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Adoption - From: 1998 To: 1998
This page lists 11 cases, and was prepared on 02 April 2018.
Re J (Adoption: Non-Patrial); CA 1998 - [1998] INLR 424
Lincolnshire County Council v R-J and Others, X and Another Intervening; FD 20-Feb-1998 - Times, 20 February 1998; Gazette, 11 March 1998
Home Secretary v B (a Minor) [1998] EWCA Civ 392
4 Mar 1998
CA
Adoption
[ Bailii ]
In Re B (A Minor)(Adoption Order: Nationality) Gazette, 08 April 1998; Times, 16 March 1998
16 Mar 1998
CA
Children, Adoption
Any benefit of nationality obtained through an adoption is a side benefit, and is irrelevant to the substantive issues of the propriety of that adoption. An adoption undertaken principally for that purpose was wrong.
Adoption Act 1976 6
In Re W (Minor)(Adoption Details: Disclosure); FD 21-May-1998 - Times, 21 May 1998; Gazette, 28 May 1998
In Re C (A Minor) (Adoption Legality) Gazette, 15 July 1998; Times, 02 June 1998; Gazette, 03 June 1998
2 Jun 1998
FD
Adoption
An adoption was confirmed as being in the best interests of a child, despite illegality of the methods used in adoption from abroad, with social work report incomplete, and criminal offences committed.
Adoption Act 1976 11 57
In Re P-J (Minors)(Adoption Order: Practice On Appeal) Times, 04 June 1998
4 Jun 1998
CA
Adoption
Where appeal to Court of Appeal against adoption order is being considered, the applicant should apply also for order from judge staying implementation of the adoption order itself.
In Re J (A Minor)(Adoption Order) Times, 14 October 1998
14 Oct 1998
CA
Adoption
It is wrong to make an adoption order against the wishes of a father where he might have sought parental responsibility merely in order to relieve sense of insecurity within the new family. Such difficult matters should normally be heard in the High Court.
In Re C (A Minor) (Adoption - Freeing Order); FD 26-Oct-1998 - Times, 26 October 1998; Gazette, 25 November 1998
Soderback v Sweden; ECHR 28-Oct-1998 - 24484/94; [1998] ECHR 103; [1999] 1 FLR 250; [1999] Fam LR 104; [1999] Fam Law 87; (2000) 29 EHRR 95; [1998] HRCD 958
Regina v Secretary of State for Health and Another ex parte C (Minors) (Kent County Council Intervening) Times, 11 November 1998; Gazette, 25 November 1998
11 Nov 1998
QBD
Adoption
Regulations which had removed the discretion of the Local Authority to place children with a carer who had a relevant conviction, were not ultra vires even though it created a situation where the best interests of the child might not always be served.
Children (Protection from Offenders) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 1997 1997/2308