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18 March 2020

AB and BC (Children) [2020] EWHC 162 (Fam)
(Family Division, Russell J, 3 February 2020)Jurisdiction – Habitual residence – Mother's appeal against enforcement of order requiring return of children to Spain to live with fatherThe...
Francesca Esposito
Judgments 18 March 2020
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18 March 2020

Suffolk CC v RD and others [2020] EWHC 323 (Fam)
(Family Division, Newton J, 18 February 2020)Public law children – Female Genital Mutilation – Protection order The Family Division granted the application for a Female Genital Mutilation...
Francesca Esposito
Judgments 18 March 2020
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18 March 2020

G (A Child: s 38(6) Assessment) [2020] EWCA Civ 282
(Court of Appeal, Moylan and Peter Jackson LJJ, 28 February 2020)Public law children – Care proceedings – Residential assessmentThe Court of Appeal set aside the assessment; despite the...
Francesca Esposito
Judgments 18 March 2020
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5 March 2020

Re I (Children: Child Assessment Order) [2020] EWCA Civ 281
(Court of Appeal, Moylan, Peter Jackson and Newey LJJ, 28 February 2020)Public law children – Child assessment order – Judge refused orderThe Court of Appeal allowed the appeal; the...
Francesca Esposito
Judgments 5 March 2020
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25 February 2020

Re J (children) KH v A County Council and others [2019] EWCA Civ 2300
(Court of Appeal, Floyd, Newey and Baker LJJ, 21 December 2019)Public law children – Care order – Consideration of alternatives The Court of Appeal allowed the appeal: in making an interim...
Francesca Esposito
Judgments 25 February 2020
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11 February 2020

W (A Child: Leave to Oppose Adoption) [2020] EWCA Civ 16
(Court of Appeal, Peter Jackson, Leggatt and Arnold LJJ, 21 January 2020)Public law children – Adoption – Parents applying for leave to oppose the making of an adoption orderThe Court of...
Francesca Esposito
Judgments 11 February 2020
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11 February 2020

JH v MF [2020] EWHC 86 (Fam)
(Family Division, Russell J, 22 January 2020)Public law children – Child arrangement orders – Appeal against fact-finding trialThe Family Division allowed the appeal; the judge’s...
Francesca Esposito
Judgments 11 February 2020
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15 January 2020

Re Y (A Child) [2019] EWCA Civ 2209
(Court of Appeal, Sir Terence Etherton MR, King LJ and Lavender J, 12 December 2019)Public law children – Care proceedings – Designated local authorityThe Court of Appeal dismissed the...
Francesca Esposito
Judgments 15 January 2020
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8 January 2020

A London Borough v X and others (Wardship: Parental Responsibility; Deprivation of Liberty) [2019] EWHC B16 (Fam)
(Family Division, Theis J, 12 December 2019)Public law children – Wardship – Parental Responsibility – Deprivation of libertyThe Family Division held that wardship proceedings should...
Francesca Esposito
Judgments 8 January 2020
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3 December 2019

Re C (A Child) (Interim Separation) [2019] EWCA Civ 1998
(Court of Appeal, King and Peter Jackson LJJ, 18 November 2019)Public law children – Care order – Interim separation.The Court of Appeal allowed the appeal, holding that the...
Francesca Esposito
Judgments 3 December 2019
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