Judgments

On 9 April 2025, Mr Justice Peel, heard an appeal brought by a mother (M) against a decision to order overnight staying contact for the parties’ daughter (referred to by the pseudonym, Amy) and the father (F), in spite of a Fact Finding Hearing being listed to determine the mother’s allegations of domestic abuse.

These proceedings were heard in the High Court and the court was concerned with one child, referred to as ‘L’ who was 2 and a half years old.

This was an application made by ‘TT’ for a declaration of non-non- parentage under s. 55A(1) of the Family Law Act 1986 (FLA).  

The Lord Chancellor applied for a declaration that 79 couples, in receipt of their final divorce orders already, were in fact divorced.

This case concerns an application by the applicant under the 1980 Hague Convention for summary return of the child aged 8 to Colombia. In the judgment, the child was referred to as ‘Sophia’.

This case concerns an application by the father for summary return of S, a boy aged 1 year 10 months to the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Mr Justice McKendrick refused the summary return order.

This case concerns an application under the 1980 Hague Convention for a return order to Lithuania in respect of three children who are aged 9 (referred to as the older child or M), 4 and almost 3 (referred to as the younger children).

In November, HHJ Murden handed down judgment in committal proceedings brought by Ms H Simpson against her daughter Ms T Simpson. The application arose out of Family Law Act proceedings in which DJ Akers had made an Occupation Order in Ms H Simpson’s favour with a 10 year duration.

Why, given that the parties settled at an FDR in April 2022, did HHJ Farquhar end up giving a judgment on 08.10.2024 approving the original agreement (with one small variation)?

This judgment was published by District Judge Crisp sitting in the Family Court at Manchester. The court was concerned with an application made by the husband for financial remedies and shared care in relation to the family dog.

Final hearing before DJ Hatvany featuring cross applications for enforcement and variation of a joint lives periodical payments order. Original financial order made in 2012.

This case concerns an application made under the inherent jurisdiction on 31 August 2023 by the applicant mother in relation to KA aged 2 years and 11 months at the time of the judgment.

This case concerns an application by DE and JE for the recognition at common law of their adoption in Nigeria of twin girls, TE and TT, now age 11 years. The Nigerian adoption order was made by the Family Court of Edo State on 5 December 2023.

This case concerns an application under the 1980 Hague Convention brought by the father of five-year-old twins by which he seeks their return to Ukraine.

This judgment was published by Mr Justice MacDonald in the High Court. The case concerns the domestic adoption of a child born as a result of a commercial surrogacy undertaken which took place in the USA.

This judgment was handed down by Recorder Laura Moys sitting in the Family Court.