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- The father had difficulties with anger management, volatility and aggression. The circuit judge had made a child arrangements order, including orders for supervised contact, non-molestation and prohibited steps, against which the father had, following a course of therapy, unsuccessfully appealed. He now appealed with regard to the fairness of those hearings. Baker LJ found that there had been no indication to the father, a litigant in person, that the court would be making orders in respect of his future contact or concluding the proceedings. The summary dismissal of his appeal had also been wrong. The two hearings together represented an unwarranted infringement of his rights to a fair hearing. Peter Jackson LJ agreed, and the matter was remitted for a further hearing. Judgment, 28/05/2019, free
- The father appealed against an order which prevented him from bringing further applications for contact or residence for three years. The judge had found that the children would suffer emotional harm if required to have direct contact with the father, who had completely lost sight of their welfare. Longmore, Peter Jackson and Coulson LJJ dismissed the appeal. Judgment, 09/04/2019, free
- Mother's appeal against an order granting the father permission to have contact with their two children, despite no formal notice being given to the mother or to the solicitor for the children, was allowed. Judgment, 28/02/2019, free
- Father's application to appeal a section 91(14) order on the bases of bias and a failure by the judge to recuse herself was dismissed. Judgment, 30/11/2018, free
- Mother's applications for 1) termination of the father's parental responsibility in respect of one the children; 2) permission to change the forename and surnames of both children; 3) the making of a s.91(14) order preventing the father from making any application in respect of the children without permission of the court first being obtained, were all allowed. Judgment, 12/10/2018, free
Latest know-how
- In a tweet: High Court guidance on radicalisation in private children law proceedings Case note, 21/09/2016, members only
- Father's appeal against an order that contact with his children should be supervised Case note, 17/03/2016, members only
- Applications by mother, father and uncle seeking a variety of orders relating to residence and contact, and a section 91(14) order. Case note, 17/06/2015, members only
- Judgment from the President in contact proceedings where the mother was publicly funded and seeking a s91(14) order but the father was unrepresented. Case note, 08/07/2014, members only
- Case note, 25/08/2011, members only
Latest training
- 6 questions on the webinar which was recorded on 14 January 2015 CPD course, 21/01/2015, members only
- Webinar recorded on 15 January 2015. Dafydd Griffiths of 29 Bedford Row reviews the private children law cases of 2014 and picks out some themes to look out for in 2015. Webcast, 15/01/2015, members only
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