Hearing before Morgan J concerning fifteen applications for declarations that it is lawful for gametes or embryos to continue to be stored and used in circumstances where written consent to storage had expired.
The Family Court refused applications for declarations of marital status in respect of Nikkah ceremonies conducted in England which did not comply with the Marriage Act 1949. Subsequent registration in Pakistan could not convert those ceremonies into marriages capable of recognition in England and Wales.
Application by foster carers to adopt child in care, opposed by local authority. Adoption order made
High Court decision ordering disclosure of asylum documents in child abduction proceedings, holding that material relevant to testing serious allegations should not be withheld where safeguards can be imposed.
The High Court has ordered the father to return his three children to Ecuador, following their wrongful removal from Ecuador in April 2024. The ruling underscores the critical role of the Hague Convention on International Child Abduction, protecting the rights of left-behind parents and ensuring that children’s habitual residence is respected in cross-border custody disputes.
Appeal from the decision of Recorder Chandler KC in which he set aside a final consent order made in financial remedy proceedings on the basis of the husband’s fraudulent non-disclosure. The husband appealed, arguing that the set aside application should have been dismissed for undue delay.
Hearing before Cusworth J concerning enforcement of financial orders, including school fees and a legal services provision order, and preservation of assets pending the husband’s application for permission to appeal.
The High Court allowed W’s appeal against a finding, in financial remedy proceedings, that H’s parents had acquired beneficial ownership of a property by proprietary estoppel.
This was a decision of Mrs Justice Judd regarding an application by the local authority to disclose findings of fact made by the court to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
This judgement was published by District Judge Worthley sitting in the Family Court at Worthing. The Court was concerned with an application made by the wife for financial remedies some 8 years after the granting of Decree Absolute.
The President of the Family Division, Sir Andrew McFarlane, handed down an important judgment on 20 February 2026 reshaping the Family Court’s approach to expert witnesses and allegations of alienating behaviour. The case concerned private law children proceedings, in which the court set aside a finding that the mother had alienated the children from their father.
Father failing to comply with return orders for a child from Nigeria to this jurisdiction. Mitigating and aggravating factors considered. Imprisonment for six months based on extremely serious breaches. Costs orders that followed.
The High Court granted declarations that it would be unlawful and unethical for certain resuscitative treatments to be provided to F, an infant with a life-limiting condition who was subject to a care order.
Appeal concerning the interim child arrangements for DD, a one year old child, in proceedings brought by the biological father (CC) against the mother (BB) and the child’s stepfather (AA).
Application by mother to relocate to South Africa. The father opposed and sought shared care in England.
This judgment concerned costs following the substantive financial remedies decision delivered on 14 November 2025.
