Category: contact orders

In re W (Children) (Permission to appeal) – Times Law Reports

Posted August 2nd, 2007 in appeals, contact orders, law reports, residence orders by sally

Family jurisdiction role of the Court of Appeal explained

In re W (Children) (Permission to appeal)

Court of Appeal

“The function of the Court of Appeal on a permission application for residence and contact was limited to a review of the decision of the judge to see whether a prospective appellant had an arguable case, fit to present to the full court on appeal, that the judge’s order was plainly wrong.”

The Times, 2nd August 2007

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

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In re W (Children) (Permission to appeal) – WLR Daily

Posted July 30th, 2007 in appeals, contact orders, law reports, residence orders by sally

In re W (Children) (Permission to appeal) 

“The function of the Court of Appeal on a permission application for residence and contact was limited to a review of the decision of the judge to see whether a prospective appellant had an arguable case, fit to present to the full court on appeal, that the order was ‘plainly wrong’.”

WLR Daily, 26th July 2007

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.

Judges get tough on fathers’ rights to contact with children – The Guardian

Posted July 16th, 2007 in children, contact orders, news by sally

“Senior judges have issued a strong warning to divorced and separated mothers that they risk losing the right to have their children live with them if they defy court orders and stop the children’s fathers seeing them. In two recent cases the court of appeal has upheld judgments moving children from their mother’s to their father’s home after the mothers flouted orders allowing the fathers to have regular contact with their children.”

Full story

The Guardian, 16th July 2007

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Hammerton v. Hammerton – Times Law Reports

Posted April 12th, 2007 in committals, contact orders, law reports by sally

Committal hearing should be separate from contact case

Hammerton v. Hammerton

Court of Appeal 

“It was not appropriate to hear contact proceedings at the same time as committal proceedings.”

The Times, 12th April 2007

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.