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Top cases JH v MF [2020] EWHC 86 (Fam) (22 January 2020), Russell J – Appeal against refusal by circuit judge of a domestic abuse order. Sent back to a High Court judge for further hearing. Severe... Read more

Top cases R v [G and H] Secretary of State for the Home Department (Disclosure of Asylum Records) [2019] EWHC 3147 (Fam) (18 November 2019), MacDonald J – Correct legal principles and procedure to... Read more

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Top five cases NY (A Child) [2019] UKSC 49 (30 October 2019) – Court of Appeal upheld a judge’s order under the inherent jurisdiction of the court; but said Lord Wilson they should have considered... Read more

Top five cases S-L (Children: Adjournment) [2019] EWCA Civ 1571 (19 September 2019) – A recorder’s adjournment order was ‘wrong’ and procedurally irregular. Read more

Top five cases E (Children: Reopening Findings of Fact) [2019] EWCA Civ 1447 (14 August 2019) – A mother urged to apply FPR 2010 Pt 18, back to the trial judge for a fresh hearing on the basis of... Read more

Top five cases Poole Borough Council v GN and anor [2019] UKSC 25 (6 June 2019) – The local authority did not owe a duty of care to two children, CN and GN, who it failed to re-house, despite the... Read more

Top five cases N (Children) [2019] EWCA Civ 903 (22 May 2019) – Father’s appeal against Hayden J’s refusal to review an earlier Children Act 1989, s 91(14) order allowed, where no proper notice of... Read more

A plea for flexibility of definition The government’s Transforming the Response to Domestic Abuse Consultation Response and Draft Bill January 2019 ... Read more

Top five cases LR v A Local Authority & Ors [2019] EWCA Civ 525 (31 January 2019) – Foster carer (LR) appeal: order for 20-month-old child to be sent to Poland stayed. Judge had failed to take... Read more