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RH (Parental Alienation) [2019] EWHC 2723 (Fam)
The father applied for the son's care to be transferred from the mother to him, after the son rejected contact. Keehan J was highly critical of the evidence given by the social worker and the NYAS caseworker, accepting instead the report of an expert in the field of parental alienation. He noted that the mother's evidence at times consisted of a diatribe against the father. The mother saw no benefit in the son and father having a relationship, and she had plainly alienated the child against him. The best interests of the child required that a child arrangements order be made, that he should live with his father. Judgment, 17/10/2019, free -
Grandison v Joseph [2019] EWHC 977 (Fam)
The husband unsuccessfully appealed an order to transfer the legal title in 42 properties into his sole name (and release the wife from the associated mortgages). Case note, 16/10/2019, members only -
Hammoud v Al Zawawi [2019] EWHC 697 (Fam)
In brief: Williams J handed down a three month prison sentence (suspended for seven days) to a husband who had failed to file a Form E. Case note, 16/10/2019, members only -
Rogan v Rogan [2019] EWHC 814 (Fam)
Holman J refused to order the husband’s committal to prison for failing to pay maintenance Case note, 16/10/2019, members only -
XW v XH [2019] EWCA Civ 549
In brief: The Court of Appeal unusually made a reporting restriction and anonymisation order in financial remedy proceedings. Case note, 16/10/2019, members only -
Pierburg v Pierburg [2019] EWFC 24
In a tweet: Wife fails to establish divorce jurisdiction in England and Wales. Case note, 16/10/2019, members only -
B v A [2019] EWHC 2613 (Fam)
The father appealed against the dismissal of his application for a prohibited steps order, which would have prevented the mother taking their child to Iraq. He argued that the judge had not adequately considered the risk of the child not being returned, nor whether the child would be safe in Iraq. However, Russell J DBE found that the judgment was wholly concerned with the child's welfare, the risk of the mother retaining the child was low, and indeed the greater risk of wrongful retention lay with the father. The appeal was dismissed. Judgment, 14/10/2019, free -
Read v Panzone & Anor [2019] EWCA Civ 1662
The district judge had found that the husband was the beneficial owner of a Panamanian property, held by a company of which his mother owned all the shares. King LJ found that there had been no procedural irregularity in that finding, and it was not contaminated by an avoidance of disposition order that had also, erroneously, been made. Moylan LJ and Leggatt LJ agreed, with the latter also observing that judges should be careful, when given alternative bases for their decisions, not to introduce confusion into what would otherwise be straightforward factual findings. Judgment, 11/10/2019, free
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