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15 JUL 2020

Villiers v Villiers [2020] UKSC 30 Villiers v Villiers [2020] UKSC 30
(Supreme Court, Lady Hale, Lord Kerr, Lord Wilson, Lady Black, Lord Sales, 1 July 2020)Divorce – Jurisdiction – Maintenance orderBy a majority, the Supreme Court dismissed the...
15 JUL 2020
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15 JUL 2020

Re A (A Child : Surrogacy: Section 54 Criteria) [2020] EWHC 1426 (Fam) Re A (A Child : Surrogacy: Section 54...
(Family Division, Keehan J, 18 June 2020)Surrogacy – Parental order – Human Embryology and Fertilisation Act 2008The Family Division granted a parental order in respect of the child in...
15 JUL 2020
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15 JUL 2020

LC (A Child - Placement Order) [2020] EWCA Civ 787 LC (A Child - Placement Order) [2020]...
(Court of Appeal, Baker, Carr LJJ and Sir Stephen Richards, 23 June 2020)Placement order – Judge refused the authority's application for a placement order – Authority appealedThe Court of...
15 JUL 2020
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15 JUL 2020

An NHS Foundation Trust v AB and another [2020] EWHC 1606 (Fam) An NHS Foundation Trust v AB and another...
(Family Division, Hayden J, 16 June 2020)Medical treatment – Best interests – Application for declaration to discontinue intensive care treatmentThe Family Division allowed the local...
15 JUL 2020
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15 JUL 2020

Archibald and another v Alexander [2020] EWHC 1621 (Ch) Archibald and another v Alexander [2020]...
(Chancery Division, Fancourt J, 26 June 2020)Inheritance – Oral agreement – Constructive trustThe Chancery Division dismissed the appeal, holding that the judge had reached the correct...
15 JUL 2020
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15 JUL 2020

G v T [2020] EWHC 1613 (Fam) G v T [2020] EWHC 1613 (Fam)
(Family Division, Nicholas Cusworth QC, 2 April 2020)Financial remedies – Divorce – BusinessThe Family Division held that a fair spread of the husband's liability would be for him to pay...
15 JUL 2020
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15 JUL 2020

Boljević v Serbia (Application no 47443/14) Boljević v Serbia (Application no...
(ECtHR, Kjølbro (P), Vehabović, Lubarda, Mourou-Vikström, Ravarani, Schukking and Paczolay, 16 June 2020)Paternity – Domestic courts refused to reopen paternity proceedings –...
15 JUL 2020
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15 JUL 2020

AX v CY (Article 12: Settlement) [2020] EWHC 1599 (Fam) AX v CY (Article 12: Settlement) [2020]...
(Family Division, Robert Peel QC, 10 June 2020)Abduction – Hague Convention – Return orderThe Family Division held that an order for the child’s return should be made. For...
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8 JUL 2020

Akhmedova v Akhmedov and others [2020] EWHC 1526 (Fam) Akhmedova v Akhmedov and others [2020]...
(Family Division, Knowles J, 12 June 2020)Financial remedies – Divorce – Application for strike-out and for disclosureThe Family Division held that, inter alia, the son's counterclaim...
8 JUL 2020
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8 JUL 2020

JK v LM [2020] EWHC 1566 (Fam) JK v LM [2020] EWHC 1566 (Fam)
(Family Division, Nigel Poole QC, 17 June 2020)Wrongful retention – Hague Convention – Summary returnThe Family Division dismissed the mother’s application for summary return of the...
8 JUL 2020
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