Application by mother for permission to revoke placement order. Application refused.
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H, Re [2014] EW Misc 11 (CC) (21 January 2014)
Application by local authority for care and placement orders in respect of two children.
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Luckwell v Limata [2014] EWHC 502 (Fam) (28 February 2014)
Financial provision claim by husband involving consideration of weight to be given to a pre-marital agreement.
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Luckwell v Limata [2014] EWHC 536 (Fam) (13 February 2014)
Financial remedy proceedings. Application for order excluding wife's father from courtroom whilst wife cross-examined.
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Lothscutz v Vogel [2014] EWHC 473 (QB) (24 January 2014)
Application by H for costs orders to be set aside after a European Enforcement Order Certificate in relation to maintenance was rescinded by the German notary.
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N v K (No.2) [2014] EWHC 507 (Fam) (28 February 2014)
Judgment in dispute concerning child who had previously resided in the USA but was now habitually resident here.
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JS v KB & Anor (Property And Affairs Deputy for DB) [2014] EWHC 483 (COP) (26 February 2014)
Judgment concerning issue of costs in connection with application by daughter of adult lacking capacity to be appointed her deputy.
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London Borough of Redbridge v G & Ors [2014] EWHC 485 (COP) (26 February 2014)
Judgment concerning the issue of whether or not an elderly woman lacked capacity.
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Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals Foundation Trust v LM [2014] EWHC 454 (COP) (26 February 2014)
Application by Hospitals Foundation Trust for a declaration that it would be lawful to withhold a blood transfusion from a gravely ill 63-year-old female Jehovah's Witness.
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Pocock v Pocock [2013] EW Misc 26 (CC) (06 December 2013)
Enforcement proceedings in respect of a consent order requiring the respondent to pay the mortgage on the former matrimonial home. Suspended order of imprisonment made.
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Y (A Child: Private Law: Fact Finding) v [2014] EWHC 486 (Fam) (26 February 2014)
Contact application by father. Fact finding hearing in respect of various allegations made by each party against the other.
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B-G (A Child) [2014] EWHC 444 (Fam) (05 February 2014)
Application by two fathers married in South Africa for a parental order under section 54 of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008.
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J v K [2014] EW Misc 6 (CC) (21 February 2014)
Application by father seeking shared residence order and to take child to California for extended periods during school holidays.
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PW (Court of Protection Order) [2014] EWHC B8 (COP) (16 January 2014)
Application by local authority for committal for breach of an order forbidding contact with person lacking capacity.
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Westminster City Council v Sykes [2014] EWHC B9 (COP) (24 February 2014)
Judgment concerning the liberty, residence and care of an 89 year old woman lacking capacity.
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SA v PA (Pre-marital agreement: Compensation) [2014] EWHC 392 (Fam) (21 February 2014)
Financial remedies application involving Dutch pre-marital agreement and claim by wife that her maintenance should be significantly enhanced by reference to the principle of compensation.
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M (A Child), Re [2014] EWCA Civ 152 (21 February 2014)
Appeal against request for Czech court to assume jurisdiction in relation to a child subject to care proceedings. Appeal allowed.
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ES, Re [2014] EWHC B6 (21 February 2014)
Application by local authority for the appointment of a panel deputy to manage the property and financial affairs of an adult lacking capacity.
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Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust v JB [2014] EWHC 342 (COP) (17 February 2014)
Judgment concerning whether an adult had capacity to make a decision about surgery for herself.
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SAB (A Child), Re [2014] EWHC 384 (Fam) (23 January 2014)
Contact application by father where child lived with mother and her civil partner, and there was a dispute as to whether the father was simply a "sperm donor".
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Hope v Krejci [2014] EWHC B5 (Fam) (31 January 2014)
Committal proceedings for alleged contempt for failure to comply with financial remedy orders.
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Grocholewska-Mullins v Mullins [2014] EWCA Civ 148 (4 February 2014)
The wife was appealing an order in which a capitalised sum of £300,000 was to be paid in three instalments by the husband between December 2012 and December 2014 in lieu of periodical payments. The wife complained of cash flow problems. The judge agreed with the husband's offer of continuing periodical payments of £1,000 until the final payment of the capitalised sum was made, the interim payments to be deducted from the final instalment so that the total sum to the wife remained as £300,000.
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J and K (Children: Private Law) [2014] EWHC 330 (Fam) (14 February 2014)
Judgment in long running contact/residence dispute concerning 12 year old twins.
