Source: http://cases.familylorefocus.com/2017_03_01_archive.html
Timestamp: 2017-11-22 11:17:28
Document Index: 451698246

Matched Legal Cases: ['EWCA ', 'Art 14', 'Art 8', 'EWCA ', 'EWCA ', 'EWCA ', 'EWCA ', 'UKSC ', 'EWCA ', 'EWCA ']

Family Lore Case Digest: March 2017
Application of the Secretary of State for the Home Department for public interest immunity in relation to a disclosure order seeking information about any extremist or radicalised conduct by the adults in the family.
H-W (Child), Re [2017] EWCA Civ 154 (30 March 2017)
Appeal by father against order limiting his contact with child to indirect contact only. Appeal dismissed.
MH (A Child), Re [2017] EWHC 691 (Fam) (13 March 2017)
Application by mother for permission to appeal against order regulating holiday trips with the child to her native Poland.
Subjects: Children: Abduction, Children: Hague Convention, Costs
W, Re [2016] EWCOP 58 (14 April 2016)
Application by sister of patient challenging standard authorisation, on the basis that she feels that patient's needs are not being adequately met in her current placement, due to her increasing healthcare needs.
Appeal by local authority against the dismissal of application for a care order, in which the central issue was whether the child had suffered a shaking/shaking impact injury whilst she had been in the sole care of her father. Appeal allowed.
Appeal concerning issue of who should bear the costs of translating documents in public law proceedings.
Subjects: Children: Care proceedings, Costs, Legal Aid
Application by husband for permission to re-open appeal against Hadkinson Order, to amend his grounds of appeal and to rely upon further evidence. Application dismissed.
Appeal by husband against Hadkinson Order prohibiting him from proceeding with application to vary maintenance order whilst he was in breach of that order. Appeal dismissed.
Hand and another v George and another [2017] EWHC 533 (Ch) (17 March 2017)
Inheritance – Adopted children – Will written in 1946 – Domestic law did not include adopted children within the term ‘children’ for the purposes of this will – Whether the Art 14 and Art 8 rights of the grandchildren could be upheld.
Subjects: Human Rights, Inheritance
B v B (Fertility Treatment: Paperwork Error) [2017] EWHC 599 (Fam) (23 March 2017)
Application for a declaration of parentage in relation to child born as a result of fertility treatment, where clinic made paperwork error.
W (A Child: Temporary Removal From the Jurisdiction) [2016] EWFC 45 (20 April 2016)
Judgment in proceedings concerning the temporary removal of a child to a country that is not a signatory to the Hague Convention on child abduction.
Appeal by wife against refusal of judge to grant decree nisi of divorce, even though he had found as a fact that the marriage has broken down. Appeal dismissed.
Fact-finding hearing in care proceedings concerning 15 year old boy with a connective tissue disorder and orthostatic tachycardia.
Application by mother for permission to appeal against order for her to return child from Northern Ireland to England, and defined order contact. Application dismissed.
Subjects: Children: Contact, Children: Relocation
Judgment considering issue of whether High Court has power, under its inherent jurisdiction, to make costs funding order against local authority requiring it to fund legal advice and representation for parent in wardship proceedings brought by the local authority, where that parent has lawfully been refused legal aid.
Subjects: Costs, Legal Aid, Wardship
Final hearing of care proceedings concerning a four year old boy.
Application by non-biological mother for child arrangements order in respect of a child now living with the mother in Pakistan.
Subjects: Children: Child Arrangements Order, Children: Contact, Inherent Jurisdiction, Wardship
Care proceedings. Fact-finding hearing to determine how the child came, whilst an in-patient at hospital, to have extremely high levels of alcohol in his system, and to have the drug antihistamine in his system.
DW & Anor v CG [2016] EWHC 2965 (Fam) (21 November 2016)
Appeal by husband against order holding that a 2009 consent order gave the wife an equitable interest in properties owned by the husband.
Subjects: Ancillary Relief, Ancillary Relief: Bankruptcy, Ancillary Relief: Enforcement, Financial Remedies
Judgment concerning the renewal of British passports for children who were made wards of court under orders made some years ago following their abduction from this country by their father.
TL, Re [2017] EWCOP 1 (18 January 2017)
Application for permission to appeal against orders made in proceedings concerning a 41-year-old woman who has a learning disability and some features of autism.
Appeal against decision of Court of Appeal setting aside earlier award on Inheritance Act claim, and re-evaluating the award. Appeal allowed.
Benmusa, Re [2017] EWHC 494 (Fam) (14 March 2017)
Application to unseal the will of the late Princess Margaret. Application struck out.
Appeal by wife of deceased against Inheritance Act award in favour of deceased's new partner.
