Source: http://cases.familylorefocus.com/2016/
Timestamp: 2019-04-23 08:46:43+00:00

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Care proceedings concerning a 12 year old child with profound disability.
Application for costs following declaration relating to the withdrawal of life sustaining treatment for patient lacking capacity.
Care and placement proceedings concerning four boys whose parents had a "volatile and toxic relationship".
Judgment considering whether life-preserving treatment should be withdrawn from patient in a minimally conscious state.
Judgment in proceedings concerning arrangements for two children whose father wished to remove to Pakistan.
Two linked applications brought under the Human Rights Act seeking awards of damages and declarations arising from the conduct of two public authorities in the context of public law proceedings.
Application by wife for financial remedy orders after a short marriage which lasted 19 months to the date of the parties' separation.
Proceedings concerning arrangements for a child whose parents belonged to the Haredi community, but whose mother left that community after the parents separated.
Application by deputy for property and financial affairs for authority to execute a statutory will and to transfer a piece of land owned by the patient.
Care proceedings concerning a 5 month old child whose father was accused of abusing his niece.
Care proceedings concerning eleven month old child who suffered injuries whilst in hospital on the High Dependency Neo-natal ward with his mother after his birth.
Appeal against an order dismissing aunt's application for child arrangements order. Appeal allowed.
Application by Health Board relating to withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment for 80 year old patient.
Application by Secretary of State for the Home Department for discharge of a disclosure order seeking information about any extremist or radicalised conduct by the adults in the family. Application dismissed.
Appeal against refusal to dismiss or stay proceedings brought in relation to a London house under TLATA, on the basis of lack of jurisdiction. Appeal dismissed.
Application for parental orders in relation to two children born following a surrogacy arrangement.
Care proceedings. Fact-finding hearing to establish cause of injuries to child.
Contested care proceedings and an application for a placement order in relation to a two year old child.
Application for care and placement orders in respect of a three year old boy.
Application for care and placement orders in respect of a three month old child.
Application by mother for permission to relocate with children to the USA. Application allowed.
Appeal by husband against ancillary relief order. Appeal dismissed.
Application to commit father and his brother for contempt in connection with proceedings concerning the return of children from Nigeria.
Judgment setting out agreement between parties in case concerning three children brought to this country from Belgium.
Welfare hearing in care proceedings concerning three children feared to be at risk of radicalisation.
Fact-finding hearing in care proceedings concerning three children feared to be at risk of radicalisation.
Application by father for return of child to Turkey. Application refused, on basis of Art 13(b) defence.
Application for care and placement orders in respect of a seven month old child.
Appeal against order setting aside orders for the return of three children to Hungary. Appeal dismissed.
Contact application by father. Appeal by mother against discharge of an order for a fact-finding hearing in relation to allegations of abuse against the father.
Cross-applications by adopters for an adoption order and by the paternal grandparents for a special guardianship order.
Hearing in on-going proceedings regarding father's application for contact, including consideration of whether the mother should be ordered to return the child from Poland and whether an order for a fact-finding hearing should be discharged.
Appeal against the imposition of a six month prison sentence for contempt of court imposed by the Court of Protection. Appeal allowed.
Proceedings concerning the placement of a child within a secure accommodation facility in Scotland.
Judgment dealing with issue of jurisdiction to make care orders in respect of two girls from Ghana.
Application by mother for permission to permanently relocate with child to USA. Application granted.
Application by husband for permission to appeal against non-molestation and occupation orders.
Private law proceedings regarding arrangements for 7 year old child. Judgment concerning the role and practice of local authorities when involved in allegations of abuse by one parent against another.
Proceedings concerning a six year old child of dual Afghan/British nationality. Application to commit father for failure to disclose whereabouts of child.
Proceedings concerning arrangements for two children of Spanish parents living with their mother in England, including reciprocal enforcement of Spanish custody order.
Five joined cases considering how RPRs and s.39D IMCAs should decide whether to bring an application to the Court of Protection under s.21A of the MCA to challenge a standard authorisation under Schedule A1.
Applications for the recognition of a foreign adoption and for an adoption order in respect of a child born in India and approaching her eighteenth birthday.
Trustee in bankruptcy was seeking to renew his application for permission to appeal against an order striking out his claim for a lump sum or a property adjustment order under ss.23 & 24 MCA. Cross-appeal to set aside an order in so far as it gave the Trustee permission to appeal against the decision striking out his claim that the payments were transactions at an undervalue pursuant to s.339 of the Insolvency Act 1986.
