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- Mother was committed to prison for breaching court orders relating to contact between the father and the child. Judgment, 07/07/2017, free
- The father (“F”) was a registered sex offender and had been convicted of harassing the mother (“M”). He alleged that a CAFCASS officer had shared information about the proceedings and brought proceedings for contempt of court. Whilst it was accepted that the information shared did amount to a disclosure relating to the proceedings, the CAFCASS officer was found to have acted in accordance with the FPR 2010. The application was dismissed. Judgment, 04/05/2017, free
- In a tweet: High Court refuses F’s application to discontinue wardship proceedings Case note, 02/02/2017, members only
- In a tweet: Father not guilty of criminal contempts for breaching orders relating to wards of court Case note, 02/02/2017, members only
- The mother was seeking the father's extradition from Nigeria, arguing that the father was in contempt of court, having breached various court orders, in particular, by failing to return their children to this country and by himself fleeing abroad to Nigeria. For that purpose she was seeking a declaration that the contempts of which the father had been found guilty were criminal and not merely civil. She put her case on two bases: the contempts, she said, (i) related to wards of court and (ii) involved interference with the administration of justice. The application was dismissed. Judgment, 18/01/2017, free
- Application by a father for the discharge of long-running wardship proceedings concerning his daughter. The father had been committed to prison on several occasions for not complying with court orders to reveal whereabouts in Egypt his daughter resided and to allow contact with the mother. The application was dismissed. Judgment, 17/01/2017, free
- In a tweet: An intricate but important decision dealing with procedure on committal proceedings Case note, 15/09/2016, members only
- Appeal against a committal order where the defendant had allegedly been served with a collection order 11 years earlier. The problem here was that in October 2015, the defendant was forced into the witness box and warned that if he did not tell the truth he would be in contempt of court. However, the court then used his evidence against him in January 2016, not in committal proceedings for perjury committed on that occasion (which would have been entirely permissible) but in support of committal proceedings in relation to the previous collection order. For this reason the appeal against the committal was allowed. Also, it had never been proved, as it had to be if he was to be committed for breach of it, that the defendant had been served with the collection order. Judgment, 22/03/2016, free
- Application by wife for a reference to the police of her allegation of perjury against the husband in her attempt to enforce a FR order. Case note, 20/01/2016, members only
- Application by wife for a reference to the police of her allegation of perjury against the husband in her attempt to enforce a FR order. The application was dismissed. Mr Justice Mostyn also confirmed that, contrary to a previous order he had made, a European arrest warrant cannot be ordered for contempt of court in civil proceedings, even if they result in a sentence of imprisonment. Judgment, 21/12/2015, free