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this section: ADOPTION | CHILDREN | CONFLICT OF LAWS | COSTS | HUMAN RIGHTS | PRACTICE |
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| ADOPTION |
Adoption order — Arrangements for adoption — Prospective adoptive parents living in America — Local authority seeking court order approving removal of child from England for holiday placement in America as first step in adoption plan — Whether removal of child “placement for adoption with prospective adopters” — Whether removal lawful — Whether periods spend in American home to be taken into account for purpose of assessing whether child having spent 10 weeks in prospective adoptive parents “home” — Whether prospective adoptive parents capable of qualifying for parental responsibility order — Children Act 1989, Sch 2, para 19 (as inserted by Adoption and Children Act 2002, s 139(1), Sch 3, paras 54, 72) — Adoption and Children Act 2002, ss 84, 85
Haringey London Borough Council v MA [2008] EWHC 1722 (Fam); [2008] WLR (D) 250
[2008] WLR (D) 250
21/07/08
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| CHILDREN |
Family proceedings — Practice — Parent involved in parallel immigration proceedings — Duty of counsel and solicitors — Procedure to be followed where relevant concurrent proceedings — Children Act 1989, ss 1(3), 8
In re M (A Child) (Family Proceedings: Immigration Issues); In re N (A Child) (Family Proceedings: Immigration Issues) [2008] EWHC 2281 (Fam); [2008] WLR (D) 306
[2008] WLR (D) 306
06/10/08
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Marriage — Validity — Same-sex couple marrying in foreign jurisdiction — Whether marriage recognised as valid in English law — Whether failure to recognise same-sex marriage breaching Convention rights — Human Rights Act 1998, Sch 1, Pt I, arts 8, 12, 14
Wilkinson v Kitzinger and another
[2006] WLR (D) 214
31/07/06
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| COSTS |
Family proceedings — Ancillary relief — Power to award costs only where justified by litigation conduct of party — Forms to be used — Procedure to be observed — Family Proceedings Rules 1991 (as amended by Family Proceedings (Amendment) Rules 2006, rr 5, 7), rr 2.61F, 2.71
Practice Direction (Ancillary Relief: Costs)
[2006] WLR (D) 68
20/02/06
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| HUMAN RIGHTS |
Right to respect for private life — Interference with — Identification of parents and deceased siblings in reports of inquest likely to impinge on private life of remaining child — Application for injunction preventing identification — Balance of Convention rights — Human Rights Act 1998, Sch 1, Pt I, arts 8, 10
In re LM (Reporting restrictions: Coroner’s inquest) [2007] EWHC 1902 (Fam)
[2007] WLR (D) 238
01/08/07
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| PRACTICE |
Family Proceedings — Court bundles — Paginated bundle to be provided by applicant — Contents and format of bundle — Procedure to be observed
Practice Direction (Family Proceedings: Court Bundles)
[2006] WLR (D) 231
27/07/06
Family Division — Vacation business — Long Vacation — Nature of business to be taken in Royal Courts of Justice during Long Vacation — Procedure to be observed
Practice Guide (Family Division: Vacation Business)
[2006] WLR (D) 219
26/07/06 |
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