Results: 19

• Osman v Elasha

  24 Jun 1999 [2000] Fam 62; [2000] 2 WLR 1036; [1999] 2 FLR 642, CA

  Subsequent considerations : 1 negative. Subsequent citations: 3.
  CHILDREN — Custody rights — Enforcement
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  CHILDREN — Custody rights — Enforcement — Mother removing children from habitual residence in Sudan — Breach of custody order made in Sudan in favour of paternal grandmother — Sudan not signatory of Hague Convention on child abduction — Sudanese father seeking peremptory return order — Whether children's welfare to be considered in context of Sudanese custom and culture

  2 Case(s) considered

• In re X (Minors) (Care Proceedings: Parental Responsibility)

  09 Dec 1999 [2000] Fam 156; [2000] 2 WLR 1031; [2000] 2 All ER 66; [2000] 1 FLR 517, Fam D (Wilson J)

  Subsequent citations: 1.
  CHILDREN — Care proceedings — Parental responsibility
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  CHILDREN — Care proceedings — Parental responsibility — Children of unmarried parents in care — Mother wishing to grant unmarried father parental responsibility by agreement — Whether local authority entitled to object — Children Act 1989, ss 3(1), 4, 33(3)

  1 Statute considered
• In re O (A Minor) (Blood Tests: Constraint) (J (A Minor), In re)

  24 Jan 2000 [2000] Fam 139; [2000] 2 WLR 1284; [2000] 2 All ER 29; [2000] 1 FLR 418, Fam D (Wall J)

  Subsequent considerations : 2 negative. Subsequent citations: 9.
  CHILDREN — Blood test — Paternity
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  CHILDREN — Blood test — Paternity — Child under 16 in care of mother — Court directing blood sample to be taken for paternity purposes — Mother refusing consent — Whether jurisdiction to compel compliance with direction — Family Law Reform Act 1969, ss 20(1), 21(1)(3)

  3 Case(s) considered

  1 Statute considered

• In re G (Minors) (Care Proceedings: Wasted Costs)

  30 Jul 1999 [2000] Fam 104; [2000] 2 WLR 1007; [1999] 4 All ER 371; [2000] 1 FLR 52, Fam D (Wall J)

  COSTS — Wasted costs orders — Legal representatives
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  COSTS — Wasted costs orders — Legal representatives — Care proceedings — Order made against counsel in respect of conduct of proceedings out of court — Breach of good practice guidelines — Duty to ensure adequate briefing of expert witnesses — Duty to ensure case ready for hearing — Whether acting improperly, unreasonably or negligently — Whether wasted costs order appropriate — Supreme Court Act 1981, s 51(6)(7) (as substituted by Courts and Legal Services Act 1990, s 4)

  1 Case considered

  1 Statute considered

• S County Council v B

  29 Jul 1999 [2000] Fam 76; [2000] 3 WLR 53; [2000] 2 FLR 161, Fam D (Charles J)

  Subsequent citations: 9.
  CHILDREN — Evidence — Privilege
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  CHILDREN — Evidence — Privilege — Care proceedings — Father charged with causing daughter grievous bodily harm proposing to instruct medical experts in concurrent criminal proceedings — Guardian ad litem in care proceedings seeking disclosure of experts' names, instructions and reports — Whether subject to legal professional privilege — Whether power in care proceedings to order disclosure of information subject to legal professional privilege — Whether father absolutely entitled to refuse disclosure

  2 Case(s) considered

• In re C (A Child) (HIV Testing)

  03 Sep 1999 [2000] Fam 48; [2000] 2 WLR 270, Fam D

  Subsequent citations: 2.
  CHILDREN — Orders with respect to children — Specific issue order
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  CHILDREN — Orders with respect to children — Specific issue order — Child born to HIV positive mother — Unanimous medical opinion in favour of testing child — Parents refusing consent — Whether child to be subjected to HIV test — Whether united views of parents representing child's best interests — Children Act 1989, s 1(1)(5)

  1 Case considered

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

  12 May 2000 [2000] Fam 186; [2000] 3 WLR 1202; [2000] 2 FLR 533, Fam D (Wall J)

  Subsequent considerations : 1 neutral. Subsequent citations: 3.
  INJUNCTION — Domestic violence — Jurisdiction to grant
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  INJUNCTION — Domestic violence — Jurisdiction to grant — Applicant and respondent with separate households having sexual relationship, staying together regularly and operating joint bank account — Whether applicant “associated with” respondent — Whether jurisdiction to grant non-molestation order — Family Law Act 1996, ss 42, 62(3)

  1 Case considered

  1 Words & Phrases considered

  1 Statute considered

• In re W (A Child) (Parental Contact: Prohibition)

  21 Dec 1999 [2000] Fam 130; [2000] 2 WLR 1276; [2000] 1 FLR 502, CA

  Subsequent citations: 1.
  CHILDREN — Child in care — Parental contact
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  CHILDREN — Child in care — Parental contact — Jurisdiction to prohibit — Mother applying for contact with child placed in local authority's care — Guardian ad litem objecting — Whether court having jurisdiction to prohibit authority from permitting parental contact — Children Act 1989, s 34 — Contact with Children Regulations 1991, reg 3

  1 Case considered

  1 Statute considered

  1 Statutory Instrument considered

• Dennis v Dennis

  02 May 2000 [2000] Fam 163; [2000] 3 WLR 1443; [2000] 2 FLR 231, Fam D (Wall J)

  Subsequent citations: 3.
  HUSBAND AND WIFE — Divorce — Decree absolute
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  HUSBAND AND WIFE — Divorce — Decree absolute — Validity — Petitioner failing to apply for decree absolute — Respondent's application before expiry of three months from date when petitioner could have applied — Notice not served on petitioner — Whether non-compliance with procedural requirements rendering decree void — Whether inquiry into validity of decree breach of respondent's rights — Matrimonial Causes Act 1973, s 9(2) — Human Rights Act 1998, s 7(1)(b)(6)(a), Sch 1, arts 8, 12 — Family Proceedings Rules 1991, rr 250(2), 251

  2 Case(s) considered

  2 Statutes considered

  1 Statutory Instrument considered
• Gloucestershire County Council v P

  27 Apr 1999 [2000] Fam 1; [1999] 3 WLR 685; [1999] 2 FLR 61, CA

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive. Subsequent citations: 2.
  CHILDREN — Residence order — Power of court to act of own motion
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  CHILDREN — Residence order — Power of court to act of own motion — Child in care — Local authority applying to free child for adoption and grandparents applying for residence order — Guardian ad litem recommending that child remain with foster parents — Foster parents not entitled to apply for residence order — Whether power to grant residence order to foster parents — Children Act 1989, ss 9, 10

  1 Case considered

  1 Statute considered