Case Summaries

Appeal against findings of fact.

Case summary coming soon

Unsuccessful appeal against a finding that the claimant had failed to demonstrate that the deceased and the respondent had a common intention to vary their respective beneficial interests in a property following the severance of their joint tenancy. Successful appeal against the costs order made against the claimant at first instance.

Court of Appeal judgment refusing the last applications for permission to appeal brought by the parents of Alfie Evans.

Appeal in respect of child support, in which the Upper Tribunal judge is heavily critical of the dynamics of the first-tier tribunal below.

Judgment by Francis J in respect of an Article 15 request concerning a girl, born in 2017, made by the Irish court to the courts of England and Wales.

Local Authority’s application for the dismissal of public law proceedings in circumstances in which it pleaded that the threshold cannot be evidenced. Mrs Justice Pauffley rejected the local authority’s application.

Applications in respect of Alfie Evans, including that he be transferred to an alternative medical provider in Rome.

Judgment of the President in respect of a care plan for a 16 year old with a history of self-harming and attempted suicide.

Appeal considering a decision at first instance by a Deputy High Court Judge in the Manchester Family Court, whereby the judge had ordered that C, a 3-year old boy diagnosed with autistic spectrum disorder, should live with his father in Canada and spend holidays with his mother who lived in England. The decision reversed the child’s established living arrangements.

Judgment in which considered what impact, if any, the mother’s functions with her High Commission and the consequent diplomatic privileges and immunities enjoyed by her and household, had upon the ability of the court to make public law orders in respect of her children.

Statement of the ECtHR

Short judgment of Hayden J in the Alfie Evans litigation dismissing the parents’ application for a writ of ‘habeus corpus’ to release Alfie from his hospital.

Roberts J applied the law on pre-nuptial agreements and made a needs-based award of £2.95m.

Appeal against fact finding, for insufficiency of allegations found, dismissed by the Court of Appeal.

Appeal against decision in financial remedy proceedings not to re-open findings in the light of new evidence. Appeal dismissed with costs.