19 Dec 2014 [2014] EWHC 4532 (Fam); [2016] 1 FLR 1261; [2015] CN 948, Fam D (Moylan J)
30 Aug 2015 (Central Authority of the Republic of Latvia intervening) [2015] EWCA Civ 888; [2016] Fam 123; [2016] 2 WLR 410; [2016] 1 FLR 1286; The Times, 6 August 2015; [2015] WLR (D) 365, CA
08 Oct 2015 Permission to appeal to Supreme Court refused
CHILDREN — Care proceedings — Placement for adoption — Care and placement orders made — Mother seeking leave to oppose
[2014] EWHC 4532 (Fam); [2016] 1 FLR 1261; [2015] CN 948, Fam D
ADOPTION — Adoption order — Leave to oppose — Child of Latvian mother placed with prospective adopters pursuant to care and placement orders — Prospective adopters applying for adoption order — Mother applying for leave to oppose adoption order and to transfer jurisdiction to Latvia — Whether application for leave to oppose “measures preparatory to adoption” — Whether Council Regulation applying — Whether power to request Latvian courts to assume jurisdiction — Practice to be adopted by local authorities, guardians and courts in public law cases involving non-consenual adoption of nationals from other European Union member states — Adoption and Children Act 2002, ss 1(4), 47(5) — Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/2003, arts 1(3)(b), 15
[2015] EWCA Civ 888; [2016] Fam 123; [2016] 2 WLR 410; [2016] 1 FLR 1286; The Times, 6 August 2015; [2015] WLR (D) 365, CA
Merton London Borough Council v B [2014] EWHC 4532 (Fam); [2016] 1 FLR 1261; [2015] CN 948, Fam D
Decision of Moylan J affirmed
Merton London Borough Council v B [2015] EWCA Civ 888; [2016] Fam 123; [2016] 2 WLR 410; [2016] 1 FLR 1286; The Times, 6 August 2015; [2015] WLR (D) 365, CA
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