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S, a boy born in May 2022, was made the subject of care and placement orders on 30 October 2023, aged 18 months, following a detailed judgment of HHJ McKinnell, who found that neither parent could safely care for him and that his…
CDE is a 15-year-old boy who is non-verbal, severely sight-impaired, life-limited and medically fragile. He has Lowe syndrome and requires complex medical care. He brings this claim by his litigation friend and mother, EDC. For…
P was born in 2024 with serious medical issues and, following an acute deterioration in July 2024, was diagnosed with a severe life-limiting condition requiring prolonged intensive care and continuous intravenous medication…
Ancora Children's Homes Limited operated a children's home first registered with Ofsted in October 2023 to care for children of either gender with emotional and social difficulties and learning disabilities. In late March 2026…
The applicant husband, in his early 40s and Head of Investor Relations at an investment equity finance partnership, and the respondent wife, also in her early 40s and largely a child-carer and homemaker who is now studying at a…
The applicant, H, aged 84 and a dual British and Russian citizen living at the parties' family home in Odintsovo near Moscow, brought financial remedy proceedings against W, aged 52 and also a dual British and Russian citizen who…
The appellant, Daffodils Nursery Limited, is a company whose sole director and nominated individual is Mr Ahmed. It has been registered with Ofsted as a provider of childcare on non-domestic premises since 16 June 2014, initially…
The proceedings concerned EF, a child born in November 2024, whose father, TC, a hospital doctor registered with the General Medical Council, applied for orders under the Children Act. Following a finding of fact hearing, His…
The applicant, Dr TC, a medical doctor, and the respondent, WF, met in April 2023 and began a turbulent relationship marked by periods of separation and reconciliation. Their daughter EF was born in November 2024. The parents had…
The claimant, C, is a 16 year-old boy with Down syndrome and complex special educational needs who lives with his parents and two siblings in a touring caravan based in Malvern on land owned by his late paternal grandfather. C…
P is a little girl born in England in August 2024, who holds United States, Lithuanian and British nationality. Her mother, M, is a dual Lithuanian-United States national who pursued a ballroom dancing career across the USA…
The proceedings concerned D, a boy aged three, born in March 2023. His father, Mr A, applied on 15 April 2025 for a child-arrangements order that D should live with him and spend time with his mother; his mother, Ms B, applied on…
The applicant mother (M), a British national serving as a senior diplomat, and the respondent father (F), a dual British and American national, are the parents of two boys, N (12) and S (10). The children were born in England and…
The father, an Indian national with a United States Green Card, lives and works in Texas; the mother is a British national and a qualified doctor. The parties met through a dating app in 2023, underwent a Nikah in the UK and…
C, a girl aged approximately 18 months, was the subject of care proceedings brought by a local authority in the Family Court at Chester. In a fact-finding judgment delivered on 29 January 2026 ([2026] EWFC 33 (B)), Her Honour…
AC, a 20-year-old woman with a moderate learning disability, a genetic microduplication condition, impaired mobility and some visual impairment, travelled to Pakistan with her mother CA, her maternal grandmother BC and a family…
Alfie, a boy aged between 18 and 21 months at the material time and now aged three, sustained a range of injuries — including a skull fracture, a fractured right radius and four rib fractures — while living with his mother and…
The London Borough of Harrow brought public law proceedings in the Family Court concerning child A. The proceedings, begun in the Family Court, were transferred by order of MacDonald J to be heard by a High Court Judge sitting in…
The parties married in April 2013 and divorce proceedings between Meerna Ali Ghuloom Faraj ("the wife") and Sohail Sultan Ahmad ("the husband") began in October 2020. The husband is the majority shareholder, a director and chief…
The applicant mother, MC, and the respondent father, FC, are both Swedish nationals and the parents of C, a nine-year-old girl born in Sweden in mid-2017. The parents separated before C's birth, and C lived in Sweden with MC…