Rehearing of wife's financial remedy application, the previous final order having been set aside by because of the husband's non-disclosure in respect of his interest in two trusts.
Further judgment dealing with arrangements for children who live with their mother in a Yiddish speaking home.
Judgment dealing with arrangements for children who live with their mother in a Yiddish speaking home, including which schools they should attend.
Financial remedies application by wife, raising issues as to the computation of the size of the wealth and the proper approach to the decision as between the "needs" approach and the "sharing" approach.
Judgment dealing with preliminary issue of whether proceedings were properly brought under s. 21A of the Mental Capacity Act 2005.
Further judgment in proceedings concerning 32 year old man who suffered profound injuries as a result of falling off of a roof, declaring that he has the capacity to make decisions regarding his residence and care.
Appeal against interim care order in respect of two children.
Appeal by mother against care orders made in respect of three children.
Application for permission to appeal by mother against orders refusing her application for contact and under section 91(14) Children Act 1989.
Application for an adoption order in respect of a six year old girl who was born in Egypt on or about 29th October 2010 to unknown parents and was found abandoned.
Appeal by local authority against decision to make a final care order, rather than a supervision order. Appeal dismissed.
Solicitors for the husband were found liable for not advising him that he need only transfer 58% of his pension to the wife, not 100%.
Care proceedings concerning a child of Polish parentage. Judgment staying proceedings, on the basis that the matter would be transferred to Poland.
Application by NHS Trust for permission to administer blood products to a child whose parents belong to the Jehovah's Witness faith.
Judgment dealing with application by litigant in person, seeking to stay execution of an order made in the course of financial remedy proceedings.
Care proceedings concerning new-born baby. Judgment dealing with designation of local authority.
Judgment adjourning final hearing in care proceedings for a fact-finding concerning injuries to child.
Further judgment in surrogacy case, dealing with issue of contact with the child by the birth family.
Care proceedings. Re-hearing of fact-finding regarding cause of death of half-sibling of children.
Application by father for direct contact with his son, who is 32 years of age and who the father alleged lacked capacity to be able to decide contact. Application dismissed.
Surrogacy. Application by the birth mother that the decision as to with whom the child should live should be reconsidered. Application dismissed.
Judgment concerning issue of whether the body of a terminally ill 14 year old girl should be cryogenically frozen.
Re-hearing of fact-finding in care proceedings concerning two children.
Final hearing following fact-finding in which it was found that the child had suffered an unexplained skull fracture whilst in the care of her mother.
Appeal concerning issue of whether a witness in Family proceedings, who is the subject of adverse judicial findings and criticism, and who asserts that the process in the lower court was so unfair as to amount to a breach of his/her rights to a personal and private life under ECHR Art 8, can challenge the judge's findings on appeal.
Appeal by grandmother in connection with alleged failure of local authority to provide her with support for the care of her grandson.
Appeal concerning findings of fact made in care proceedings. Appeal dismissed.
Human rights claim by 17 year old in local authority accommodation against the authority for disclosing personal information about him.
Judgment dealing with issue of jurisdiction in respect of the welfare of a 76 year old woman currently believed to be residing in Spain.
Judgment explaining reasons for not making final care and placement orders, and allowing the mother's proposal for an assessment by an Independent Social Worker.
Application by father for permission to appeal various orders made in private law children proceedings, including an order allowing publication of judgment in relation to father's contact application.
Appeal by husband against financial remedies order. Appeal dismissed.
Appeal by parents against care orders in respect of their children, in particular against findings of fact made within the care proceedings.
Application by local authority for a committal order in respect of the parents in previous care proceedings, for a breach of an injunction.
Child arrangements proceedings concerning two children brought to England from Scotland by their mother, including consideration of issue of jurisdiction.
Fact-finding hearing in care proceedings, regarding cause of serious injuries to child.
Applications by wife for maintenance pending suit and legal services order.
Application by father for summary return of child to Poland.
Appeal by mother against care and placement orders in respect of the middle of three children. Appeal dismissed.
Application by father to set aside order for return of children from India, and make another order in similar terms.
Appeal by parents against care and placement orders made in respect of two children.
