Results: 17

• H v H (Minor) (Child Abuse: Evidence) (K v K (Minors) (Child Abuse : Evidence))

  25 May 1989 [1990] Fam 86; [1989] 3 WLR 933; [1989] 3 All ER 740, CA

  15 Nov 1989 (pet dis) [1990] 1 WLR 275, HL(E)

  Subsequent considerations : 2 neutral; 1 negative. Subsequent citations: 13.
  MINOR — Child abuse — Evidence

  MINOR — Custody — Access
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  MINOR — Child abuse — Evidence — Allegations of sexual abuse by father — Standard of proof — Whether on balance of probabilities — Whether hearsay evidence admissible

  MINOR — Custody — Access — Custody of children granted to parents jointly — Mother granted care and control with defined access to father — Allegation that father sexually abusing children — Social worker's evidence of interviews with children — Whether statements by children to social worker admissible in evidence — Civil Evidence Act 1968, ss 1(1), 2(1), 18(1)

  1 Statute considered

• In re JS (A Minor) (Wardship: Boy Soldier)

  07 Mar 1990 [1990] Fam 182; [1990] 3 WLR 119; [1990] 2 All ER 861, Fam D

  07 Mar 1990 The Times, 22 March 1990, CA

  Subsequent citations: 5.
  MINOR — Ward of court — Soldier
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  MINOR — Ward of court — Soldier — Minor enlisted in Army subject to military law — Whether wardship jurisdiction to be exercised over minor

  2 Case(s) considered

• R v Harrow London Borough Council, Ex parte D

  28 Jul 1989 [1990] Fam 133; [1989] 3 WLR 1239; [1990] 3 All ER 12; 88 LGR 41, CA

  14 Feb 1990 (pet dis) [1990] 1 WLR 421, HL(E)

  Subsequent citations: 9.
  JUDICIAL REVIEW — Public authority — Child abuse register
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  JUDICIAL REVIEW — Public authority — Child abuse register — Allegations of physical abuse of children by applicant — Local authority convening case conference — Opportunity for applicant to make representations — Decision to enter names of children and applicant on child abuse register — Whether decision subject to judicial review

  1 Case considered
• Rickards v Rickards

  20 Jun 1989 [1990] Fam 194; [1989] 3 WLR 748; [1989] 3 All ER 193, CA

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive; 1 negative. Subsequent citations: 34.
  JUDICIAL PRECEDENT — Court of Appeal decision — Per incuriam

  PRACTICE — Appeal — Extension of time
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  JUDICIAL PRECEDENT — Court of Appeal decision — Per incuriam — Previous decision of Court of Appeal refusing to entertain appeal from refusal to extend time — Erroneous application of House of Lords authority — Whether decision per incuriam

  PRACTICE — Appeal — Extension of time — Appeal from registrar — Circuit judge in county court refusing to extend time for filing notice of appeal — Whether jurisdiction for Court of Appeal to entertain appeal from refusal — County Courts Act 1984, s 77 — Supreme Court Act 1981, s 18(1)(h) — County Courts Appeals Order 1981, art 2 (b)

  5 Case(s) considered

  1 Statutory Instrument considered
• In re C (A Minor) (Wardship: Medical Treatment) (No 2)

  26 Apr 1989 [1990] Fam 39; [1989] 3 WLR 252; [1989] 2 All ER 791, CA

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive; 3 neutral. Subsequent citations: 21.
  MINOR — Ward of court — Jurisdiction
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  MINOR — Ward of court — Jurisdiction — Injunction — Terminally ill hydrocephalic baby — Order preventing identification of all involved in ward's former and current care — Whether injunction necessary in interests of ward

  1 Case considered

• In re T (Minors) (Wardship: Jurisdiction)

  16 Jun 1988 [1990] Fam 1; [1988] 3 WLR 713, Fam D

  27 Oct 1988 [1990] Fam 1; [1989] 2 WLR 954; [1989] 1 All ER 297; 87 LGR 735, CA

  Subsequent citations: 1.
  CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS — Child in care — Wardship

