A recent – at first blush, seemingly relatively innocuous – Court of Appeal decision to refuse an appeal by a “resident” Father against a decision to refuse him permission to relocate with his two boys (11 and 7), new wife and their daughter (2) to...
Read MorePRIVATE LAW Re D (A Child) [2014] EWCA Civ 1057 Appeal from a decision to refuse to order direct contact between a father and his son at the final hearing after four years of court proceedings. The parties separated in February 2003 when their son, B, was just...
Read MorePRIVATE LAW J (A Child) [2014] EWCA Civ 875 Appeal against findings in private law proceedings. Appeal allowed, findings overturned and no re-trial ordered. Comment provided on approach to vulnerable witnesses and right to fair trial. The court was concerned with private law proceedings in respect of A,...
Read MorePlease take note of the recently published judgment handed down by HIs Honour Judge Bellamy on 3rd September 2014 in the case of Leicestershire County Council v T (Care Order: Placement Order) [2014] EWFC B119. The case concerns the placement of a child and considers issues...
Read MorePUBLIC LAW Re DE (A Child) [2014] EWFC 6 Appeal by parents against refusal of an injunction to prevent the immediate removal of their child where he had remained at home under a care order. Appeal allowed and matter remitted for a full hearing. The LA has commenced...
Read MorePUBLIC LAW N (A Child) (Adoption Order) [2014] EWFC 1491 Consideration of special guardianship orders against adoption orders particularly in light of Re B-S [2013] EWCA Civ 813. Concerning a child, N, aged 5. N was born prematurely and spent the first seven months of her life in...
Read MorePUBLIC LAW R (A Child) [2014] EWCA Civ 270 Appeal by a father against findings of fact. Observations by the Court of Appeal regarding the weight to be attached to flawed ABE interview and the threshold for dislodging findings of fact on appeal. The father appealed against findings...
Read MorePUBLIC LAW Re S (A Child) [2014] EWCA 135 Appeal by father against care and placement orders that had been made in respect of his daughter in July 2013 on the basis that the orders were not compliant with Re B-S. A-M was one of four children of...
Read MorePUBLIC LAW Re NL (A Child) (Appeal: Interim Care Order: Facts and Reasons) [2014] EWHC 270 (Fam) Appeal by a mother against the interim removal of her newborn baby. The mother had a long history of drug and alcohol abuse and the local authority had been involved with...
Read MorePUBLIC LAW Surrey County Council v Al-Hilli & Others (4) [2012] EWHC 4394 (Fam) Application by the police (opposed by the local authority and the guardian) to be joined as a party to care proceedings The subject children’s parents were tragically murdered whilst on holiday in the French...
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