Judgments

This is an application by a father for permission to appeal a circuit judge’s refusal to allow an application for indirect contact while he was subject to a s91(14) Children Act 1989 order. The application was refused.

This is an application by a father for permission to appeal findings of fact, a contact order and an order under s91(14) of the Children Act 1989. Permission was refused on all three counts.

This is an application for permission to appeal orders placing D in care and freeing him for adoption. The application was refused.

This is an application for permission to appeal the judge’s decision not to impose a committal order on the mother because she was not complying with an order for contact. The application was refused.

This is a second appeal by the wife in ancillary relief proceedings against the finding of the circuit judge that the trial judge had not sufficiently taken into account illiquid assets in the original judgment. The appeal was allowed.

This is an application by the wife for permission to appeal an order arising from ancillary relief proceedings allowing an offshore bank to transfer funds to another bank as it was closing.

This is an application by two of the defendants, both counsel, for striking out of, or summary judgment in, claims against them arising out of the drafting of a consent order in ancillary relief proceedings.

This is an application for permission to appeal a care order leading to adoption by the mother of A. The application was refused.

This is a judgment concerning applicatons by the father for sole or joint residence and an application by the mother for permission to move the child to the US.

Order in ancillary relief proceedings in a case where the assets were relatively modest but the subject of costly litigation. The wife was awarded 41% of the remaining capital.

This was an appeal arising from the local authority’s duty to provide accommodation as a priority need under s193 of the Housing Act 1996 where a child under 18 is made intentionally homeless. The appeal was allowed.

This was an appeal by the mother in a residence dispute where the trial judge had temporarily lifted a stay on proceedings in the English courts so he could issue directions concerning the future proceedings if these were held in England. The appeal was allowed and the English proceedings dismissed.

This was an application for a declaration of marital status under s55 of the Family Law Act where both parties were of the same sex. The petition was dismissed.

This is a judgment in a ‘huge money’ case. The wife was awarded an amount equivalent to 37% of the assets, which exceeded £100m.

This is an appeal by a father supported by the mother, and a cross appeal by the Local Authority, against a case management decision made in child care proceedings. Appeal allowed in part and cross appeal allowed.

This is a House of Lords decision in a case where the biological mother of children conceived by insemination during a lesbian relationship was seeking to overturn the Court of Appeal’s ruling that her ex partner should have primary care. Appeal allowed.