Results: 15

• Dawson v Wearmouth

  31 Jul 1997 [1998] Fam 75; [1998] 2 WLR 392; [1998] 1 All ER 271; [1997] 2 FLR 629, CA

  23 Jul 1998 (pet all) [1999] 2 AC 308; [1998] 1 WLR 1395; [1999] 2 WLR 960; [1999] 2 All ER 353; [1999] 1 FLR 1167, HL(E)

  Subsequent considerations : 2 positive. Subsequent citations: 16.
  CHILDREN — Name — Change of surname
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  CHILDREN — Name — Change of surname — Mother registering illegitimate child in former husband's surname — Father seeking order that child be known by his surname — Whether order to be made — Whether registration to be taken into account in exercising discretion — Children Act 1989, ss 1(1)(3)(5), 8(1)

  1 Case considered

  2 Statutes considered

• S v H (Abduction: Access Rights)

  20 Feb 1997 [1998] Fam 49; [1997] 3 WLR 1086; [1997] 1 FLR 971, Fam D

  Subsequent citations: 4.
  CHILDREN — Custody rights — Breach
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  CHILDREN — Custody rights — Breach — Italian court granting custody to mother with access to father — Mother taking child to England — Italian court granting declaration recognising father's access rights — Whether “rights of custody” — Whether wrongful removal or retention of child — Child Abduction and Custody Act 1985, Sch 1, arts 3, 5

  2 Case(s) considered

  1 Words & Phrases considered

  1 Statute considered
• In re R (A Minor) (Blood Tests: Constraint)

  01 May 1997 [1998] Fam 66; [1998] 2 WLR 796; [1998] 1 FLR 745, Fam D (Hale J)

  Subsequent considerations : 1 negative. Subsequent citations: 2.
  CHILDREN — Blood test — Paternity
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  CHILDREN — Blood test — Paternity — Child under 16 in care of mother — Mother refusing consent for blood sample to be taken — Whether jurisdiction to require blood sample to be taken — Family Law Reform Act 1969, ss 20, 21

  2 Case(s) considered

  1 Statute considered

• In re W (A Minor) (Adoption: Homosexual Adopter)

  11 Apr 1997 [1998] Fam 58; [1997] 3 WLR 768; [1997] 3 All ER 620; [1997] 2 FLR 406, Fam D (Singer J)

  Subsequent citations: 3.
  ADOPTION — Freeing child for adoption — Adoption by homosexual
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  ADOPTION — Freeing child for adoption — Adoption by homosexual — Local authority applying to free child for adoption by woman living in homosexual relationship — Mother withholding consent — Whether jurisdiction to make adoption order in favour of single person in homosexual relationship — Whether contrary to public policy — Adoption Act 1976, ss 6, 15(1)(a)

  1 Case considered

  1 Statute considered
• U v W (Attorney-General Intervening)

  19 Feb 1997 [1998] Fam 29; [1997] 3 WLR 739; [1997] 2 FLR 282, Fam D (Wilson J)

  Subsequent considerations : 2 neutral. Subsequent citations: 9.
  MEDICAL PRACTITIONER — Medical treatment — Human fertilisation
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  MEDICAL PRACTITIONER — Medical treatment — Human fertilisation — Insemination by donor sperm in Italy — Whether parties receiving “treatment … together” — Whether requirement for treatment by licence holder restricting freedom to provide services within European Community — Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990, s 28(3) — EC Treaty, art 59

  4 Case(s) considered

  1 Words & Phrases considered

  1 EU Enactment considered

  1 Statute considered
• C v C (Non-molestation Order: Jurisdiction)

  11 Nov 1997 [1998] Fam 70; [1998] 2 WLR 599; [1998] 1 FLR 554, Fam D (Sir Stephen Brown P)

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive; 1 neutral. Subsequent citations: 5.
  INJUNCTION — Interlocutory — Jurisdiction to grant
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  INJUNCTION — Interlocutory — Jurisdiction to grant — Wife publicising complaints about husband's conduct in newspaper articles — Husband seeking non-molestation order — Whether extending to invasion of privacy — Whether jurisdiction to grant — Family Law Act 1996, s 42

  1 Statute considered
• In re West Norwood Cemetery (No 2)

  07 Oct 1997 [1998] Fam 84; [1998] 3 WLR 128; [1998] 1 All ER 606, Const Ct

  Subsequent considerations : 1 neutral. Subsequent citations: 2.
  ECCLESIASTICAL LAW — Restoration order — Municipal cemetery
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  ECCLESIASTICAL LAW — Restoration order — Municipal cemetery — Landscape scheme incorporating clearance work and removal of tombstones — Restoration order for repair and replacement of damaged tombs — Management scheme subsequently agreed upon to control future styles and materials of tombs and memorials — Incorporation of diocesan churchyard regulations into management scheme — Whether timescale adequate for recording of tombs restored and for completion of restoration work — Whether management scheme capable of amendment so as to permit certain styles and materials of memorials — Open Spaces Act 1906, ss 10, 11(5) — Care of Churches and Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Measure 1991, s 13(5)

  2 Statutes considered
• S-T (formerly J) v J

  21 Nov 1996 [1998] Fam 103; [1997] 3 WLR 1287; [1998] 1 All ER 431; [1997] 1 FLR 402; The Independent, 21 Nov 1996, CA

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive; 1 neutral. Subsequent citations: 14.
  HUSBAND AND WIFE — Financial provision — Conduct of parties
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  HUSBAND AND WIFE — Financial provision — Conduct of parties — Void marriage — Transsexual deceiving other party as to gender and making false declaration at marriage ceremony — Claim for ancillary relief following decree of nullity — Whether public policy precluding claim — Whether relevant to exercise of discretion — Matrimonial Causes Act 1973, ss 11(c), 25(1) (as amended by Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984, s 3)

  3 Case(s) considered

  1 Statute considered
• G v G (Periodical Payments)

  30 Jul 1996 [1998] Fam 1; [1997] 2 WLR 614; [1997] 1 All ER 272; [1997] 1 FLR 368, CA

  Subsequent considerations : 2 negative. Subsequent citations: 2.
  HUSBAND AND WIFE — Financial provision — Periodical payments order
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  HUSBAND AND WIFE — Financial provision — Periodical payments order — Variation — Consent order for periodical payments until occurrence of specified events “or until further order” — Whether jurisdiction to vary order after expiry — Whether jurisdiction to make order for periodical payments to child and to parent for benefit of child — Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 (as amended by Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984, s 5(2)), ss 23(1), 28(1A), 31(1)

  2 Case(s) considered

  1 Words & Phrases considered

  1 Statute considered

• In re L (Adoption: Disclosure of Information) (D v Registrar General)

  23 Nov 1995 [1996] 1 FLR 707; [1996] 2 FCR 248, Fam D (Cazalet J)

  12 Dec 1996 [1998] Fam 19; [1997] 2 WLR 739; [1997] 1 FLR 715; [1997] 2 FCR 240; The Times, 9 January 1997; The Independent, 10 February 1997, CA (Sir Stephen Brown P, Pill LJ and Sir Patrick Russell)

  Subsequent citations: 9.
  ADOPTION — Disclosure of information — Application for
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  ADOPTION — Disclosure of information — Application for — Natural mother wishing to trace adopted child — Court's discretion to order disclosure of adoption details — Whether exceptional circumstances justifying disclosure — Adoption Act 1976, ss 50(5), 51

  3 Case(s) considered

  1 Statute considered