Results: 19

• A Local Authority v EBY (A Child)

  09 Oct 2023 [2023] EWHC 2494 (Fam); [2024] Fam 123; [2024] 2 WLR 579; [2023] WLR(D) 420, Fam D (Paul Bowen KC sitting as a deputy High Court judge)

  Subsequent citations: 1.
  CHILDREN — Inherent jurisdiction — Deprivation of liberty
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  CHILDREN — Inherent jurisdiction — Deprivation of liberty — Competent 17-year-old child not in care but accommodated by local authority pursuant to statutory duty — Local authority applying for order under inherent jurisdiction authorising deprivation of child’s liberty — Whether such exercise of inherent jurisdiction expressly or impliedly excluded by statute — Whether order to be made — Children Act 1989 (c 41), ss 20(3), 31(3), 100(2)(b)(d) — Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), Sch 1, Pt I, arts 2, 3, 5

  4 Case(s) considered

  2 Statutes considered
• In re JW (A Child)

  04 Aug 2023 [2023] EWCA Civ 944; [2024] Fam 25; [2023] 3 WLR 845; [2024] 2 All ER 420; [2024] 1 FLR 409; [2023] WLR(D) 350, CA (Sir Andrew McFarlane P, Macur, Coulson LJJ)

  Subsequent considerations : 1 neutral; most recently considered: 2024. Subsequent citations: 23.
  CHILDREN — Care proceedings — Care or supervision order
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  CHILDREN — Care proceedings — Care or supervision order — Local authority applying for full care order with children continuing to live in family home — Whether exceptional reasons required before making such order — Whether supervision order to be made instead — Children Act 1989 (c 41), ss 22C, 31

  4 Case(s) considered

  1 Statute considered
• Hackney London Borough Council v P

  29 Jul 2022 [2022] EWHC 1981 (Fam); [2023] 1 FLR 502, Fam D (MacDonald J)

  19 Oct 2023 [2023] EWCA Civ 1213; [2024] Fam 307; [2024] 2 WLR 1163; [2024] 3 All ER 932; [2024] 1 FLR 1139; [2023] WLR(D) 429, CA (King, Moylan, Newey LJJ)

  21 Mar 2024 Permission to appeal to Supreme Court refused, , SC(E)

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive; 1 neutral; 1 negative; most recently considered: 2025. Subsequent citations: 22.
  CHILDREN — Care proceedings — Jurisdiction
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  CHILDREN — Care proceedings — Jurisdiction — Local authority seeking care order — Maternal grandmother seeking return of child to Tunisia — Whether 1996 Hague Convention applying where non-Convention state involved — Relevant date for determining habitual residence — Children Act 1989 (c 41), Pt IV — Convention on Jurisdiction, Applicable Law, Recognition, Enforcement and Co-operation in Respect of Parental Responsibility and Measures for the Protection of Children (1996) (Cm 7727), arts 5(1), 11, 12

  CHILDREN — Care proceedings — Jurisdiction — Care proceedings in respect of child present in England — Child’s habitual residence contested — Whether English courts having jurisdiction — Whether Hague Convention applying where non-contracting state involved — Whether child habitually resident in England — Whether habitual residence to be determined as at date of hearing — Children Act 1989 (c 41), Pt IV — Convention on Jurisdiction, Applicable Law, Recognition, Enforcement and Co-operation in Respect of Parental Responsibility and Measures for the Protection of Children (2012) (Cm 8477), arts 1(a), 3, 5, 11

  6 Case(s) considered

  1 Statute considered

  1 International Agreement considered

• In re SA

  30 Aug 2023 [2023] EWCA Civ 1003; [2024] Fam 275; [2024] 3 WLR 215; [2024] 2 All ER 875; [2024] 1 FLR 1178; [2023] WLR(D) 368, CA (King, Moylan, Dingemans LJJ)

  01 Feb 2024 Permission to appeal to Supreme Court refused

  Subsequent citations: 1.
  MARRIAGE — Foreign marriage — Recognition
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  MARRIAGE — Foreign marriage — Recognition — Woman lacking capacity entering into forced marriage in Bangladesh — Application for declaration under inherent jurisdiction that marriage not entitled to recognition in England and Wales — Whether such declaration prohibited by statute — Whether test for making declaration of non-recognition satisfied — Family Law Act 1986 (c 55), ss 55, 58

  2 Case(s) considered

  1 Statute considered
• In re A (MZ v FZ )

  15 Feb 2022 [2022] EWHC 295 (Fam), Fam D (Russell DBE J)

  16 Jun 2023 A, In re [2023] EWCA Civ 689; [2024] Fam 189; [2024] 2 WLR 655; [2024] 2 All ER 64; [2024] 1 FLR 1; [2023] WLR(D) 270, CA (Sir Andrew McFarlane P, Moylan, Dingemans LJJ)

  20 Dec 2023 Permission to appeal to Supreme Court refused

  Subsequent considerations : 1 neutral; most recently considered: 2023. Subsequent citations: 8.
  CHILDREN — Parental responsibility — Termination
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  CHILDREN — Parental responsibility — Termination — Statute empowering courts to terminate parental responsibility of father if neither married to nor in civil partnership with mother at time of child’s birth — Whether statute discriminating against married mothers in enjoyment of Convention rights — Whether discrimination justified — Children Act 1989 (c 41), s 4 — Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), s 4, Sch 1, Pt I, arts 8, 14

