Please find attached the Practice Direction: Committal for Contempt of Court - Open Court dated 26th March 2015 for your reference. It provides very useful direction regarding the appropriate procedures for committal proceedings in open court; in private; and the delivery of the court's judgment in...
Read MorePlease find attached Private children law updates. This has been compiled by Ricky Seal of No.5 Chambers. Private law case updates will be posted on the website on a bi-monthly basis....
Read MoreThe Supreme Court has delivered its unanimous judgment in the appeal case of Wyatt v Vince [2015] UKSC 14 This case has caused widespread media and legal interest for financial remedy proceedings due to the delay in bringing an application for financial relief following the divorce...
Read MoreThe appeal of Wright v Wright [2015] EWCA Civ 201 was heard before Lord Justice Pitchford regarding the parties' matrimonial proceedings and financial remedy proceedings. The case concerned the periodical payments ordered to be paid by Mr Wright to Mrs Wright on a joint lives basis...
Read MorePlease find attached the judgment of HHJ Bellamy in Re FM (A Child: fractures: bone density) [2015] EWFC B26 handed down on 12th March 2015. The case involved a child who had sustained a fracture to the left and to the right distal tibia. The case involved...
Read MoreFor those who missed it last week, here is the link to the President's judgment in Re L (AChild) [2015] EWFC 15. The case had been transferred to the President to address a discrete issue in respect of a refusal by the LAA to grant funding...
Read MorePlease be aware of the attached case in which Hayden J sets out the principles governing the granting of Secure Accommodation Orders. Hayden J makes it clear that such orders are to be a last resort, even when the s25 criteria are met, and specifically refers...
Read MorePlease read the judgment handed down 5.1.15 by His Honour Judge Bellamy, sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge, in the above case. This is the first such reported case following Q v Q. The subject child alleged sexual abuse by Father. It had been already decided that...
Read MorePlease take note of the groundbreaking case of Birmingham City Council v Riaz [2014] EWHC 4247 (Fam) concerning injunctive relief against perpetrators of CSE before Keehan J. Keehan J sets out the route by which Local Authorities can and indeed should take steps to protect vulnerable children...
Read MorePlease find attached His Honour Judge Bellamy's Christmas Newsletter...
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