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Judgment by Mr Justice Moor on an application to set aside part of a final order made in 2015 on grounds of fraud, and for determination and payment of the amount of the proceeds of sale of the former matrimonial home due to the Applicant Husband by the Respondent Wife.
Appeal arising from the refusal of an anti-suit injunction.
Successful application for damages for direct discrimination in an adoption process under the Equality Act 2010
Judgment by Mrs. Justice Knowles in the long-running litigation between Mrs. Akhmedova and Mr. Akhmedov dealing with an application by Mrs. Akhmedova for directions pursuant to UL v. BK (Freezing Orders : Safeguards) [2014] Fam 35 in respect of Imerman documents provided to her by the former director of Mr. Akhmedov’s family office. The judgement offers suggestions for dealing with Imerman documents where the owner of the documents is not represented and/or is failing to engage in the proceedings.
After a dispiriting sequence of events, the net result of which is that after 21 months of care proceedings the welfare outcome for three children remains uncertain, Recorder Samuels, sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge, records and considers the difficult issues that had arisen surrounding placement with family members abroad. The judgment draws together research, guidance and case-law to provide invaluable assistance in respect of the challenges inherent in making safe and lawful kinship placements abroad.
Successful appeal against interim removal in care proceedings; Court of Appeal concluded the decision to separate was not a necessary and proportionate response to the situation that had arisen.
Four applications by a Local Authority regarding a child whose father had killed her mother. The applications sought were a care order for the child, permission to refuse contact between the child and her father pursuant to Section 34 (4), relief of duties under Section 22 CA 1989 to the father regarding the child and to discharge the father as a party to the care order and the Section 34 (4) applications.
An appeal by a great-aunt against care and placement orders made in May 2019 concerning a two year old boy. Appeal allowed.
Judgment of Mr. Justice Hayden following a 3-week-long fact-finding hearing to determine the cause of death of a 10-year old child. The case was re-heard following the judgment of the Court of Appeal [2018] EWCA Civ 1718 in which King LJ concluded that the judge at the first fact-finding hearing had fell into error by resorting to the burden of proof prematurely.
Appeal by Local Authority against the refusal of its application for a secure accommodation order: Court of Appeal recasting the interpretation of the section 25 criteria.
A father unsuccessfully appealed a determination of fact made in private law children proceedings that he had perpetrated a rape upon the mother.
The Court of Appeal orders an unprecedented 2nd retrial to be heard by the President of the Family Division.
Care proceedings in which a finding was made that the father inflicted head injuries to a child, and the mother was subsequently convicted for inflicting the injuries in a criminal trial. On review, Baker LJ adhered to his original findings.
Application by a mother convicted of harming her child in criminal proceedings to have the judgement published of a fact finding in the family court which found the child’s father guilty of the same injury.
