Cases Archive

In an application for maintenance, Parker J was required to determine whether the courts in Scotland or in England and Wales had jurisdiction. In concluding that the husband’s writ did not constitute an application for maintenance in accordance with the European Maintenance Regulation, it was held that the English court had jurisdiction and an order for interim maintenance was made

Application for a Care Order in relation to a 16-year-old child in a complex case with an international dimension

Sir Peter Singer orders a 13 year old child’s return to Dublin, despite his strongly held objections to such return, in proceedings brought by the father under the Hague Child Abduction Convention 1980

Merger of judgment and variation of a charging order

MacDonald J refuses Local Authority’s application for Interim Care Order in respect of a child at risk of removal from the jurisdiction to partake in a forced marriage on the basis that the existing Forced Marriage Protection Order adequately safeguarded that child against the risks

Application by the mother at the PTR to strike out the father’s application for the return of two children to Spain and, in the alternative, for permission to instruct a psychologist to assess the mother’s fear of the father. Both applications were refused by Baker J

Consideration of the extent to which monies held by a solicitor’s former practice would vest in the Solicitors Regulation Authority in the event of an intervention into the solicitor’s practice and the meaning of “practice” and “former practice” under the Solicitors Act 1974 Sch.1 Pt II.

Christopher Miller represented the Local Authority in the third reported judgment in these proceedings.  Here, Moylan J deals with the proposed adopters’ application for an Adoption Order, which was opposed by the mother – supported by representations made on behalf of the Latvian authorities.  The application was granted.