An order under the inherent jurisdiction authorising the local authority to deprive an extremely vulnerable 16 year old of her liberty in circumstances where neither a secure placement nor a regulated non-secure placement was available and the only place that could be found was unregulated. The only alternative was to refuse the application, leaving G with nowhere to go.
High Court granted permission to dispense with service upon a father of proceedings seeking the deprivation of a 17 year old’s liberty.
This was an appeal made by a local authority against a decision of HHJ Wicks in adoption proceedings concerning a child, Y (aged 2 years and 8 months). HHJ Wicks had granted Y’s parents leave to oppose the making of an adoption order. The appeal was dismissed. Of wider interest is the fact that this was the first remote hearing before the Court of Appeal involving litigants with hearing difficulties. The court referred the matter to the President and MacDonald J to consider whether the guidance on the conduct of remote and hybrid hearings needs amendment to address the difficulties faced by disabled litigants in general and those with hearing loss in particular.
Judgment determining whether the LA had satisfied threshold in circumstances where the subject children’s sibling, K, aged 3, had died as a result of alleged cocaine ingestion.
A father’s unsuccessful application to transfer the welfare stage of care proceedings to Romania.
This is an appeal from findings of fact that were made at a rehearing of care proceedings. The Court of Appeal took the opportunity to draw together, and in one respect simplify, the approach to be taken at each of the three stages when an application to reopen findings of fact in a family case.
Application by the Official Solicitor on behalf of the protected party [PP] to commit the respondent for contempt of court, where the allegation was that the respondent had falsified a court order.
Keehan J considers whether a LA has failed its duty regarding the Children Act 1989 and the Care Act 2014
Clare Williams, Professional Support Lawyer, and Lydia Pilati, Associate Solicitor, both at JMW explain the similarities and distinctions between the law of divorce and financial provision between Hong Kong and England and Wales
A warning with regards to trying to re-open cases after judgment has been given.
In public law care proceedings in which the mother sought findings against eight interveners for sexual abuse of her 6 year old son and others, the court considered it was not necessary or proportionate to determine the findings of fact sought by the mother and that it was appropriate for each of the interveners to be discharged.
