Family Law Newswatch report
The autonomous European Community interpretation of habitual residence, unlike the domestic interpretation, did not accord determinative significance to the length of time a person spent in or out of a country, whether initially to acquire or to lose habitual residence.
Bailii Report
Application by media institutions for permission to attend hearings in the Court of Protection concerning a severely disabled young adult who possesses remarkable gifts, the practice of which have brought him to public and international attention. Permission granted.
Bailii Report
Application for a declaration that the English courts recognise an Armenian adoption order. Declaration made.
Bailii Report
Words of endorsement of Mr Justice McFarlane regarding the decision of the father to agree to the withdrawal of medical treatment for the child, who is profoundly disabled and will always be totally dependent upon an artificial ventilation machine.
Family Law Week report
Application for permission to appeal an order for costs arising from application by a trustee in bankruptcy to sell the matrimonial home. Permission granted.
Bailii Report
Application for permission to appeal against an order for costs as between interveners in proceedings for ancillary relief following divorce. Application granted but appeal dismissed.
Bailii Report
Mother took the children from Ireland to England without the father's knowledge. Father sought their summary return. Mother claimed that earlier consent given by husband still continued. Held, that consent was still operative. The judge then exercised his discretion not to order the children to be returned to Ireland.
Family Law Newswatch report
Contact application by father - 11 out of 17 allegations of domestic violence by mother found proved at fact finding hearing but mother refused costs. Mother appealed. Appeal allowed.
Family Law Newswatch report
On appeal, the mother succeeded in obtaining permission to relocate with the child to Sweden. Mother sought costs from father. Costs awarded.
Law Society Gazette report
The appellant husband appealed against an order requiring him to pay maintenance pending suit to his respondent wife following the withdrawal of her divorce petition. Appeal dismissed.
Family Law Newswatch report
Child in care moved to the area of another authority - Dispute as to which authority was responsible for supporting the child - Held, the second authority should not have refused to offer support to the child, and should not have attempted to pass responsibility for her back to the first authority.
Bailii Report
Claim by husband against wife's solicitors in relation to the seizure and retention of documents belonging to the husband. Claim struck out in High Court and husband applied for permission to appeal. Permission granted and appeal allowed.
Family Law Week report
Application for judicial review of refusal of district judge to issue a summons in a private prosecution under the Protection from Harassment Act. Application granted and matter sent for reconsideration.
Family Law Week report
Application by father for permission to appeal finding of fact in care proceedings by adducing fresh evidence. Application granted.
Family Law Week report
Application for permission to appeal, with appeal to follow, decision to return a child to Spain under Hague Convention proceedings on the ground that return would be intolerable. Application refused.
