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14 November 2019

Re TY (Preliminaries to intercountry adoption) [2019] EWHC 2979 (Fam)
(Family Division, Cobb J, 7 November 2019)Adoption – Foreign adoption – Aunt submitted adoption application in UK.The Family Division allowed the adoption application in spite of the...
Francesca Esposito
Adoption 14 November 2019
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23 January 2018

Re B (A Child) (Care Proceedings) [2018] EWCA Civ 20
(Court of Appeal, Sir James Munby, the President of the Family Division, Davis, Underhill LJJ, 17 January 2018)Care proceedings – Adoption – Placement with adopters of sibling or father’s cousin –...
Samantha Bangham
Adoption 23 January 2018
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6 December 2016

Re N (A Child) [2016] EWHC 3085 (Fam)
(Family Division, Sir James Munby, the President of the Family Division, 1 December 2016)Adoption – Indian adoption – Immigration – Domicile – Whether the Indian adoption should be recognisedA...
Samantha Bangham
Adoption 6 December 2016
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23 March 2016

PD v AD and Others [2015] EWHC 4103 (Fam)
(Family Division, Keehan J, 26 August 2015)Adoption – Declarations – Boy estranged from his adoptive parents – Whether declarations could and should be granted preventing the parents from receiving...
Samantha Bangham
Adoption 23 March 2016
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4 March 2016

Re JL and AO (Babies Relinquished for Adoption) [2016] EWHC 440 (Fam)
(Family Division, Baker J, 3 March 2016)Public law children – Adoption –  Eastern European parents – Whether children relinquished for adoption could be adopted in the UK – Whether they could be...
Samantha Bangham
Adoption 4 March 2016
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22 December 2015

Re CB (A Child) [2015] EWHC 3274 (Fam)
(Family Division, Moylan J, 28 October 2015)Neutral Citation Number: [2015] EWHC 3274 (Fam)IMPORTANT NOTICEIN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICEFAMILY DIVISIONNo. ZC71/14Royal Courts of Justice28th October...
Samantha Bangham
Adoption 22 December 2015
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6 October 2015

FAS v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2015] EWCA Civ 951
(Court of Appeal, Briggs, Macur, Sales LJJ, 5 October 2015)Adoption – Immigration – 18-year-old boy overstayed his visitor’s visa – Application to adopt by cousin made when he was 17 – Application...
Samantha Bangham
Adoption 6 October 2015
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25 September 2015

Re T (A Child) (Early Permanence Placement) [2015] EWCA Civ 983
(Court of Appeal, Sir James Munby P, Black and Bean LJJ, 24 September 2015)Adoption – Early permanent placement – Child placed with prospective adopters at birth – Care plan altered to special...
Samantha Bangham
Adoption 25 September 2015
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18 September 2015

Seddon v Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council [2015] EWHC 2609 (Fam)
(Family Division, Peter Jackson J, 14 September 2015)[The judicially approved judgment and accompanying headnote has now published in Family Law Reports [2016] 2 FLR 87]Adoption – Contact –Whether the...
Samantha Bangham
Adoption 18 September 2015
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10 September 2015

RY v Southend Borough Council [2015] EWHC 2509 (Fam)
(Family Division, Hayden J, 22 May 2015)[The judicially approved judgment and accompanying headnote has now published in Family Law Reports [2016] 1 FLR 1233]Adoption – Return of child into care of...
Samantha Bangham
Adoption 10 September 2015
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