On 5th November 2025 a father’s application for the return of his daughters to Italy, pursuant to the 1980 Hague Convention, was dismissed by Mr David Rees KC, sitting as Deputy High Court Judge.
This case concerned financial remedies following the wife’s imprisonment for domestic abuse and the husband’s sole care of the children.
The mother (JT) issued a claim in the chancery division against the father (RL) and the father’s former wife (AL).
Application by local authority for an order authorising it to refuse contact between 4 children in care (who live with their mother) and their father.
Application for care and placement orders in relation to child of Brazilian parents. Application refused, and child returned to care of M and MGM, who will take him to Brazil.
McKendrick J granted declarations that continued ventilation for a twelve-week-old baby with profound neurological injury was not in his best interests, finding the treatment futile, burdensome, and a source of significant suffering.
The recent case, Re H (A Child) (Refusal of Relocation to UAE) [2025] EWHC 2691, highlights the complexities of international child relocation disputes, where, even in situations of abduction, the court ultimately prioritised the child’s welfare and long-term stability despite the child initially being abducted by the father.
The High Court has ordered the father to return his three children to Ecuador, following their wrongful removal from Ecuador in April 2024.
Before HHJ Hess. Financial remedies proceedings where the court decided the weight to be placed on a Deed of Revocation of a PNA.
This application concerns a request for interim relief within Schedule 1 Children Act proceedings issued on behalf of a child under four, brought by the mother.
Judgment by District Judge Davies preceding a Final Hearing to determine whether the wife’s mother (the intervenor) had an interest in the former family home.Â
Appeal by father from order permitting mother to relocate with the child to Cornwall. Appeal allowed.
Applications by W for legal services payment orders in relation to an appeal against refusal to continue a freezing injunction, and an application to set aside a financial remedies order. Applications dismissed.
An application by maternal grandmother that her granddaughter live with her after the child’s father killed her mother.
HHJ Reardon, in care proceedings, had to consider whether to grant permission for a local authority to place a child with a relative in Jamaica with the possibility of a special guardianship order being made at a later date, or adjourn for a placement order application to be made.
This case concerns an appeal from HHJ Shanks to the Court of Appeal in relation to final orders being made at an IRH. Lord Justice Cobb gave judgment; Lord Justice Philips and Green were in agreement.
