Tag: Children

Kent CC v C and Others: FC 28 Jul 2016

Consideration of the procedure involved in returning two children to Slovakia, following a determination by this court on 25 May 2016 that they do not have habitual residence here. As a consequence, this court does not have jurisdiction to determine the care proceedings that had been issued by the Local Authority (LA).

Judges:

Theis DBE J

Citations:

[2016] EWFC 73

Links:

Bailii

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Citing:

See Also – Kent CC v C and Others FC 25-May-2016
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Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.

Children, International

Updated: 28 March 2022; Ref: scu.592324

Kent CC v C and Others: FC 25 May 2016

Citations:

[2016] EWFC 72

Links:

Bailii

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Cited by:

See Also – Kent CC v C and Others FC 28-Jul-2016
Consideration of the procedure involved in returning two children to Slovakia, following a determination by this court on 25 May 2016 that they do not have habitual residence here. As a consequence, this court does not have jurisdiction to determine . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.

Children, International

Updated: 28 March 2022; Ref: scu.592323

Re D (Appeal : Failure of Case Management): FD 24 Jul 2017

Appeal from a case management decision: ‘The case raises issues about judicial case management and, in particular, the court’s approach to the cross-examination of an alleged victim by an alleged abuser.’

Judges:

Peter Jackson J

Citations:

[2017] EWHC 1907 (Fam)

Links:

Bailii

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Children, Litigation Practice

Updated: 28 March 2022; Ref: scu.591442

Re N-S (Children): CA 25 Jul 2017

The court was asked what is the extent of a judge’s responsibility to provide reasons in support of orders made at the conclusion of public law children proceedings? Secondly, where there has been a failure to give reasons, but there can be no challenge on appeal to the substantive orders made, what steps, if any, should the appellate court take to redress the lack of adequate reasoning?

Judges:

Sir James Munby P FD, McFarlane, Lewison LJJ

Citations:

[2017] EWCA Civ 1121

Links:

Bailii

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Children

Updated: 28 March 2022; Ref: scu.591189

Re M (Children): CA 29 Jun 2017

F had the benefit of an Order made in Estonia that he should be allowed contact with his two daughters now living in the UK. The court had found the order to be enforceable here, but could not arrange as required that contact be supervised.

Judges:

Black, Treacy, Simon LJJ

Citations:

[2017] EWCA Civ 891

Links:

Bailii

Statutes:

Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/2003

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Children

Updated: 28 March 2022; Ref: scu.588337

Markham and Another v Regina: CACD 9 Jun 2017

Judicial review of decision to publicise the name of a young person accused of a crime.

Judges:

Sir Brian Leveson Q QBD, Blake, Lewis JJ

Citations:

[2017] EWCA Crim 739

Links:

Bailii

Statutes:

Youth and Criminal Justice Act 1999 45, Children and Young Persons Act 1933 39

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Criminal Practice, Children, Media

Updated: 27 March 2022; Ref: scu.588233

F v L: FD 9 Jun 2017

Appeal from a decision refusing an application by F (the appellant and the child’s mother) to relocate to Italy with D (the subject child) her son aged five and a child arrangements order.

Judges:

Russell J

Citations:

[2017] EWHC 1377 (Fam), [2017] WLR(D) 389

Links:

Bailii, WLRD

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Children

Updated: 27 March 2022; Ref: scu.588161

A v Cornwall Council: QBD 28 Apr 2017

Allegation that the local council had resisted A’s contact with his child after he had published blogs with opinions as to abortion and same sex marriages.
Held: A had not demonstrated that the response of the social worker had been as claimed. Though there were criticisms, there was no infringement of the claimant’s human rights.

Judges:

Dingemans J

Citations:

[2017] EWHC 842 (QB)

Links:

Bailii

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Children, Local Government, Human Rights

Updated: 26 March 2022; Ref: scu.584200

Buckinghamshire County Council v Andrew and Others: FC 26 Apr 2017

The court has been concerned with a fact-finding hearing relating to a little girl named Effie Stillwell born in late spring 2016. Her mother is Carla Andrews and her father Craig Stillwell. She was made the subject of an emergency protection order made on 18th August 2016. She has remained in foster care under interim care orders. Effie is the only child of her young parents. The father shares parental responsibility through registration. The parents remain in a committed relationship.

Citations:

[2017] EWFC B19

Links:

Bailii

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Children

Updated: 25 March 2022; Ref: scu.583671

C v P and Others: FC 11 Apr 2017

Private law applications concerning two children, S, a boy of thirteen, and N, a girl of eleven under the Children Act (CA) 1989. Their parents are separated and the children live with their mother in England. They are of dual heritage; their mother is British and their father is Swedish. This judgment concerns the complaints made by the children about physical abuse and bullying by their paternal grandmother and father when they have been spending time with him in Sweden.

Judges:

Russell J

Citations:

[2017] EWFC 23

Links:

Bailii

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Children

Updated: 24 March 2022; Ref: scu.582024