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- Appeal against the making of a Hadkinson order. Appeal dismissed. Judgment, 28/03/2017, free
- Here, the issue was whether Poland had violated the applicant father’s (“F”) Article 8 right to family life by failing to take sufficient steps to enforce his rights to spend time with his son. The Strasbourg court found no such violation. The Polish courts had taken all reasonable steps to enable F to have contact with his son. Whilst it was unfortunate that those efforts had proved to have had little impact on his ability to participate effectively in his son's life, this was due to the mother's reluctance to allow contact, and also to the child's refusal to see F. Judgment, 22/03/2017, free
- Justice Committee publishes report on the implications of Brexit for lega services News, 22/03/2017, free
- Judgment determining an application made by a former wife under Part III of the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 and an application by her for the enforcement, by way of a charging order, of a capitalised maintenance order made by a French Court. Judgment, 02/02/2017, free
- Enforcement orders against the husband were set aside due to glaring omissions that characterised the decision making processes in various financial remedy hearings. Judgment, 25/01/2017, free
- Recommendations for reforms published. News, 16/12/2016, free
- Mother applied in the UK for the enforcement of a Russian order, made in April 2013, relating to contact with her daughter. However, the date the Hague Convention came into force as between the UK and the Russian Federation was 1 June 2013 and so the English court did not have jurisdiction to enforce the order. Despite this, District Judge Robinson erroneously made an order for registration of enforcement of the Russian order which the father sought to have set aside. The mother pursued her application, arguing that Russian lawyers said that the UK court had jurisdiction, but this was contrary to advice from junior and leading counsel that there was no prospect of success. The order was set aside. Costs for the husband had by now amounted to over £38,000. A costs order in the sum of just over £3,700 was made against the mother after a thorough scrutiny of the proportionality and reasonableness of the costs incurred, the judge remarking that in this case, where the single question in the case was entirely straightforward in nature and answered by one unassailable legal submission, the costs incurred were excessive. Judgment, 07/09/2016, free
- Applicant husband's application for permission to appeal in respect of 3 orders made in relation to the enforcement of a financial remedy order made in 2012. Judgment, 26/05/2016, free
- Applications to commit the husband and his new wife to prison for breaching orders made within financial remedy proceedings. Judgment, 20/05/2016, free
- Application by former husband for a declaration that a consent order drawn up in 2012 provided for the sale of a Swiss property only if he defaulted on monthly payments to his ex-wife and not if he failed to pay the lump sum. The application was refused. Judgment, 18/05/2016, free