Judgments

Application for permission to appeal orders relating to residence.

Proceedings brought under the Hague Convention for a return of 2 children to Australia.

Appeal under the Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996 against a decision that the beneficial interest in a property was held in equal shares, where the legal title to the property was registered in joint names. Appeal dismissed.

Appeal against two ancillary relief orders: 1) an order for the issue of a letter of request to the authorities of a foreign country to take a person’s evidence; and 2) an order that a person should attend before the court at an inspection appointment and there produce documents. Appeal dismissed.

A child care case involving a discussion of the need for a section 37 order so that children could have a psychiatric assessment.

Application for permission to appeal, out of time, orders relating to ancillary relief. Application dismissed.

A case relating to whether continuing protection should be afforded to two social workers whose identities were not revealed in the open court judgment that concluded the original proceedings.

A case involving the respective interests of a divorced couple in a property registered in the sole name of the defendent. Held, that the property was held by the defendent on trust for himself and the claimant in equal shares.

A case involving a citizen of Ghana and whether she has been deliberately and persistently misstating her age in order to represent herself as a child entitled to various benefits, and / or protection from a London Borough as a child in need of care.