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21 May 2020

Re X (Revocations of Testamentary Guardianship) [2020] EWFC 33
(Family Court, Theis J, 22 April 2020)Adoption – Application for intercountry adoption – Testamentary guardianship orderThe Family Court held that there was no basis for revoking the...
Francesca Esposito
Adoption 21 May 2020
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17 May 2020

Re L (Adoption Order: Identification of Possible Father) [2020] EWCA Civ 577
(Court of Appeal, Sir Andrew McFarlane P, Peter Jackson and Nicola Davies LJJ, 30 April 2020)Adoption – Parent – Identification of possible fatherThe Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal;...
Francesca Esposito
Adoption 17 May 2020
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29 April 2020

Prospective Adopters v London Borough of Tower Hamlets [2020] EWFC 26
(Family Court, Mostyn J, 3 April 2020)Adoption – Application for leave to oppose adoption – Adoption and Children Act 2002, s 47(5)The Family Court dismissed the parents’ application...
Francesca Esposito
Adoption 29 April 2020
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12 February 2020

A, B and C (Adoption: Notification of Fathers and Relatives) [2020] EWCA Civ 41
(Court of Appeal, Sir Andrew McFarlane P, Peter Jackson and Nicola Davies LJJ, 29 January 2020)Adoption – Parent – Concealing birth of childThe Court of Appeal held that in each case the...
Francesca Esposito
Adoption 12 February 2020
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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...
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Adoption 22 December 2015
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