  MINOR — Ward of court — Child in care of local authority
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  CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS — Child in care — Wardship — Children of same family resident in different areas — Care proceedings by two local authorities in different juvenile courts — Same guardian ad litem appointed for all children — No single juvenile court having jurisdiction to hear care proceedings relating to all children — Guardian ad litem considering interests of children requiring one forum — Guardian issuing summons making children wards of court — Whether having locus standi — Whether High Court to exercise wardship jurisdiction — Children and Young Persons Act 1969, s 32B(1) (as inserted by Children Act 1975, s 64)

  MINOR — Ward of court — Child in care of local authority — Care proceedings in respect of children of family in courts in different areas — Interest of minors requiring one forum — Whether wardship jurisdiction to be exercised

  4 Case(s) considered

  2 Statutes considered

• Austin-Fell v Austin-Fell

  03 Jul 1989 [1990] Fam 172; [1990] 3 WLR 33; [1990] 2 All ER 455, Fam D

  Subsequent citations: 3.
  EXECUTION — Charging order on land — Joint owners
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  EXECUTION — Charging order on land — Joint owners — Matrimonial home conveyed into joint names — Charging order absolute against husband's interest in matrimonial home — Wife applying for charging order to be set aside — Insufficient equity in property for wife to purchase house — Whether charging order absolute to be set aside

  1 Case considered

• In re St Martin le Grand, York

  29 Feb 1988 [1990] Fam 63; [1989] 3 WLR 1207, Const Ct

  Subsequent citations: 3.
  ECCLESIASTICAL LAW — Ecclesiastical property — Churchyard
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  ECCLESIASTICAL LAW — Ecclesiastical property — Churchyard — Right of way over churchyard to adjacent printing works — Whether consistory court having jurisdiction to determine existence and scope — Whether easement or licence — Whether licence of indefinite duration terminable — Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Measure 1963 (No 1), s 6(1)(e)

  7 Case(s) considered

  1 Statute considered

• In re Collins, deed (Robinson v Collins)

  16 Jul 1974 [1975] 1 WLR 309; [1975] 1 All ER 321, Ch D (Pennycuick VC)

  12 Oct 1989 [1990] Fam 56; [1990] 2 WLR 161; [1990] 2 All ER 47; [1990] 2 FLR 72; (1990) 134 SJ 262, Fam D (Hollings J)

  Subsequent citations: 2.
  ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES — Matrimonial home — Appropriation

  FAMILY PROVISION — Child — Adoption

  FAMILY PROVISION — Reasonable financial provision — Social security benefit
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  ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES — Matrimonial home — Appropriation — Intestacy — Widow's charge on estate — Appropriation of matrimonial home to surviving spouse towards satisfaction of charge — Time for valuation — Whether at death or at date of appropriation — Administration of Estates Act 1925, s 41 (1) — Intestates' Estates Act 1952, s 5, Sch 2, para 1 (1)

  FAMILY PROVISION — Child — Adoption — Mother dying intestate — Adoption of child after mother's death — Whether child of deceased — Whether having interest in estate prior to adoption — Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975, s 1(1)(c) — Adoption Act 1976, ss 39(2), 42(4)

  FAMILY PROVISION — Reasonable financial provision — Social security benefit — Mother of applicant dying intestate — Applicant in receipt of social security benefits — Whether relevant — Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975, s 3

  4 Case(s) considered

  2 Statutes considered
• In re M and N (Minors) (Wardship: Publication of Information)

  11 Jul 1989 [1990] Fam 211; [1989] 3 WLR 1136; [1990] 1 All ER 205, CA

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive; 2 neutral. Subsequent citations: 28.
  MINOR — Ward of court — Injunction
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  MINOR — Ward of court — Injunction — Wards removed by local authority from long term foster home without explanation — Injunction prohibiting all publication relating to removal — Whether injunction necessary in interests of wards

  3 Case(s) considered