In re Adoption Application (Non-Patrial: Breach of Procedures)

Subject Matter

ADOPTION — Adoption order — Arrangements for adoption — Child from abroad — Fees paid for reports prepared in England — Payment to lawyer abroad — Adoption order by foreign court in favour of applicants — Whether court having power to waive breaches of adoption procedures — Whether prohibition having extraterritorial effect — Whether adoption order to be granted — Adoption Act 1976, ss 6, 11(1), 57(1), 72(3)

[1993] Fam 125; [1993] 2 WLR 110