Transfer of residence of a 9 year old to father’s care after mother failed to adequately disengage from the cult of Universal Medicine. There is to be no direct or indirect contact between mother and child over the Summer, and the reintroduction of contact between mother and child is to be decided by the father in consultation with the ISW.
This case concerned an application for the return of K, aged 8, to Russia. The child’s mother, NT, applied for K’s return either under the Hague Convention 1980 or, in the alternative, under the inherent jurisdiction of the High Court.
Appeal by father (F) against order made under inherent jurisdiction that a child (A) aged 13 and a British National, who has been living in Algeria for just over 12 years, should be brought to England so that “an assessment can be made in a place of safety as to her best interests and living arrangements”.
Judgment of Judd J authorising the deprivation of liberty of a 13-year-old child where no regulated secure accommodation was available and the only viable holding placement, acknowledged to be ‘sub-optimal’, was a council property rented and staffed by the local authority.
This is the second judgment of Keehan J in relation to the funding of a lay advocate in public law proceedings.
Legal Professional Privilege: when has a cherry been relevantly placed before the court?
Appeal by a children's guardian against the decision by HH Judge Watson at a case management hearing to grant the local authority permission to withdraw the proceedings.
Cobb J allowed an appeal against an order of HHJ Hughes QC refusing to discharge a non-molestation order granted in 2016, and her substitution of an order that was to ‘continue indefinitely’.
Grandparents’ appeal of a refusal to make an adoption order. Appeal allowed. Adoption order made.
Successful application for a parental order where the intending parents were no longer in a relationship or living together, the intended father had minimal contact with the child, and the application was out of time.
A decision by the High Court to make a Legal Services Payment Order (LSPO) to cover future costs in ongoing child arrangement order proceedings, allowing the mother’s appeal against a decision of HHJ Tolson QC.
The court determined MC’s best interests would be served by harvesting her peripheral blood stem cells for donation to her mother who has chronic leukaemia.
Judgment of MacDonald J dealing with an application by the child’s father to adjourn a part heard final hearing in care proceedings until a full in person face-to-face hearing can take place.
Supreme Court judgment concerning the jurisdiction of an English court to make a maintenance order in favour of the wife under section 27 of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 (as amended) when the parties had mostly lived in Scotland and the divorce proceedings were conducted there.
