Appeal by executors against order under section 1(1)(a) of the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 where wife in short marriage had been awarded £800,000 from the deceased’s estate. Considers the correct approach in such cases in the light of White v White. Sum reduced to £600,000.
Application by trustees of a marriage settlement for directions as to whether it is open to them to exercise their powers of revocation and re-appointment in such a way as to release a very substantial part of the trust capital to the life tenant.
Appeal by a local authority against an interim care order directing them to provide therapeutic treatment to a mother at the Council’s expense. The judgment includes a discussion of the interpretation of 38(6) of The Children Act 1989. Appeal allowed.
Application by an adult for an injunction, to prevent his identification being publicised, on the grounds that intrusion of the press would jeopardise his emotional and physical safety. Injunction granted.
Application by the Press to name a father involved in criminal proceedings, where naming him may lead to the identification of his daughter. Allowed.
A mother’s appeal against an order for contact made between a child and the child’s father. Appeal allowed.
Appeal by a father against the striking out of an originating summons under the 1980 Hague Convention. Appeal dismissed.
Hearing, relating to a patient in a persistent vegetative state, which decided that it should be left to the treating doctors to take a decision about antibiotic therapy on the basis of what they regard as the patient’s best interests.
Appeal by father relating to contact. Appeal dismissed.
