Cases Archive
EJM-D v GLD [2008] EWHC 1929 (Fam)
Appeal against final order made in financial remedy proceedings after a relatively short and childless marriage. Principal issue of housing needs raised on appeal, with the wife arguing that the District Judge had provided inadequately for her needs. Appeal allowed and additional lump sum ordered
K v P [2008] EWCA Civ 600
Appeal relating to the length of sentence imposed in respect of breaches of a non-molestation order to which a power of arrest was attached
M v T (Abduction) [2009] 1 FLR 1309
Abduction – Grave risk of harm – Disturbed child unable to cope with tension between parents – Whether exceptional – Whether consent vitiated by mother’s private decision not to allow contact – Children’s objections.
Chambers v Chambers [2007] EWCA Civ 1165
Application of section 50, Law of Property Act 1925.
R v M [2007] EWHC 1856 (Fam)
Application in bankruptcy confirming that if the statutory test of “debtor being unable to pay his debts” is met, the fact that he was motivated to frustrate his wife’s claims was neither here nor there
Re K (Order Delay) [2007] EWHC 2090 (Fam)
Care proceedings — Disclosure — Late issue of order by the court — Police failure to comply with order — Local authority’s duty to join police and seek urgent directions
Greenwich London Borough Council v S [2007] EWHC 820 (Fam); [2007] 2 FLR 154
Adoption – Convention Adoption Order – Hague Inter Country Adoption Convention 1993 – Children’s habitual residence while in local authority care but living in Canada
G & B (Children) [2007] EWCA Civ 358
Robin Powell, instructed by the Local Authority, successfully defended an appeal brought against the Court’s decision to make Placement Orders in respect of two children, despite errors made by the Local Authority during the substantive proceedings