Judgments

This case concerns a dispute regarding child arrangements for four children aged 13, 12, 10 and 8.

This case concerns an appeal from the mother following the dismissal of her application under the 1980 Hague Child Abduction Convention in the High Court.  The appeal raises important points in respect of the correct legal approach regarding habitual residence. The authorities were considered, and this case has provided updated guidance. 

Mr Justice Trowell granted an application to recognise an adoption order made in Nigeria in relation to a 16-year-old boy.

At the return hearing for the wife’s application for an Hemain injunction against the husband which had been granted without notice, Mr Justice Trowell ordered the Hemain injunction to continue pending the determination of the issue of jurisdiction.

In a costs hearing following private law proceedings settled by consent, HHJ Nott ordered the mother to pay one third of the father’s costs due to her unreasonableness in litigation.

This case concerns a father’s application to set aside a Child Arrangements Order granted on 9 December 2024 in relation to J, aged 3 years and 7 months.

This case concerns an application by the father for the summary return to Portugal of a child B, aged 3. The case was a 1980 Hague Convention one. The focus being that of Article 13b (grave risk) and the defence of settlement.

This case concerns an application by the mother for a return order under the Hague Convention 1996. The case is useful in that it considers the point of jurisdiction of both the 1996 Hague Convention and the Family Law Act 1986 (for example see paragraph 30). The case was heard by Mr Justice Poole.

This case concerned an appeal against a finding of rape made following a fact-finding hearing in Children Act 1989 proceedings. Mr Justice Hayden overturned the finding on appeal.

These proceedings concern an application by a 14-year-old child to be joined as a party and to set aside a return order under the 1980 Hague Convention; the application was dismissed and the return order upheld.

Court of Appeal overturns Care Order decision due to insufficient risk analysis and reasoning.

This case concerns child arrangements order and parental responsibility for two children, X and Y twins age 4 years that were conceived by way of a surrogacy arrangement.

This case concerns a final hearing for a Child Arrangements Order brought by the father, JE, in respect of the child K, who is aged 4. The respondent is K’s mother, TS.

The court was concerned with parties’ cross application to summarily return one of their two children.

The local authority brought care proceedings in November 2023 after the children were removed from their parents’ care in October.

This case concerns an adoption order with respect to a boy (D) who is nearly four years old. He and his birth parents were all born in Sierra Leone. The applicants are British Nationals living in the United Arab Emirates (“the UAE”).