Coram Family - reported cases
Recent Reported Cases
Re Haringey London Borough Council v C, E and Another Intervening [2006] EWHC] 1620 (Fam) [2007] 1 FLR 1035 (Fam)
Care
order Freeing order Adoption Miracle baby Birth parents
unknown Whether religious belief a pre-eminent factor in welfare
Whether adoption has benefits not provided by residence or special
guardianship
Re I (a child) (contact application: jurisdiction) [2009] UKSC 10
Whether domestic court having jurisdiction in proceedings where child habitually resident in Pakistan Council Regulation (EC) 2201/2003, art 12(3).
Re L (a child) (internal relocation: shared residence order) [2009] EWCA Civ 20
Mother applying for permission to relocate to Somerset with child
Re Stedman [2009] 2 FLR 852
Publication of information already in the public domain Human Rights Act 1998
Re F-H (Dispensing with Fact-Finding Hearing) [2009] 1 FLR 349, EWCA Civ 1249
Care proceedings Fact-finding hearing - Relevant factors Need for clear findings
Re N (a Child) (McKenzie Friends: Rights of Audience) [2008] EWHC 2042 (Fam)
Practice Audience Right of audience Family division
A Local Authority v J 2 FLR 1389 [2008] EWHC 1484 (Fam)
Adoption Contact Post-adoption contact with mother or with half‑siblings Whether to be ordered
Re H (National Youth Advocacy Service) [2007] 1 FLR 1028
Involvement of National Youth Advocacy Service Procedure
Re M (a child) (care proceedings: witness summons) [2007] EWCA Civ 9
Child ordered to give evidence in care proceedings Whether witness summons should have been made in respect of child.
Haringey London Borough Council v S [2007] 1 FLR 387
Care Immigration Adults with whom child currently placed to be removed from jurisdiction.
Re X [2006] 2 FLR 701
Removal of Children and Emergency Protection Order
Re U (Care Proceedings: Criminal Conviction: Refusal to Give Evidence) [2006] 2 FLR 690
Re P-B (a child) (adoption: application for placement order) [2006] EWCA Civ 1016
When the Court can consider applications for placement and care orders
Re S (a child) (identification: restriction on publication) [2004] UKHL 47
Child Protection Freedom of publication Balance between freedom of press and protection of children
P, C and S v United Kingdom [2002] All ER (D) 239 (Jul)
Removal of Children family life fairness of proceedings