Care proceedings concerning a one year old child of an Indian mother and Pakistani father.
Fact-finding hearing in care proceedings concerning a 13 year old girl.
Fact-finding hearing within care proceedings concerning two brothers, to establish the cause of injuries to one of them.
Combined hearing of divorce and ancillary relief, including whether an order should not be made in the terms of a prenuptial agreement.
Judgment in long-running ancillary relief proceedings, concerned with whether a pension sharing order can be made in respect of a foreign pension arrangement.
Mother's application for discharge of care order in respect of her 9 year old daughter.
Judgment dealing with costs of contested Children Act Sch 1 proceedings.
Care proceedings concerning a 2 year old boy whose mother is serving a six-year sentence following her convictions for intentionally encouraging acts of terrorism and being a member of a terrorist organisation.
Care proceedings. Appeal by mother against finding that she was a possible perpetrator of injury to the child.
Application for permission to appeal against reporting restriction order made in care proceedings. Permission refused.
Appeal concerning the correct apportionment of beneficial interest in a family property.
Care proceedings, in which re-opening of fact-finding hearing was directed, in the light of new evidence. Decision to proceed, notwithstanding withdrawal of parents.
Judgment considering whether patient's damages for personal injury should be paid to and administered by patient's property and affairs deputy or should be held on trust.
Care proceedings concerning a 6 year old child, in which local authority put forward plan to place child with maternal grandparents.
Application by local authority for permission to appeal against refusal to list interim care order application. Appeal allowed.
Appeal by 16 year old against order refusing to permit her to be separately represented in relation to the local authority's application for a recovery order and in relation to her own application to discharge the care order imposed in relation to her.
Appeal by father against order granting permission to mother to relocate with the children to Moscow. Appeal dismissed.
Appeal by parent with care against calculation of non-resident parent's income.
Appeal by parent with care against decision of First-tier Tribunal in relation to child support due since application, made in 2001.
Final hearing in care proceedings relating to four children, in which the care plan was for the father to engage with the Local Authority, in the hope that he would be able to resume caring for the children.
Care proceedings concerning child of Czech parentage. Judgment concerning issue of jurisdiction.
Appeal by father against orders directing the registration and enforcement of a French residence order regarding the parties' two sons. Appeal dismissed.
Judgment declining jurisdiction in respect of two children habitually resident in Bosnia.
Application by wife for committal of husband for failure to comply with order to file Form E.
Judgment in proceedings concerning residence and care of 32 year old man who suffered profound injuries as a result of falling off of a roof.
Surrogacy. Judgment explaining why applications for parental orders could not be made, i.e. the refusal of the respondents to give their consent.
Judgment concerning applications for orders to protect a child from exploitation and for a reporting restriction order.
Final hearing of proceedings concerning a three year old girl, to determine whether she should live with foster parents or her paternal aunt.
Application by husband to dismiss or stay the wife's petition due to delay in service, where the husband subsequently issued a petition in Germany. Application dismissed.
Application for reporting restriction order, in care proceedings concerning a 7 year old boy, who the mother was convinced perceived himself as a girl.
Final hearing of care proceedings concerning a 7 year old boy, who the mother was convinced perceived himself as a girl.
Application by local authority to adjourn final hearing of care proceedings, due to its own failure to comply with the court's directions.
Application by respondent husband to make decree nisi absolute, notwithstanding that wife's financial remedies application had not been determined. Application dismissed.
Appeal by father against dismissal of application for an order that the mother should return to the family home in Kent with the child, who she took to stay with her family in the North East. Appeal dismissed.
Proceedings concerning two children, one residing with the father in England and the other with the mother in Norway. Judgment concerning submission of a request to the court of Norway to assume jurisdiction under 1996 Hague Convention.
Care proceedings, originally in respect of six children.
Care proceedings concerning two children whose parents are Hungarian citizens from the Roma community.
Appeal by father against decision of FTT on which shared care band should apply. Appeal allowed.
Application for adoption of 14 month old child by his current carers. Cross application by maternal grandmother for a Child Arrangements Order and for leave to remove to Latvia.
Application for committal of grandparents of children placed in care, for breach of a reporting restriction order.
Appeal against order dismissing application to set aside settlement on grounds of non-disclosure by deceased former civil partner. Appeal allowed.
Application for permission to appeal brought by a Local Authority following a determination to decline to list the Local Authority's application for an interim care order. Appeal allowed.
