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The Supreme Court ruled in re I (A Child) [2009] UKSC 10, interpreting art 12.3 of Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/2003 ("Brussels II Revised"), that parties to child contact proceedings could opt in...
Shared Residence Orders – a cautionary tale
Whilst family lawyers frequently tell their clients involved in contact and residence disputes that the Court's approach can produce singular results, the case of Re R (A Child) [2009] EWHC B38 (Fam)...
Sir Bob Geldof’s “deep rage for our Family Courts and the inadequate practitioners that work within it”
In his foreword to "Relocation and Leave to Remove" a report published on 7 December 2009 and penned by The Custody Minefield, an internet resource for parents and families in children's disputes on relationship...
Lord Justice deplores underfunding of Family Justice system
In his address to the Association of Lawyers for Children at their annual conference in Manchester on Wednesday, 9 December 2009, Lord Justice Wall said that "the need for a powerful and properly resourced...
Court of Protection Rules to be reviewed
Sir Mark Potter, President of the Family Division, has set up a committee to review the procedures of the Court of Protection ("CoP"), at the request of the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice,...
Local Authorities try Judge’s patience
Mr Justice Hedley was so annoyed by the antics of Orkney Island Council ("OIC") and Cambridgeshire County Council ("CCC") that he declared "time-out" before delivering his judgement in the case of Re "I"...
Media’s right to report family cases under attack
A paper published last week by Robert George and Ceridwen Roberts of Oxford University warns that the new legislation contained in the Children Schools and Families Bill ‘lacks sufficient clarity’,...
Court of Appeal – ex-wife to leave Chelsea home
The Court of appeal have concluded Mrs Miller Smith must leave the£14 million Chelsea family home, presently requiring a monthly mortgage payment of £27,000, concluding that although Mr Miller Smith...