Young v Young

Subject Matter

EUROPEAN UNION — Freedom of movement — Restriction — Court impounding litigant’s passport pending final trial of ancillary relief claims — Risk of litigant leaving country — Whether restriction on litigant’s freedom of movement proportionate — FEU Treaty, art 21FEU — Parliament and Council Directive 2004/38/EC, art 27

[2012] EWHC 138 (Fam); [2012] Fam 198; [2012] 3 WLR 266; [2012] 2 FLR 470, Fam D

HUMAN RIGHTS — Liberty — Interference with — Court impounding litigant’s passport pending final trial of ancillary relief claims — Whether infringing Convention rights to liberty and respect for private life — Human Rights Act 1998, Sch 1, Pt I, arts 5, 8

[2012] EWHC 138 (Fam); [2012] Fam 198; [2012] 3 WLR 266; [2012] 2 FLR 470, Fam D

INJUNCTION — Interlocutory — Jurisdiction to grant — Husband in contempt after failing to comply with court orders in ancillary relief proceedings — Risk of husband leaving country — Whether jurisdiction to restrain husband from leaving country by impounding passport — Conditions to be satisfied before making such order — Debtors Act 1869, s 6 (as amended by Supreme Court of Judicature (Consolidation) Act 1925, s 224(1))

[2012] EWHC 138 (Fam); [2012] Fam 198; [2012] 3 WLR 266; [2012] 2 FLR 470, Fam D