Appeal against the decision of Russell J refusing the summary return of two children (JK aged five years eight months and DI aged four years ten months) to the United States of America. Appeal allowed.
Application by father for summary return of child to Poland. Return order suspended to give mother time to make an application to Polish court for permission to remove the child from Poland.
Judgment in care and placement proceedings concerning a young child whose 8 siblings had previously been the subject of care proceedings.
Final hearing of wife's application under Part III MFPA 1984. Order made, despite the non-appearance of the husband.
The relief claimed was a declaration that it is lawful for embryos to be stored for a period of 10 years despite Form MT giving consent to the storage of the embryos for a period of 10 years but subsequently amended to substitute a storage period of only 2 years. The relief was granted.
Appeals by mother and child against orders made relating to an application by the father for the child to be returned to Pakistan.
Judgment re: costs of H's successful application to set aside a consent order on the basis that W failed to make full and frank disclosure in relation to a company of which she was both a director and shareholder.
Application by local authority for committal for contempt for failure to comply with order to sign declaration of authority so that 80 year old man lacking capacity could be released to the local authority.
Welfare hearing in care proceedings involving four children.
Fact-finding hearing in care proceedings involving four children.
Appeal by trustee in bankruptcy against dismissal of application for income payments order in respect of income which might become payable to the respondent from his personal pension policies.
Fact-finding hearing in care proceedings, to establish cause of injuries to child.
Final hearing in proceedings concerning a girl believed to be 12 years old, regarding issues of recognition of Nepalese adoption and future arrangements for her.
Applications for care orders and placement orders in respect of four children.
Claim by father that his Art 8 rights had been breached by decisions on contact with his son, in particular a decision to suspend contact for 3 years.
Care proceedings in which the father was allegedly involved in Islamic extremism and terrorist related activity. Judgment giving permission to local authority to disclose the mother's statement to the security services.
Care proceedings concerning 14 year old boy who was adopted in 2008, following earlier care proceedings.
Fact-finding hearing in private law children proceedings, considering allegations that the father had abused the child.
Application by mother for permission to retain children in Spain, where they have lived since about March 2013.
Unsuccessful Inheritance Act claim by daughter of deceased.
Judgment considering whether a 2 year old child should be placed with adopters or with paternal grandparents, under a special guardianship order.
Appeal against an order permitting the mother of a 10 year old girl to take her to live permanently in the Republic of Ireland. Appeal dismissed.
Judgment concerning accommodation and medication of an 80 year old woman lacking capacity.
Final hearing of care proceedings concerning four children.
Judgment dealing with issue of late service of documents upon non-English-speaking litigant in person.
Further judgment in application by father for summary return of child to Australia, dealing with issue of reporting.
Application by father for summary return of child to Australia.
Decision made at an out of hours hearing, when permission was granted for an urgent operation to be performed on a person lacking decision-making capacity.
Care and placement proceedings in respect of a seven month old child.
Application by partner of mother of child born as a result of IVF treatment for a declaration that she is the child's legal parent, following administrative failure by clinic providing treatment.
The issue before the court was whether a power of arrest may be attached to an injunction granted by the High Court under its inherent jurisdiction in the case of a vulnerable adult who has capacity.
Public and private law proceedings concerning two children.
Supplementary judgment in long-running ancillary relief proceedings, regarding enforcement of an order for sale.
Further judgment in long-running ancillary relief proceedings, regarding enforcement of an order for sale.
Financial remedies hearing in high-money case, in which the husband was a professional darts player.
Case Management Hearing in proceedings concerning arrangements for a 25 year old man with lifelong physical and mental disabilities.
Appeal by husband against lump sum and periodical payments orders made in favour of wife in excess of 20 years after the parties separated. Appeal allowed and orders discharged.
Further hearing relating to a vulnerable adult who claimed to be held against her will in Saudi Arabia. Direction for solicitor to meet her in Saudi Arabia, to ascertain her wishes.
Complaint by mother that failure to enforce interim access and custody orders breached her Article 6 & 8 rights. Held, there had been no violation.
Fact-finding hearing in relation to injuries suffered by a two year old child.
Application by 14 year old child to discharge care order made in respect of her.
Care proceedings concerning child of minor parents.
Application by mother for specific issue order permitting a change of children's surname and order terminating father's parental responsibility for each child.
