Children

Grounds for setting aside an order: a break with tradition? CB v EB [2020] EWFC 72
Mostyn J considered whether FPR r. 9.9A allows a set aside application to be made relying on facts which do not satisfy the terms of the traditional grounds. Case note, 27/11/2020, free
An ‘extremely rare’ example of the court directing that counsel should not continue to act for a party: Ahmed v Iqbal [2020] EWHC 2666 (Fam)
MacDonald J heard an appeal against an order which prohibited the barrister who was acting for the father in Children Act proceedings from accepting further instructions in those proceedings. Case note, 23/10/2020, free
Q & V (1980 Hague Convention and Inherent Jurisdiction Summary Return) [2019] EWHC 490
The judge made an order for a summary return to Poland in respect of a 12 year old and her 17 year old brother in what he described as “a hot pursuit case.” Case note, 04/11/2019, members only
K and L and N (by her children’s Guardian Ms Teresa Julian) [2019] EWFC 21
Applications for a parental order in respect of a child born following a surrogacy agreement and in respect of child arrangements. Case note, 04/11/2019, members only
Re C (Declaration of Parentage Written Consent) [2019] EWHC 648
In a tweet: Written consent by mother and her female partner signed prior to the enactment of HFEA 2008 valid for the purpose of conferring parentage on W. Case note, 04/11/2019, members only
SR and MA (Temporary Leave from the Jurisdiction) [2019] EWHC 435
In a tweet: Local expert evidence key to securing temporary leave to remove a child to Brazil (a Hague Convention country with a poor reputation for compliance) for holidays. Case note, 04/11/2019, members only
Re H (Abduction: Retention in Non-Contracting State) [2019] EWCA Civ 672
A mother’s appeal was dismissed in circumstances in which she had challenged a return order made in respect of the child. Case note, 04/11/2019, members only
RJ and Ganna Tigipko, Sergio Tigipko, Vaicheslav Bainovskyi and SJ & VJ (by their Children’s Guardian (Children: Intractable Dispute) [2019] EWHC 448 (Fam) and [2019] EWHC 105 (Fam)
In a tweet: Names of the respondents made public in an attempt to shame them into returning children who had been removed from the jurisdiction in breach of a shared live with order. Case note, 04/11/2019, members only
G (Children: Intractable Dispute) [2019] EWCA 548
A father’s unsuccessful appeal for an order that the children should live with him or spend time with him. Case note, 04/11/2019, members only
In the matter of A (A Child) (Hague Abduction; Art 13(B): Protective Measures) [2019] EWHC 649
Successful application by a father to secure the return of the parties’ daughter to Latvia. Case note, 04/11/2019, members only

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