Judgments
PUBLIC LAW CHILDREN: Birmingham City Council v SK [2016] EWHC 310 (Fam)Hearing Date: 19 February 2016
Mr Justice Keehan
Family Division
The local authority was granted permission to withdraw its application for injunctive relief.
COURT OF PROTECTION: Re CS (Termination of Pregnancy) [2016] EWCOP 10Hearing Date: 22 January 2016
Mr Justice Baker
Court of Protection
The Court of Protection authorised the termination of the young woman's pregnancy on the basis that she lacked capacity to decide and that it was in her best interests.
FINANCIAL REMEDIES: Mann v Mann [2016] EWHC 314 (Fam)Hearing Date: 18 January 2016
Mrs Justice Roberts
Family Division
The husband was found to owe the wife £624,886 plus interest but the wife's application for committal was refused on the basis that he had not had the means to make payment.
FINANCIAL REMEDIES: Rapp v Sare [2016] EWCA Civ 93Hearing Date: 18 February 2016
Lord Justice Patten, Lady Justice Black and Mr Justice Baker
Court of Appeal
The husband's appeal from a financial remedies order was dismissed.
COSTS: R (Rights of Women) v The Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice [2016] EWCA Civ 91Hearing Date: 18 February 2016
Lord Justice Longmore, Lord Justice Kitchin and Lady Justice Macur
Court of Appeal
The appeal was allowed and Reg 33 of the Civil Legal Aid (Procedure) Regulation 2012 was declared invalid.
FINANCIAL REMEDIES: AB v CD [2016] EWHC 10 (Fam)Hearing Date: 11 January 2016
Mrs Justice Roberts
Family Division
The husband's appeal was allowed and the consent order was set aside.
PUBLIC LAW CHILDREN: Re N and P (Children) (Care and Placement Orders) [2016] EWFC 4Hearing Date: 22 January 2016
Mr Justice Baker
The Family Court
The judge found that the English court was better placed to hear the care proceedings, that the threshold criteria had been met and that it was in the best interests of the children to be adopted.
INHERITANCE: Wooldridge v Wooldridge (Case No: 3CL1022132)Hearing Date: 16 February 2016
Her Honour Judge Karen Walden-Smith
Central London County Court
The wife's claim under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependents) Act 1975 was refused.
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