Cases Archive

High Court declarations of parentage made in respect of father whose child was conceived using donated sperm, in circumstances where he had signed a consent form, which the fertility clinic had lost.

Whether a landlord’s intention for the purposes of section 30(1)(f) of the Landlord and Tenant 1954 Act had to be proved to exist at the date of service of the section 25(6) notice or the date of trial.

Appeal allowed in respect of dismissal of a wife’s application to enforce child maintenance payments despite a decision by a US Court on the same issue already having been made.

Final hearing of the Local Authority’s application for a Care Order with a plan that the child reside in long-term foster care.

Application for the mother in care proceedings to be committed to prison for contempt in not providing information as to the whereabouts of passports. Application granted.

Final hearing of care proceedings where the case for one of four children was adjourned, the issue being whether he should reside with his family or be placed in foster care.

Christopher Miller represented the Local Authority in an application, made by the mother, for permission to oppose an adoption.  The mother, supported by the Latvian authorities, applied for a transfer of the proceedings to the Latvian court under Art 15 Brussels II Revised, permission to oppose the adoption and contact.  All three applications were refused by Moylan J

Schedule 1 case where the mother made an unmerited appplication to vary an order for periodical payments and subsequently appealed, again without merit. Mother ordered to pay a contribution towards the father’s costs.