Results: 24

• Berkovits v Grinberg (Attorney-General Intervening)

  11 Jan 1995 [1995] Fam 142; [1995] 2 WLR 553; [1995] 2 All ER 681; [1995] 1 FLR 477, Fam D (Wall J)

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive. Subsequent citations: 4.
  HUSBAND AND WIFE — Divorce — Foreign decree, recognition of
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  HUSBAND AND WIFE — Divorce — Foreign decree, recognition of — Jewish get of divorce written in England — Get delivered to wife by formal proceedings in Israel — Divorce effective in Israel — Whether overseas divorce only to be recognised if divorce proceedings instituted in country where divorce “obtained” — Whether get entitled to recognition in United Kingdom — Family Law Act 1986, s 46(1)

  1 Case considered

  1 Words & Phrases considered

  1 Statute considered

• Brooks v Brooks

  02 Apr 1993 [1993] Fam 322; [1993] 3 WLR 548; [1993] 4 All ER 917, Fam D

  26 May 1994 [1995] Fam 70; [1994] 3 WLR 1292; [1994] 4 All ER 1065, CA

  29 Jun 1995 [1996] AC 375; [1995] 3 WLR 141; [1995] 3 All ER 257; [1995] 2 FLR 13, HL(E)

  Subsequent citations: 14.
  HUSBAND AND WIFE — Settlement — Variation
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  HUSBAND AND WIFE — Settlement — Variation — Post-nuptial settlement — Incorporation of husband's company after marriage — Pension fund set up for husband — Pension fund rules allowing for provision of widow's pension — Whether post-nuptial settlement — Whether power to vary — Matrimonial Causes Act 1973, s 24(1)(c)

  4 Case(s) considered

  2 Statutes considered
• In re G (A Minor) (Care Order: Threshold Conditions)

  16 Jun 1993 [1995] Fam 16; [1994] 3 WLR 1211; 93 LGR 162, Fam D

  Subsequent considerations : 1 neutral. Subsequent citations: 6.
  CHILDREN — Care proceedings — Threshold conditions
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  CHILDREN — Care proceedings — Threshold conditions — Local authority seeking care order — All parties agreeing order should be made — Dispute as to factual basis for order — Extent of court's investigative duty — Whether detailed findings of fact appropriate — Children Act 1989, s 31

  1 Case considered

  1 Statute considered

• In re St John the Evangelist, Chopwell

  18 Jul 1995 [1995] Fam 254; [1995] 3 WLR 606; [1996] 1 All ER 275, Const Ct

  Subsequent citations: 3.
  ECCLESIASTICAL LAW — Faculty — Furnishings
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  ECCLESIASTICAL LAW — Faculty — Furnishings — Introduction into church of altar standards, candelabra, votive candle stand, sanctuary bells, acolyte chairs, thurible and holy water stoups — Whether lawful

  6 Case(s) considered
• In re F (A Minor) (Abduction: Custody Rights Abroad)

  09 Feb 1995 [1995] Fam 224; [1995] 3 WLR 339; [1995] 3 All ER 641; [1995] 2 FLR 31, CA (Butler-Sloss, Millett LJJ, Sir Christopher Slade)

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive. Subsequent citations: 18.
  CHILDREN — Custody rights — Breach
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  CHILDREN — Custody rights — Breach — Mother granted care and custody by Colorado court — No order prohibiting removal of child from jurisdiction — Mother removing child from Colorado without father's consent — Whether removal wrongful — Whether removal breaching father's “rights of custody” — Whether exceptional circumstances warranting refusal to order return — Child Abduction and Custody Act 1985, Sch 1, arts 3, 13(b)

  3 Case(s) considered

  1 Words & Phrases considered

  1 Statute considered
• In re St Luke the Evangelist, Maidstone

  08 Aug 1994 [1995] Fam 1; [1994] 3 WLR 1165; [1995] 1 All ER 321, Arches Ct

  Subsequent considerations : 4 positive; 2 neutral. Subsequent citations: 19.
  ECCLESIASTICAL LAW — Faculty — Reordering of church interior
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  ECCLESIASTICAL LAW — Faculty — Reordering of church interior — Listed building — Petition to reorientate liturgical worship and to replace nave pews with chairs — Whether adversely affecting character of church — Whether petitioners proving reordering necessary — Whether faculty to be granted — Care of Churches and Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Measure 1991, s 1

  4 Case(s) considered

  1 Statute considered

• R v R (Residence Order: Child Abduction)

  12 Apr 1995 [1995] Fam 209; [1995] 3 WLR 425; [1995] 4 All ER 115; [1995] 2 FLR 625, Fam D (Stuart-White J)

  Subsequent citations: 2.
  CHILDREN — Custody rights — Enforcement
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  CHILDREN — Custody rights — Enforcement — Wife bringing children to United Kingdom in breach of order of Spanish court — Probable wrongful removal from Spanish jurisdiction — Husband not invoking Hague Convention — Wife seeking residence orders with respect to children — Duty of court — Whether court having “notice” of wrongful removal — Whether bound to refrain from making residence order — Whether husband to be informed of rights under Hague Convention — Matrimonial Causes Act 1973, s 41 (as substituted by Children Act 1989, s 108(4), Sch 12, para 31) — Child Abduction and Custody Act 1985, s 5, Sch 1, arts 7, 16

  1 Case considered

  1 Words & Phrases considered

  2 Statutes considered
• In re S (Hospital Patient: Court’s Jurisdiction)

  26 Sep 1994 [1995] Fam 26; [1995] 2 WLR 38; [1995] 1 All ER 449; [1995] 1 FLR 302, Fam D

  02 Mar 1995 [1996] Fam 1; [1995] 3 WLR 78; [1995] 3 All ER 290; [1995] 1 FLR 1075, CA

  Subsequent considerations : 1 neutral. Subsequent citations: 52.
  HIGH COURT — Jurisdiction — Declaratory relief
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  HIGH COURT — Jurisdiction — Declaratory relief — Norwegian citizen residing with plaintiff in England — Incapacitated by stroke and living in private hospital — Family decision to remove to Norway — Plaintiff seeking declaration that removal unlawful and injunction to restrain removal — Whether jurisdiction to grant declaration — Whether plaintiff having locus standi — Whether interlocutory injunction to be granted pending trial

  7 Case(s) considered
• In re B (Adoption: Jurisdiction to Set Aside)

  17 Mar 1995 [1995] Fam 239; [1995] 3 WLR 40; [1995] 3 All ER 333; [1995] 2 FLR 1, CA (Sir Thomas Bingham MR, Simon Brown and Swinton Thomas LJJ)

  Subsequent considerations : 3 neutral; 2 negative; most recently considered: 2022. Subsequent citations: 30.
  ADOPTION — Adoption order — Application to set aside
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  ADOPTION — Adoption order — Application to set aside — Mistaken belief of Jewish adoptive parents that adopted child Jewish — Application by adopted child in adulthood to set aside order — Whether order to be set aside

  2 Case(s) considered
• In re St Thomas, Pennywell

  26 Nov 1994 [1995] Fam 50; [1995] 2 WLR 154; [1995] 4 All ER 167, Const Ct

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive; 1 neutral. Subsequent citations: 5.
  ECCLESIASTICAL LAW — Faculty — Ornament
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  ECCLESIASTICAL LAW — Faculty — Ornament — Reservation of sacrament — Legality of reservation in sacrament house — Necessity for reserved sacrament to be kept in safe and seemly manner — Whether reservation lawful irrespective of rite or service book used — Whether faculty for erection of sacrament house to be granted — Whether necessary to prescribe siting of sacrament house

  3 Case(s) considered