Cases Archive

Abduction – Rights of custody – Court granted parental responsibility before child left jurisdiction – Court orders not served until after child left jurisdiction – Whether valid.

Care proceedings — Residential assessment — Delay — Mother’s behaviour — Risk that child would lose foster placement — Whether assessment required

Henry Lamb appeared in the Court of Appeal in relation to committal proceedings arising from publication of confidential material

Abduction – Brussels II Revised – Non-return order – Judgment requiring return of child – Whether available if non-return based on Art 3 – Court first seised of parental responsibility application.

Abduction – Welfare – Immigration status – Degree of settlement – Prospects of children remaining in jurisdiction – Interface between wardship and immigration authorities.

Publicity — Care proceedings — Final orders not yet made — Public debate — Summary of facts — Whether comment on proceedings to date would breach child’s human rights

Adoption – Contact – Post-adoption contact with mother or with half-siblings – Whether to be ordered.

Care – Welfare – Parenting assessment – Whether failure of emotional care and failure to co-operate justified adoption – Whether post-adoption contact with family members to be ordered.

Whether post-adoption contact between the mother and/or the baby’s half-siblings should be ordered by the Court