Further fact-finding hearing in care proceedings concerning four children and involving allegations of familial abuse.
Welfare hearing in care proceedings concerning four children and involving allegations of familial abuse.
Fact-finding hearing in care proceedings concerning four children and involving allegations of familial abuse.
Application by father for child arrangements order and for order forbidding mother from removing child from the jurisdiction. Cross-application by mother for non-molestation order.
Care proceedings concerning four children, in which there was a concern that the father of the youngest two children might take them to Syria.
Application by partner of mother of child born as a result of IVF treatment for a declaration that she is the child's legal parent, following administrative failure by clinic providing treatment, in case where the partner had obtained an adoption order.
Care proceedings issued in respect of a Scottish boy who had been in foster care in England.
Judgement considering the issue of whether a child who is the subject of care proceedings should undergo a cranioplasty.
Application by mother of child born as a result of IVF treatment for a declaration that her former partner is not the child's legal parent, following administrative failure by clinic providing treatment.
Two cases which raise cross-border issues as between England and Scotland in relation to the making of secure accommodation orders.
Appeal concerning the extent of the court's jurisdiction, if any, to make orders in wardship and/or under the inherent jurisdiction for the accommodation of a young person who is 17 years of age.
Application by mother for permission to revoke a Placement Order made in respect of two children.
Care proceedings. Fact-finding hearing to determine the cause and, if relevant, the perpetrator or perpetrators of a serious head injury suffered by the child.
Third final hearing of care proceedings concerning a two year old child.
Appeal by father against order recognising order of Russian court, on the basis that the 1996 Hague Convention was not in force between England and Wales and the Russian Federation on the date that the Russian order was made.
Final hearing of application for care and placement orders in respect of three children.
Final hearing of care proceedings concerning two children aged 9 and 8.
Applications for forced marriage protection order and orders to protect a vulnerable adult who claimed to be held against her will in Saudi Arabia.
Application by mother for summary return of child to USA. Held that the child was habitually resident in the UK.
Care proceedings in respect of eight children.
Appeal by father against orders made in public law proceedings, on the ground that the court had no jurisdiction, there already being proceedings in France. Appeal allowed.
'Bulk application' made by trust concerning subsisting orders appointing its office-holders as property and affairs deputies and a number of new deputyship applications, and also seeking order that the trust is permitted to charge fixed costs up to the amount allowed to solicitors.
Appeal by mother against care order made in respect of a two year old child. Appeal allowed.
Final hearing of case concerning two children, in which the mother claimed that she was sent back to her family in Pakistan and deliberately abandoned and stranded there, including issue of costs.
Welfare hearing in case concerning two children, in which the mother claimed that she was sent back to her family in Pakistan and deliberately abandoned and stranded there.
Fact-finding hearing in case concerning two children, in which the mother claimed that she was sent back to her family in Pakistan and deliberately abandoned and stranded there.
Care proceedings. Judgment concerning issue of probity and reliability of a Consultant Clinical Psychologist, who had provided a report for the Court.
Appeal by child against the making of a secure accommodation order. Appeal dismissed.
Judgment dealing with numerous matters raised by nephew of patient, in relation to earlier judgment.
Judgment considering various applications made by nephew of elderly lady lacking capacity.
Care proceedings. Rehearing of an application in relation to two boys after their adoptive placement broke down.
Another fertility case where an error in the paperwork, which was not spotted by the fertility clinic, has once again led to serious legal consequences for the parents.
Care proceedings concerning a ten month old child. Special guardianship order made in favour of grandmother.
Rigorous analysis of power under section 188 of the Law of Property Act 1925.
Application to remove Deputy for Property and Affairs of woman lacking capacity.
Supreme Court judgment as to whether the Council Directive 97/7/EEC on the Progressive Implementation of the Principle of Equal Treatment for Men and Women in Matters of Social Security precludes the imposition in national law of a requirement that, in addition to satisfying the physical, social and psychological criteria for recognising a change of gender, a person who has changed gender must also be unmarried in order to qualify for a state retirement pension. The appellant, a transgender woman who has not applied for a full gender recognition certificate, has been denied a state retirement pension after her 60th birthday. Referral made to the European Court of Justice.
Appeal by husband against, inter alia, committal order made on the wife's application by way of judgment summons for maintenance arrears and variation of maintenance order.
