Results: 31

• In re B (A Minor) (Adoption by Parent)

  04 Dec 1974 [1975] Fam 127; [1975] 2 WLR 569; [1975] 2 All ER 449, DC

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive; 1 negative. Subsequent citations: 6.
  ADOPTION — Consent of parent — Dispensing with

  ADOPTION — Jurisdiction of justices — Existing court order
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  ADOPTION — Consent of parent — Dispensing with — Legitimate child's parents divorced and both remarried — Mother applying for adoption of child — Undesirability of legitimate child being adopted and deprived of relationship with other parent — Test of “unreasonably” withholding consent — Retirement of justices with guardian ad litem's representative — Irregularity — Adoption Act 1958, s 5 (1)

  ADOPTION — Jurisdiction of justices — Existing court order — Court order granting custody to mother with access to father — Justices' jurisdiction to make adoption order at variance with existing order — Procedure to be adopted

  2 Case(s) considered

  1 Words & Phrases considered

  1 Statute considered
• In re R (M J) (A Minor) (Publication of Transcript)

  14 Feb 1975 [1975] Fam 89; [1975] 2 WLR 978; [1975] 2 All ER 749, Fam D

  Subsequent considerations : 5 positive; 2 neutral. Subsequent citations: 16.
  MINOR — Practice — Proceedings in camera
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  MINOR — Practice — Proceedings in camera — Transcript of proceedings — Application for leave to obtain transcript by person not party to proceedings — Discretion of court to give leave — Relevant considerations — Administration of Justice Act 1960, s 12

  1 Case considered

  1 Statute considered
• H v H (Family Provision: Remarriage)

  13 Jun 1974 [1975] Fam 9; [1975] 2 WLR 124; [1975] 1 All ER 367, Fam D

  Subsequent considerations : 1 neutral. Subsequent citations: 7.
  HUSBAND AND WIFE — Property — Adjustment order
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  HUSBAND AND WIFE — Property — Adjustment order — Wife's remarriage — Wife's application for share in matrimonial home or lump sum — Relevance of wife's remarriage and consequent financial position — Matrimonial Causes Act 1973, ss 23 (1) (c), 24 (1), 25 (1)

  1 Statute considered

• Warr v Warr

  17 Jul 1974 [1975] Fam 25; [1975] 2 WLR 62; [1975] 1 All ER 85, Fam D

  HUSBAND AND WIFE — Divorce — “Living apart”
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  HUSBAND AND WIFE — Divorce — “Living apart” — Computation of period — Petition presented exactly two years to day after separation — Whether half day of separation to be excluded from computation of “two years” — Matrimonial Causes Act 1973, s 1 (2)

  4 Case(s) considered

  1 Words & Phrases considered

  1 Statute considered
• Bassett v Bassett

  07 Nov 1974 [1975] Fam 76; [1975] 2 WLR 270; [1976] 2 WLR 270; [1975] 1 All ER 513, CA

  Subsequent considerations : 3 positive; 2 neutral. Subsequent citations: 10.
  HUSBAND AND WIFE — Matrimonial home — Pending proceedings
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  HUSBAND AND WIFE — Matrimonial home — Pending proceedings — Spouse's right of occupation — Wife's petition for divorce and for order to compel husband to leave home — Accommodation insufficient to enable parties to live under same roof — Wife's fear of violence — Living with child in inadequate accommodation — Court's exercise of protective powers — “Impossible” situations where order appropriate

  2 Case(s) considered
• In re B (A Minor) (Wardship: Child in Care)

  20 Jun 1974 [1975] Fam 36; [1975] 2 WLR 302; [1974] 3 All ER 915; 72 LGR 691, Fam D

  Subsequent considerations : 1 neutral; 1 negative. Subsequent citations: 7.
  CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS — Care of — Child received into care by local authority

  MINOR — Ward of court — Jurisdiction
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  CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS — Care of — Child received into care by local authority — Injuries to child by stepfather — Child placed with foster parents — Grandmother's request for care of child refused — Wardship proceedings — Jurisdiction to make order — Local authority's exercise of discretion — Children and Young Persons Act 1969, s 1

  MINOR — Ward of court — Jurisdiction — Child in care of local authority — Whether jurisdiction to make child ward of court concurrent with care order — Children and Young Persons Act 1969, s 1

  1 Case considered

  1 Statute considered

• In re Everest, decd

  20 Nov 1974 [1975] Fam 44; [1975] 2 WLR 333; [1975] 1 All ER 672, Fam D

  WILL — Mutilation — Validity
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  WILL — Mutilation — Validity — Testator cutting off lower half of first page of will — Whether intention to revoke will — Whether will to be admitted to probate

  1 Case considered

• Danchevsky v Danchevsky

  25 Jul 1974 [1975] Fam 17; [1974] 3 WLR 709; [1974] 3 All ER 934, CA

  Subsequent citations: 11.
  CONTEMPT OF COURT — Committal order — County court
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  CONTEMPT OF COURT — Committal order — County court — Disobedience to order to give up possession of property — Committal order wrongly drawn up for unlimited period — Alternative method for securing compliance with order available — Jurisdiction of county court — Supreme Court of Judicature (Consolidation) Act 1925, s 47 — County Courts Act 1959, s 74 (as amended by Administration of Justice Act 1969, s 6)

  2 Statutes considered
• S v Huddersfield Borough Council

  14 Jun 1974 [1975] Fam 113; [1975] 2 WLR 697; [1974] 3 All ER 296, CA

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive. Subsequent citations: 2.
  ADOPTION — Jurisdiction of court — Interim order
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  ADOPTION — Jurisdiction of court — Interim order — Child in care of local authority — Custody under interim order to applicants for one year — Purpose to see whether future custody should be given to father — No reference in order to dispensing with mother's consent — Need for — Form of order — Whether interim order proper — Adoption Act 1958, s 8 (1)

  1 Case considered

  2 Statutes considered
• In re X (A Minor) (Wardship: Jurisdiction)

  18 Dec 1973 [1975] Fam 47; [1975] 2 WLR 335; [1975] 1 All ER 697, CA (Latey J Lord Denning MR, Roskill LJ and Sir John Pennycuick)

  Subsequent considerations : 2 positive; 3 neutral. Subsequent citations: 40.
  MINOR — Ward of court — Jurisdiction
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  MINOR — Ward of court — Jurisdiction — Limitations on exercise — Application to stop publication of book containing passages about private conduct of ward's dead father — Ward likely to suffer if contents brought to her knowledge — Whether wardship jurisdiction to extend to interference with freedom of publication — Duty of court in exercising jurisdiction