Case Summaries

Application by P’s daughter for declaration following care home moratorium on family visits in the light of COVID-19. Moratorium upheld despite human rights implications.

This is Mother’s appeal against the making of a Care Order and an order pursuant to s.91(14) of the Children Act 1989 in relation to a child. B. Mother sought for the proceedings to be remitted with the mother’s sister, Maternal Aunt, being given the opportunity to have legal advice and representation to enable her to have effective access to justice so that the option of B living with her pursuant to a SGO could be properly assessed.

The President of the Family Division considers the appropriateness of a remote hearing, in a proposed fully contested composite finding of fact hearing, concerning allegations of FII made by a Local Authority against a mother.

HHJ Hess (co-chair of the Pension Advisory Group) considers financial remedies proceedings arising out of a divorce, in the first substantial treatment of pensions post the PAG publication.

Maria Scotland, barrister, 5SAH and Rosalind Fitzgerald, associate solicitor, Bindmans consider the issues regarding selling properties and moving home in the current health crisis.

In circumstances where a substantive hearing concerning the wife’s application to set aside a financial remedies consent order had been listed, the court considered the wife’s applications for (1) maintenance pending suit, and (2) an order injuncting the husband from selling the former matrimonial home unless he agreed to her proposed terms for an escrow agreement regarding the proceeds of sale.