Application for parental orders in respect of three children born in 2002 and 2004, following surrogacy arrangements entered into in the United States.
Application for a parental order in relation to a child born in South Africa following a surrogacy arrangement.
Appeal against order dismissing the appellants' claims for judicial review and damages challenging the lawfulness of the accommodation and the level of financial support provided to a family by a local authority.
Care proceedings concerning an eleven year old child, including claim on behalf of child that LA had breached her Art 6 & 8 rights. Judgment concerning issue of costs.
Care proceedings, in which the father failed to attend the final hearing, despite indicating he sought a child arrangements order providing for the child to live with him.
Claim that delay in enforcing child support arrears amounted to a breach of Article 6. Held, there had been a breach.
Proceedings concerning the welfare of two Scottish men with profound learning disabilities. Judgment dealing with issue of whether they had acquired habitual residence in England, where they have been receiving treatment.
Care proceedings. Judgment giving reasons for transfer of proceedings to courts of the Republic of Ireland.
Application by mother for return of child to the jurisdiction of Azerbaijan. Return ordered.
Care and placement proceedings concerning a girl believed to have been the subject of child trafficking.
Appeal against decision to block publication of judgment of Eleanor King J in the Ellie Butler case. Appeal allowed.
Appeal by prospective adopters against dismissal of adoption application, in favour of special guardianship order to paternal grandparents. Appeal allowed.
Appeal against an order transferring a pension annuity held in India to the ex-wife on the grounds that there was no jurisdiction. McFarlane concluded the judge had no jurisdiction to make that order, set it aside and remitted the case for consideration of a pension sharing application.
Successful appeal by the trustees in bankruptcy of the first respondent against an order that the sale of a property owned by the first and second respondents be postponed until the respondents’ disabled adult child no longer resided at the property.
Mother's application under Sch 1 Children Act. Application by father for application to be struck out and by mother for legal costs funding order.
Application by mother for orders under the Children Act, in case in which it was alleged that the father had been "radicalised" and that he supported Islamic State.
Appeal by husband against a financial remedy order. Appeal allowed in part.
Appeal against an order declaring the parties' beneficial interests in a property owned by the respondent. Appeal dismissed.
Application for care and placement orders in respect of a child whose parents moved to Portugal.
Final hearing of care proceedings concerning child who had suffered injuries. Child placed with members of the maternal family and special guardianship order made.
Care proceedings concerning two children who arrived at a London airport from Pakistan, considering issue of jurisdiction.
Judgment considering issue of jurisdiction in care proceedings concerning child of Ukrainian mother and British father.
Application by father under Brussels IIa for return of child from Poland, following failed Hague convention application. Return ordered.
Application by mother for orders for financial provision from under Schedule 1 Children Act 1989. Interlocutory judgment concerning issue of costs.
Application by father alleging breach of Art 8 rights by Polish court for failing to order return of child to Canada under Hague Convention.
Application for parental orders concerning twins born in Thailand as a result of a commercial surrogacy agreement entered into by the Applicants and a gestational surrogate.
Care proceedings concerning two year old boy removed from his mother's care when she arrived back in the UK from Syria and was arrested by the Counter Terrorism Unit.
An appeal under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 by the daughter of the deceased mother against an order that the deceased's house be transferred for a sum of £385,000 to the Defendant, who had lived with the deceased in the house for 20 years. The appeal was dismissed.
Care proceedings in respect of four children. Judgment considering which should be designated local authority.
Care and placement proceedings concerning three children.
Judgment concerning issue of jurisdiction, in proceedings relating to child whose mother had removed her to France.
Judgment following application by local authority to remove children from household, in case where it was feared that child will seek to join ISIS.
Appeal against the making of a declaration that it was lawful to remove respiratory support from tetraplegic child. Appeal dismissed.
Final judgment in relation to application under Part III MFPA 1984, dealing with issue of quantum.
Appeal by brother of girl subject to pending care proceedings against refusal of permission to apply for contact. Appeal allowed.
Hague Convention proceedings concerning children removed from Portugal by mother. Order requiring mother's solicitor to attend court to give such evidence as they may have as to the whereabouts of the mother or the children.
Application by father claiming that his Art 8 rights had been breached because the domestic courts had denied him the right to have contact with his son. Held, there had been no violation.
Judgment setting out reasons for dismissal of application for a care order in respect of a six month old child.

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