Judgments
INHERITANCE: Burns v Burns [2016] EWCA Civ 37Hearing Date: 28 January 2016
Lord Justice Longmore, Lord Justice Treacy and Lord Justice McCombe
Court of Appeal
The appeal from a decision finding that the deceased had testamentary capacity and that the will was valid was dismissed.
FINANCIAL REMEDIES: Aburn v Aburn [2016] EWCA Civ 72Hearing Date: 4 February 2016
Lord Justice McFarlane, Lord Justice Vos and Lord Justice Simon
Court of Appeal
The husband's appeal from an order providing for an automatic rise in periodical payments to the wife upon the child ceasing secondary education was allowed.
FINANCIAL REMEDIES: BG v BA [2015] EWHC 3947 (Fam)Hearing Date: 18 December 2015
Mr Justice Bodey
Family Division
The judge held that the French tax liability should be taken from the husband's share of the assets following financial remedy proceedings.
PUBLIC LAW CHILDREN: Re M (Children) [2016] EWCA Civ 61Hearing Date: 02 February 2016
Lady Justice King and Lord Justice Simon
Court of Appeal
The appeal by the adoptive parents from a care order in respect of their younfer son was allowed and the case was remitted for rehearing.
PUBLIC LAW CHILDREN: London Borough of Camden v RZ and Others [2015] EWHC 3751 (Fam)Hearing Date: 18 December 2015
Mr Justice MacDonald
Family Division
The local authority application for interim care orders in respect of two children who had been made subject to a forced marriage protection order was refused.
FINANCIAL REMEDIES: Azizi v Aghaty [2016] EWHC 110 (Fam)Hearing Date: 13 January 2016
Mr Justice Holman
Family Division
The wife's appeal from a financial remedies order was allowed.
PRIVATE LAW CHILDREN: F v M and Others [2015] EWHC 3601 (Fam)Hearing Date: 10 December 2015
Mrs Justice Pauffley
Family Division
In the judgment
F v M and Others [2015] EWHC 3601 (Fam), [2016] FLR forthcoming, Pauffley J was concerned with a couple who conceived a child as a result of fertility treatment at a licensed clinic.
PRIVATE LAW CHILDREN: Re B (A Child) (Habitual Residence: Inherent Jurisdiction) [2016] UKSC 4Hearing Date: 03 February 2016
Lady Hale, Lord Clarke, Lord Wilson, Lord Sumption and Lord Toulson
Supreme Court
The Supreme Courrt, by a majority of 3:2, allowed the appeal of the non-biological mother in an international custody dispute.
JURISDICTION:
E v E [2015] EWHC 3742 (Fam)E v E [2015] EWHC 3742 (Fam)
Hearing Date: 04 December 2015
Family Division
Mr Justice Moylan
The wife's divorce petition was dismissed and the jurisdiction of the French court was plainly established.
Legislation & Guidance
The Special Guardianship (Amendments) Regulations 2016 (SI 2016/111)05 February 2016
These Regulations amend the Schedule to the Special Guardianship Regulations (2005) ('the 2005 Regulations') which prescribes the matters to be dealt with by local authorities in reports they prepare for the courts in applications for special guardianship orders.
