Cases Archive

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.

Henry Lamb appeared for a Local Authority in wardship proceedings in relation to a 17 year old who had no parents in the UK and wanted to travel to Pakistan to find his family

Application for permission to remove a child to India temporarily for the purpose of a wedding

Care proceedings — Residential assessment — Mother a minor lacking capacity — Official Solicitor seeking viability assessment to determine whether further residential assessment appropriate — Whether refusal justified