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The Local Authority v Mrs D & Anor [2013] EWHC B34 (CoP) (10 July 2013)
Judgment approving an agreed order compromising a claim for remedies under s.8 Human Rights Act 1998 by party lacking capacity.
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London Borough of Hillingdon v AO [2014] EWHC 75 (Fam) (23 January 2014)
Care proceedings. Fact finding hearing to establish whether or not the child is the natural, biological child of the putative parents.
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Medway Council v Mother & Ors [2014] EWHC 308 (Fam) (31 January 2014)
Care proceedings in which the local authority applied for permission to withdraw their application.
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JEG v IS [2014] EWHC 287 (Fam) (13 February 2014)
Fact finding hearing in contact proceedings concerning the mother's allegations that the father had abused the child.
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London Borough of Harrow v Afzal & Ors [2014] EWHC 303 (Fam) (31 January 2014)
Contempt proceedings relating to the grandparents' failure to disclose information as to the whereabouts of the child.
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Ray v Sekhri [2014] EWCA Civ 119 (14 February 2014)
Appeal by husband against decision that the court had jurisdiction to entertain divorce petition. Appeal dismissed.
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E (A Child), Re [2014] EWCC B1 (Fam) (31 January 2014)
Judgment in care proceedings, in which there was uncertainty as to the identity of the child's father.
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K v B [2014] EWHC (31 January 2014)
Application by mother for summary return of 15 year old child to Hungary. Return order refused.
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AB (A Child), Re [2014] EWHC 276 (Fam) (13 February 2014)
Judgment concerning whether a child should be returned to this country from Italy.
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Veiss v Latvia ECHR (Application No 15152/12) (28 January 2014)
Claim by father for breach of Article 6, in connection with paternity proceedings that had been ongoing for 7 years.
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B (A Child), Re [2014] EW Misc 3 (CC) (04 February 2014)
Threshold hearing in connection with application for care and placement orders. Care and placement orders made.
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DP (Revocation of Lasting Power of Attorney), Re [2014] EWHC B4 (COP) (11 February 2014)
Application by the Public Guardian to revoke and direct the cancellation of the registration of a Lasting Power of Attorney.
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RO v A Local Authority and Others [2013] EWHC (26 March 2013)
Application by father for residence, after death of mother. Application dismissed.
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SA v BN [2013] EWHC 4417 (Fam) (13 December 2013)
Contact application by father. Judgment concerning issue of whether, notwithstanding the mother's assertions to the contrary, the child was still alive.
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A, B and C (Children), Re [2014] EW Misc 2 (CC) (07 February 2014)
Issues resolution hearing in case where it had been agreed that the children should remain with the parents, subject to a supervision order.
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RS v SS [2013] EWHC B33 (Fam) (23 December 2013)
Father's application for a transfer of residence of two children. Residence order varied in has favour.
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RK v SV [2013] EWHC 4386 (Fam) (28 November 2013)
Application by father to rescind order giving mother permission to remove child to India.
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S v S [2014] EWCA Civ 95 (10 February 2014)
Financial remedies hearing concluded after parties reached agreement. Wife's application to resume hearing on grounds of fraudulent non-disclosure by the husband was dismissed. Wife appealed. Appeal dismissed.
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D (a Child), Re [2014] EWHC 121 (Fam) (29 January 2014)
Care proceedings concerning a child with multiple ailments and thus oxygen-dependant. Judgment concerning issue of whether the mother had deliberately switched off the child's oxygen supply.
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P (Findings of Fact), Re [2014] EWCA Civ 89 (06 February 2014)
Appeal by mother's new partner against findings of fact in residence proceedings between the parents. Appeal allowed.
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C (A Child), Re [2014] EWCA Civ 70 (06 February 2014)
Mother's appeal against placement order. Appeal allowed and placement order set aside.
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Re X, Y and Z [2014] EWHC 87 (COP) (24 January 2014)
Care orders in respect of 3 children and order under the Mental Capacity Act 2005 authorising the payment of sums to facilitate the care of the children from funds held in trust for their mother, who is a person lacking capacity.
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RO v A Local Authority & Ors [2014] EWHC 97 (Fam) (27 January 2014)
Application by local authority to place child whose mother had died with her maternal aunt and uncle in the USA.
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RO v A Local Authority & Ors [2013] EWHC B31 (Fam) (26 March 2013)
Application by father for residence order, where child looked after by family friend, the mother having died. Application dismissed.
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