with various orders to bring their son, E, back to the UK from the UAE. The Mother also made an application to lift some of the aspects of the confidentiality of the private proceedings in order to publicise that the Father was failing to comply with orders of the High Court.

The application before the court was for a variation of a lump sum payment by the husband to the wife following a final order having been made by consent on 10th December 2018 and a strike out application made by wife.

Father’s appeal against decision that progression of contact would depend on his engagement in psychotherapy dismissed.

The court was concerned with two children: X (12) and Y (6), who had been wrongfully removed from Mauritius in October 2022 by their mother.