Court Reports

Reports on significant court judgements affecting case law, compiled by the Children's Legal Centre.

Court Reports

secure Legal Update: Court Report – Judge issues guidance on applications to revoke freeing orders

secure Legal Update: Court Report – Transfer of care proceedings from Ireland to England

secure Court Report: Application to relocate children

Case name: Re TC and JC (Children: Relocation) [2013] EWHC 292 (Fam) Case number [2013] EWHC 292 (Fam); Judge: Mr Justice Mostyn; Location: The High Court of Justice (Family Division)

secure Court Report: Sperm donors apply for contact orders

secure Daily roundup: Childcare vouchers, Birmingham children's services and deaf children

High earners expected to be excluded from a forthcoming childcare voucher scheme; more than 400 staff on long-term sickness in Birmingham, and a third of deaf children suffering as a result of cuts, all in today's news roundup.

secure Court Report: Appeal to disclose child’s identity

secure Legal Update: Court Report – Age assessments for asylum seekers

secure Court Report: Forced marriage protection orders

Case name: A v SM and HB [2012] EWHC 435 (Fam); Case number: FD11FO5022; Judge: Mr Justice Baker; Location: High Court of Justice Family Division

secure Court Report: Disclosure of serious allegations

Case name: J (A Child: Disclosure); Case number: [2012] EWCA Civ 1204; Judges: LJ Thorpe, LJ Hallett and LJ McFarlane; Location: Court of Appeal

secure Court Report: Judgment on dual habitual residence

secure Court Report: Appeal of care and placement orders

Case name: H (Children); Case number: [2012] EWCA Civ 743; Judges: Thorpe LJ, Rafferty LJ, Norris LJ; Location: Court of Appeal

secure Court Report: Council appeals care responsibility

secure Court Report: Appeal over adoption ruling

secure Court Report: Appeal against care and placement orders

secure Court Report: Mother challenges medical ruling

Case name: L (Children); case number: [2011] EWCA Civ 1705; Judge Thorpe LJ, Pitchford LJ, and McFarlane LJ; Location: Court of Appeal

secure Court Report: Application to change residence

Case name EF v MGS; Case number [2011] EWHC 3139 (FAM); Judge Holman J; Location High Court

secure Court Report: Parents win appeal for assessment

Case name: H (Children); Case number: [2011] EWCA Civ 1218; Judge: Lord Justice Ward; Location: Court of Appeal

secure Court Report: Challenge to ban on young spouses

Case name: R (Quila and another); Case number: [2011] UKSC 45; Judge: The Right Hon Lord Phillips (President), Lady Hale, Lord Brown, Lord Clarke, Lord Wilson; Location: Supreme Court

secure Court Report: Father's interim care order appeal

Case name: A (A Child); Case number: [2011] EWCA Civ 1037; Judge: Lord Justice McFarlane; Location: Court of Appeal (Civil division)

secure Court Report: Appeal against an assessment refusal

Case name: S (A Child); Case number: [2011] EWCA Civ 812; Judge: Sir Nicholas Wall (president of the Family Division); Location: High Court of Justice Court of Appeal

secure Court Report: Challenge to a local authority's care

Case name: London Borough of Hillingdon v Neary & Anor; Case number: [2011] EWHC 1377 (COP); Judge: Mr Justice Peter Jackson; Location: Court of Protection, Royal Courts of Justice

secure Court Report: Care proceedings following a murder

Case name: In the Matter of A and B; Case number: [2010] EWHC 3824; Location: High Court; Judge: Mrs Justice Hogg

secure Court Report: Baby boy suffered fractured ribs

Case name: RE A (A Child); Case number: [2011] EWHC 517 (Fam); Judge: Mr Justice Hedley; Location: High Court of Justice

secure Court Report: Dispute over the age of an asylum seeker

Case name: R (FZ) v London Borough of Croydon; Case number: [2011] EWCA Civ 59; Judges: Lady Justice Smith and Lord Justice Aikens; Location: Court of Appeal

secure Court Report: Application for move to Australia

Case name: C (A Child) (2011); Case number: [2011] EWCA Civ 72; Judge: Lord Justice Wilson and Lord Justice Toulson; Location: Court of Appeal

secure Court Report: Unlawful detention at Yarl's Wood

Case name: Suppiah and others v Secretary of State for the Home Department; Case number: [2011] EWHC 2 (Admin); Judge: Mr Justice Williams; Location: High Court

secure Court Report: Indirect contact with half-siblings

Case name: H (Children); Case number: [2010] EWCA Civ 1200; Judges: Lord Justice Thorpe and Lady Justice Smith; Location: Court of Appeal

secure Court Report: Disclosure of an abuse assessment

Case name: A County Council v SB; Case number: (2010) EWHC 2528 (Fam); Judge: Sir Nicholas Wall;Location: High Court of Justice (Family Division)

secure Court Report: Family values, despite living apart

Case name: T & M v OCC & C; Case number: [2010] EWHC 964; Judge: Mr Justice Hedley; Location: High Court of Justice

secure Court Report: Pathway plans were inadequate

Case name: R (Birara) v London Borough of Hounslow; Case number (2010) EWHC 2133; Judge: Mrs Justice Dobbs DBE; Location: High Court of Justice

secure Court Report: Application denied for move abroad

Case name: Re AR (A Child: Relocation); Case number: [2010] EWHC 1346; Judge: Mr Justice Mostyn; Location: High Court of Justice

secure Court Report: Claim for support denied

Case name: R (TG) v London Borough of Lambeth; Case number: EWHC 907 QB; Judge: Mr Justice McCombe; Location: High Court of Justice

secure Court Report: Court reclassifies looked-after child

Case name: R(O) v East Riding of Yorkshire County Council; Case number: [2010] EWHC 489 (Admin); Judge: Mr Justice Cranston; Location: High Court of Justice, Administrative Court; Date: 16 April 2010

secure Court Report: Threshold criteria met in care case

Case name: Birmingham City Council v AG and others; Case number: [2009] EWHC 3720 (Fam); Judge: Mrs Justice King DBE; Location: High Court of Justice Family Court; Date: 6 March 2010

secure Court Report: Age assessments of asylum seekers

Case name: R (and others) v Manchester City Council and others; Case number: [2009] EWHC 3542 (Admin); Judge: Mr Justice Holman; Location: High Court of Justice, Administrative Court; Date: 28 January 2010

secure Court Report: Girl overruled in claim for housing

Case name: R (FL) v Lambeth; Case number: [2010] EWHC 49 (Admin); Judge: Mr Christopher Symons QC; Location: High Court of Justice, Administrative Court; Date: 21 January 2010

secure Court Report: Child welfare over parental rights

Case name: In re B (A Child); Case number: (2009) UKSC5; Judges: Lord Hope, Lady Hale, Lord Collins, Lord Kerr and Lord Clarke; Location: Supreme Court; Date: 19 November 2009

secure Court report: Case of adoption over immigration

Case name: ASB and KBS and MQS (through his Children's Guardian Pauline Bennett); Case number: [2009] EWHC 2491 (Fam) Family Division; Judge: Mr Justice Bennett; Location: 13 October 2009

secure Court Report: Child's care order appeal dismissed

Case name: C (A Child); Case number: [2009] EWCA Civ 955; Judge: LLJ Laws, Richards and Hughes;Location: Court of Appeal (Civil Division); Date: 3 August 2009

secure Court Report: Councils' financial dispute is resolved

Case name: GC v LD & Ors; Case number: [2009] EWHC 1942 (Fam); Judge: Justice Black; Location: High Court of Justice Family Division; Date: 24 July 2009

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