Public law proceedings concerning four children of the same mother but with different fathers.
Application by local authority under the inherent jurisdiction, to seek permission pursuant to section 100 CA 1989 to obtain the court's authorisation of what the local authority contended is child's deprivation of liberty in his current residential unit.
J v U; U v J (No.2) (Domicile) [2017] EWHC 449 (Fam) (08 March 2017)
Application by respondent to strike out petition for want of jurisdiction, on the basis that the petitioner was not domiciled in England, as she claimed.
Case concerning 2 children, involved in private law proceedings, public law proceedings and a claim for damages under the Human Rights Act, which suffered from a fundamental procedural defect.
Subjects: Children: Care proceedings, Children: Child Arrangements Order, Human Rights
Final hearing of care proceedings concerning 11 month old child. Hearing adjourned to allow further assessment of possible carers, following flawed assessments by local authority.
Care proceedings concerning a 9 month old child. Fact-finding hearing regarding cause of head injuries to the child.
Talpis v Italy ECHR 075 (2017)
The ECHR held that there had been a violation of Articles 2, 3 and 14 of the European Convention on Human Rights because the Italian authorities had failed to protect a mother and son by not taking prompt action on a complaint concerning conjugal violence.
Report: Family Law Hub
Subjects: Domestic Violence, Human Rights
Appeal by NRP concerning date of termination of child support liability, where child benefit was still being paid but the child was in employment, and therefore the NRP argued that child benefit was being paid in error.
Application by a former husband to vary an order for spousal and child periodical payments.
I County Council v TD & Ors [2017] EWHC 379 (Fam) (23 February 2017)
Application by local authority in relation to four children, originally for care orders but subsequently for a twelve-month supervision order, on the basis the children will live with their mother. Also dealing with issues of contact.
S (A Child), Re [2015] EWCA Civ 1345 (03 November 2015)
Appeal against directions given in rehearing of adoption application.
Application for permission to appeal against order dismissing application to set aside a consent order made in financial remedy proceedings. Permission refused.
Cross-applications by mother for contact and by father seeking recognition of Dubai divorce and dismissal of mother's application on ground of lack of jurisdiction.
Subjects: Children: Contact, Children: Jurisdiction, Divorce: Jurisdiction, Divorce: Recognition
T (A Child) [2017] EWFC 19 (14 February 2017)
Adoption application. Adjourned for service upon birth mother.
Applications by husband under CA Sch 1 and to set aside financial remedies order on basis of change of circumstances, the children having subsequently moved from the mother to the father.
Subjects: Ancillary Relief, Ancillary Relief: Barder Event, Children Act Sch. 1
Application by couple for declaration of parentage in respect of child born as a result of fertility treatment, following clerical error by clinic.
C (A Child), Re (No 2) (Application for Public Int...
H-W (Child), Re [2017] EWCA Civ 154 (30 March 2017...
MH (A Child), Re [2017] EWHC 691 (Fam) (13 March 2...
Assoun v Assoun [No 2] [2017] EWCA Civ 179 (28 Mar...
Assoun v Assoun [No 1] [2017] EWCA Civ 21 (28 Marc...
Hand and another v George and another [2017] EWHC ...
B v B (Fertility Treatment: Paperwork Error) [2017...
W (A Child: Temporary Removal From the Jurisdictio...
H (A Child), Re (Interim Care Order : fact finding...
HB v A Local Authority & Anor (Wardship - Costs Fu...
B (A Child by her Guardian), Re [2017] EWHC 488 (F...
East Sussex County Council v AG (Finding of Fact) ...
DW & Anor v CG [2016] EWHC 2965 (Fam) (21 November...
SU & SA (Children) [2017] EWHC 441 (Fam) (06 March...
Ilott v The Blue Cross & Ors [2017] UKSC 17 (15 Ma...
Martin v Williams [2017] EWHC 491 (Ch) (13 March 2...
Bath and North East Somerset Council v The mother ...
C (A Child), Re [2016] EWHC 3473 (Fam) (08 March 2...
J v U; U v J (No.2) (Domicile) [2017] EWHC 449 (Fa...
SW & TW (Human Rights Claim: Procedure) (No.1) [20...
Cheshire East Borough Council v PN & Ors (Flawed L...
Cheshire East Borough Council v PN & Ors (Finding ...
DJ v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and ...
I County Council v TD & Ors [2017] EWHC 379 (Fam) ...
S (A Child), Re [2015] EWCA Civ 1345 (03 November ...
Norman v Norman [2017] EWCA Civ 120 (03 March 2017...
Lachaux v Lachaux [2017] EWHC 385 (Fam) (02 March ...
A v R & Anor (Declaration of Parentage) [2017] EWH...