This case concerns a finding of fact in private law children proceedings involving three children aged 5, 12 and almost 15 and a final hearing in respect of an application for a non-molestation order.
This case concerns a father’s application for contact and parental responsibility of K, aged 4.
These proceedings were conducted by Mrs Justice Judd sitting in the High Court. The application was in respect of an adoption order for a child referred to as ‘B’ who was born in Sierra Leone and adopted there by the applicants in 2019 whilst living in UAE.
Appeal by local authority from finding in care proceedings that injuries to child had occurred during an assault by his father on the mother, rather than in a later event. Appeal allowed
This case concerns an appeal by the mother of a decision which ordered summary return of her two children D and A to Nigeria.
This was a judgment where the judge refused to make an order depriving the child, referred to as ‘LB’ of her liberty.
This case concerns an application by the mother for G dated 6 October 2024 for G, who has been living in the United States with F since August 2024, to be returned to England.
Fact-finding in care proceedings, concerning cause of injuries to child. Local authority applied to withdraw, at the end of the expert evidence.
Judgment in private law proceedings extending transparency order, in order to preserve the anonymity of the child until their 18th birthday.
This case was about determining the true parentage and provenance of a baby, Eleanor, brought to the UK under disputed circumstances involving alleged deception and trafficking.
NAI case, injuries found not to be caused by the parents. Criticism of experts’ conduct and the approach of the local authority and observations about translation services.
This case concerns an appeal by the father from findings of fact which were made in the course of proceedings between the father and the mother in which the father seeks an order for the return of their son J, now aged 8, to Egypt.
This case concerns an application for a parental order in respect of B who was born in January 2024 in the United States of America following a gestational surrogacy arrangement executed in Canada.
This case concerns an application by the Father for summary return to Spain of his two children, EF a girl aged 7 and GH a boy aged 5.
FB (Mother) was a Filipino citizen. KS (Father) was a British citizen. The Court was concerned with their child “H” a girl (18 months).
On 10 April 2025, Mr Justice Cusworth, delivered judgment concerning the combined appeals of a mother (M) and her fourteen-and-a-half-year-old son (P) against the order of Her Honour Judge Cole dated 5 November 2024.
