Articles

An appeal by a great-aunt against care and placement orders made in May 2019 concerning a two year old boy. Appeal allowed.

TR's parents and her doctors did not agree on whether treatment should continue or whether it should be withdrawn, resulting in her death. 

Adrian Davis examines the High Court’s decision in Bibi Emambee v The London Borough of Islington [2019] EWHC 2835 (QB), in which Mr Justice Stewart dismissed Ms Emambee’s appeal against the county court judge’s refusal to extend time for bringing a homelessness appeal under section 204(2A) of the Housing Act 1996.

It was in the interests of AB to be fitted with an intrauterine contraceptive device when she underwent a caesarean section with a spinal anaesthetic.

The case concerned an appeal against a committal of the appellant mother who had failed to comply with orders to return the parties’ children to Mexico.

Application by Lincolnshire County Council to determine whether a 51-year-old-man had capacity with regards to his contact with sex workers.

The case concerned an application by a Local Authority (LA) for an injunction under the Court’s inherent jurisdiction to prevent KR from living together with his wife ST.

Cobb J concluded proceedings and determined whether it had been right to use the inherent jurisdiction to make interim injunctive-type orders in respect to a capacitous but apparently vulnerable adult.

Jonathan Pennington Legh discusses the Court of Appeal judgment in Adesotu v Lewisham London Borough Council [2019] EWCA Civ 1405 which was handed down on 2 August 2019.

The court determined a child (M) to be habitually resident in England and Wales and that the English court had jurisdiction regarding matters pertaining to parental responsibility.