Judgments

Application by husband for permission to appeal financial provision orders. Application allowed.

Application for permission to appeal against the refusal to discharge a care order. Application refused.

Application by former wife for financial relief despite the former husband having died before the appeal was heard. It was ruled that an application under section 27 of the Matrimonial Causes Act does not survive the death of a spouse. Application dismissed.

Local Authority application to the court to make orders freeing children for adoption where parents were withholding their consent. Parents’ decision to withhold consent deemed unreasonable and adoption orders made.

Hearing relating to i) the advisability of the court relying on a single expert in care proceedings, when the issue that expert has to address is of central importance to the judge’s findings, and ii) the propriety of permitting parents who deny abusing their child a second opinion.