Cases Archive

Successful appeal against an order requiring the adopted parents of a child to send the child’s natural parents an annual photograph, against their wishes.

Care proceeding – Adoption – Evidence that mother had lied about ongoing relationship with dangerous father – Whether determinative of welfare issue – Whether judge must refer explicitly to welfare checklist and human rights of parties

Care – Wardship – Peremptory removal of child to Spain by parent after justices refused to make emergency protection order – Retention in Spain by both parents – Whether habitual residence in England lost – Whether order for peremptory return justified

Care proceedings – Fact finding – Recurring events – Judicial inferences

Mother’s application for permission to appeal against the findings of fact mad following a 5-day hearing concerning the causation of the child’s injuries in the course of the care proceedings

Financial relief – Post-nuptial settlement – Jersey trust – Whether court had jurisdiction to vary

Application for permission to appeal and, if granted, appeal against a decision not to hold a fact-finding hearing in an application for contact where there were historic convictions for domestic violence. Permission granted but appeal refused.

A ‘big money’ case involving wholly pre-acquired assets.