Application by the “husband” for declaration of marital status, where the parties had undergone a marriage ceremony in Cameroon, in 2008. Held, the ceremony gave rise to a void marriage.
Wife’s applications for interim maintenance and an order for payment in respect of legal services, made within proceedings for financial relief following an overseas divorce. The husband was ordered to pay interim maintenance of £17,000 per month and £90,000 towards the wife’s legal services.
Mr Justice Harrison allowed an appeal on three grounds against a final order made by HHJ Wright who had varied a previous order to reduce periodical payments to W due to a change in H’s net income.
McKendrick J gave an ex tempore judgment in an application to enforce non-compliance with maintenance pending suit and legal service payment orders. A Hadkinson order was made preventing the respondent participating in proceedings until she makes good the payments.
This was the husband’s (“H”) appeal against Garrido J’s decision that the English court had jurisdiction to hear the wife’s (“W”) divorce and financial remedy applications, based on her domicile, and to refuse H’s application for a stay on the grounds that Italy was not shown to be the more appropriate forum. H appealed on seven grounds.
The High Court allowed the Mother’s appeal regarding the Judge’s finding that the Mother had alienated the child, the Judge’s approach in making this finding, and the way evidence from the Mother and her IDVA was treated.
Proceedings arising from the husband’s attempt to dispute the wife’s divorce application.
The applicant wife applied for a further Legal Services Payments Order (“LSPO”), in the context of long-running financial remedy proceedings.
HHJ Levey refused a local authority’s application for its allocated social worker to give evidence anonymously in proceedings to discharge a care order, holding that the highly exceptional threshold was not met once an independent social worker had taken over all of the father facing work.
Ms Justice Henke declined to make a final care order in respect of a 15 year old girl with complex needs.
The High Court of Justice, Family Division, considered an application for summary return of the three children HF aged 8 years, KF aged 6 years and LF aged 5 years, and BB aged 7 years 11 months to Dubai, under the court’s inherent jurisdiction.
Mr Justice Peel allowed a mother’s appeal against HHJ Greenfield’s dismissal of two of her allegations of domestic abuse and his substitution of alternative findings.
HHJ Willans determined that the father should have only indirect contact with the child, N, because any progression in the arrangements would not be safe due to the risk of further domestic abuse. This case was reported on 3 June 2026.
This case concerns the paternity of a child, “YZ”, in Nanyuki, Kenya. The mother, and a number of other mothers in that area, claimed that the biological fathers of their children were British servicemen from the British Army Training Unit in Kenya. The mother in this case claimed that “UVW” was YZ’s biological father and sought a declaration of parentage.
A case concerning an application under 1980 Hague Convention (‘the Convention’) for summary return of three children by father to Peru.
A case concerning an application under section 55 of the Family Law Act 1986 for a declaration as to marital status.
