Case Summaries

Application for permission to set aside the findings of fact in a case of non-accidental injuries to a seven-week old child.

Appeal in long-running case concerning a claim for proprietary estoppel involving a family farm. Appeal allowed on the ground of how the equity was to be satisfied.

Knowles J refused seven applications by a father for permission to appeal and made an extended civil restraint order

Sir James Munby makes a declaration of parentage and parental responsibility following his decision in the matter of In re A and others (Legal Parenthood: Written Consents) [2015] EWHC 2602 (Fam)

Williams J decided a financial remedies application with total assets of £38.3m by awarding W the higher of (a) needs and (b) sharing, amounting to 24.3% of the total assets and 50% of the matrimonial assets.

Appeal against the length of a prison sentence for contempt of court when there have been previous findings of contempt and a suspended sentence ordered.

Article 15 transfer case raising novel point of law as the care proceedings had already been transferred from the Republic of Ireland; it was open to the court to request a transfer back to the Republic of Ireland but in this case the court declined to do so.

Judgment of Cobb J in which he imposes a custodial sentence and makes it clear that ‘Those who assist, materially assist, those who abduct children in this way, must also expect lengthy sentences from this court if they are found to be in contempt.’

Judgment of Mr Justice Cohen, sitting in the Court of Protection, making orders concerning ongoing treatment of a patient with a terminal illness

Two appeals against orders by judges refusing to stay separate but connected Schedule 1 proceedings and ToLATA proceedings in different English courts between the husband and the wife.

Judgment of Mrs Justice Roberts, in which she carefully considers, in the context of a Part III claim, contentions by the Applicant Wife that the Husband is the true absolute beneficial owner of three properties in central London and a yacht.

Local Authority application for a determination as to whether a placement of a 13 year old boy constituted a deprivation of liberty and if it did, for the court’s authorisation, by way of declaratory relief pursuant to the inherent jurisdiction.

Judgment of Hayden J in the Court of Protection in a case with a complex history in which His Lordship makes a number of interim decisions and recognises the need for public debate and further consideration as to “whether the MCA, by collateral declarations, is apt to limit the autonomy of individuals in spheres where they are capacitous”.

Sentencing hearing following successful committal application by the Wife against the Third and Fourth Respondents

Judgment concerning the alleged breach of an order for disclosure within “very long-running” financial remedy proceedings”