A mother who discovered that her former partner had a rape conviction after they separated has won an appeal against extended contact arrangements.
In A (a child), the couple had separated after what was described as “rather volatile
A mother serving a three year sentence for burglary has won an appeal against a ruling that her youngest child should be taken into care.
In Re L (A Child), the woman’s two older children had already been removed from her
A Bulgarian national has been refused permission to appeal a court ruling that overseas divorce proceedings should not be recognised. in the UK.
Yordanova and Iordanov concerned the marriage of the man to a Russian woman at the
The welfare of children is a central concept in family law. As mighty and impersonal as the machinery of law may sometimes seem, it has in fact been carefully calibrated to protect the interests of – and be sensitive to the needs of – those children unfortunate
A father has regained the right to supervised contact with his two children at a Court of Appeal hearing.
The man had only been allowed supervised contact due to concerns that he might try to take the children back to his home country. However, when the contact centre involved
The Court of Appeal has dismissed a claim against ‘findings of fact’ in a case concerning contact between a father and his children.
The case of M (Children) concerned a number of conclusions reached by Judge Hilary Watson in
Spanish footballer Francesc ‘Cesc’ Fabregas has offered to buy the Belgravia home of girlfriend Daniella Semaan, after her ex-husband was ordered to sell the property by a divorce court.
The 25 year-old midfielder for FC Barcelona offered £5.4 million for the flat according to media
The founder of green energy company Ecotricity is fighting a claim for maintenance from the wife he divorced more than 20 years ago.
Dale Vince, now 51, founded the successful wind energy supplier in 1995, three years after completing his divorce from Kathleen Wyatt. The company, based in in Stroud,
A Court of Appeal judge has granted a mother permission to make a second appeal against a care order after an earlier appeal was dismissed.
In G (A Child), an eight year-old boy was taken into care after concerns were raised about the care provided by his mother.
The Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal by a stepfather accused of sexual abuse.
In A-H (Children), a 13 year-old girl claimed she had been sexually abused by the man for the previous two years. A paediatric examination supported her claims and in March
A mother whose four children have been taken into care has succeeded in an appeal against the placement of the youngest with her mother.
In Re N, the local authority had stepped in due to the mother’s history of violent relationships
A husband has failed in his bid to appeal a divorce with a “complex and highly unusual history”.
Mark Howell had sought permission to appeal a ruling that his marriage had “irretrievably broken down” by Judge Horowitz QC last December. Mr Howell and his
Recently retired Court of Appeal judge Sir Alan Ward used one of his final cases to condemn the government’s ‘emasculation’ of legal aid.
The judge raised the issue during a judgement issued in December on a dispute between
A 15 year old boy who wanted to testify in court regarding a care order has lost his appeal.
The boy and with his younger half-sibling were put into care due to concerns of
A father who was believed his adopted daughter had been wrongly placed in foster care has lost his appeal against a suspended prison sentence.
In B (A Child) the father believed a decision to make the 16 year-old girl the subject of a
The Court of Appeal has made interim residence and supervision orders, granting care of a baby to a grandmother.
In Re S the mother suffered mental health problems in pregnancy and was unable to care for her baby after the birth. The mother was admitted to hospital under Section 3
The recent case of Re RC and JC concerned the abduction of two young children aged two and three.
The mother was Australian while the father is British by birth but is a permanent resident of Australia. The parties married in Australia and lived in Melbourne until 2010 when they returned to
A property investor whose wife divorced him after an argument over map reading has been refused permission to appeal an order granting her a divorce.
Mark Howell, from Kennington in south London, rowed with his wife Nalini during a
The Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal from two parents who lost custody of their children following abuse.
In Re M, the couple’s four children were removed from the family home after abuse described as ‘torture’ in case documents. The children were placed in care and the local
A new judgement delivered by Mrs Justice Baron, sitting with Lord Justices Thorpe and Kitchin, was published by the Court of Appeal yesterday. It involves a relatively small sum of money, but also some tricky money-based family law.
The Court of Appeal has refused a father permission to call an expert in biomechanical engineering as a witness in care proceedings.
The case – Re TG (A Child) – concerned a child who suffered multiple injuries 12 days after
A fascinating judgement has been handed down today by the Supreme Court in the case of In the Matter of Re A (A Child) 2012. What makes this case so fascinating is the application of the Human Rights Act 1998 to the case.
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