  2 Case(s) considered

  2 Statutes considered

• Manchester City Council v CP

  27 Jan 2023 [2023] EWHC 133 (Fam); [2024] Fam 96; [2024] 2 WLR 115; [2023] 2 FLR 610; [2023] WLR(D) 234, Fam D (MacDonald J)

  Subsequent citations: 2.
  CHILDREN — Inherent jurisdiction — Deprivation of liberty
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  CHILDREN — Inherent jurisdiction — Deprivation of liberty — Local authority applying for order under inherent jurisdiction authorising restriction of use by child in care of mobile phone and other electronic devices — Whether jurisdiction to make such order — Whether restrictions amounting to deprivation of liberty — Whether local authority empowered to impose such restrictions in exercise of parental responsibility — Children Act 1989 (c 41), ss 33(3)(b), 100(4) — Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), Sch 1, Pt I, art 5

  5 Case(s) considered

  2 Statutes considered

• AO v LA

  24 Jan 2023 [2023] EWHC 83 (Fam); [2024] Fam 73; [2024] 2 WLR 1; [2023] 2 FLR 465; [2023] WLR(D) 159, Fam D (Mostyn J)

  Subsequent citations: 8.
  CHILDREN — Custody rights — Breach
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  CHILDREN — Custody rights — Breach — Mother wrongfully removing children from Republic of Ireland to United Kingdom — Father applying under Hague Convention for children’s return — Mother resisting application on grounds of “grave risk” that return would expose children to harm or otherwise place them in intolerable situation — Whether “grave risk” requiring proof that harm or intolerable situation more likely than not — Whether possible for court to find relevant facts without cross-examination — Child Abduction and Custody Act 1985 (c 60), Sch 1, art 13

  4 Case(s) considered

  1 Statute considered

• Cazalet v Abu-Zalaf

  17 Oct 2022 [2022] EWFC 119; [2023] 1 FLR 1132, Fam Ct (Mostyn J)

  22 Sep 2023 [2023] EWCA Civ 1065; [2024] Fam 251; [2024] 2 WLR 890; [2024] 4 All ER 695; [2024] 1 FLR 565; [2023] WLR(D) 395, CA (King, Moylan, Peter Jackson LJJ)

  Subsequent citations: 7.
  MARRIAGE — Divorce — Rescission of decree nisi

  MARRIAGE — Divorce — Decree nisi
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  MARRIAGE — Divorce — Rescission of decree nisi — Wife seeking to rescind decree nisi made eight years earlier — Husband applying for decree absolute — Whether parties reconciled — Whether decree nisi to be made absolute — Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 (c 18), s 9 — Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 (c 42), s 31F(6)

  MARRIAGE — Divorce — Decree nisi — Wife applying for decree nisi to be rescinded — Husband cross-applying for decree to be made absolute — Test to be applied when determining applications — Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 (c 18), s 9 — Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 (c 42), s 31F(6)

  5 Case(s) considered

  2 Statutes considered

• In re G (Children)

  06 Jul 2023 [2023] EWCA Civ 768; [2024] Fam 51; [2023] 3 WLR 827; [2024] 1 FLR 268; [2023] WLR(D) 296, CA (King, Baker, Lewis LJJ)

  CHILDREN — Placement order — Revocation
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  CHILDREN — Placement order — Revocation — Grandmother applying for leave to apply for revocation of placement order with view to being assessed as suitable carer — Whether children automatic parties to application — Whether court required to appoint guardian — Whether grandmother’s change of mind about putting herself forward as carer capable of being “change in circumstances” since placement order made — Children Act 1989 (c 41), s 41 — Adoption and Children Act 2002 (c 38), s 24 — FPR rr 4.1(3)(o), 16.4, 18.3

  2 Case(s) considered

  1 Words & Phrases considered

  2 Statutes considered

  1 Statutory Instrument considered
• In re S (Children) (R v T)

  02 Dec 2022 [2022] EWHC 3362 (Fam), Fam D (Christopher Hames KC sitting as a deputy High Court judge)

  27 Jul 2023 [2023] EWCA Civ 897; [2024] Fam 149; [2023] 3 WLR 1143; [2024] 2 All ER 547; [2024] 1 FLR 830; [2023] WLR(D) 341, CA (King, Moylan, Peter Jackson LJJ)

  Subsequent considerations : 1 neutral; 1 negative; most recently considered: 2024. Subsequent citations: 11.
  CHILDREN — Orders with respect to children — Jurisdiction
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  CHILDREN — Orders with respect to children — Jurisdiction

  CHILDREN — Orders with respect to children — Jurisdiction — Same-sex civil partners having children following fertility treatment — Parties’ relationship breaking down and children moving overseas with mother — Civil partner applying for child arrangements order — Whether English courts having jurisdiction to determine application — Whether civil partner “parent” of children — Whether question of making child arrangements order arising “in connection with” civil partnership proceedings — Family Law Act 1986 (c 55), s 2 — Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 (c 22), s 42

  9 Case(s) considered

  2 Words & Phrases considered

  2 Statutes considered