Thursday 17 September 2026
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Family Law · Judgment
Family Court hears second Hague Convention return application over a 12-year-old girl
The High Court Family Division heard a father's second application for the summary return of a 12-year-old girl to Portugal under the 1980 Hague Convention, with the mother relying on grave risk and the…
Wednesday 16 September 2026
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Family Law · Judgment
High Court examines refugee status and onward removal risk in Hague child return case
The High Court has heard a Hague Convention application to return an Eritrean child to Germany, where the mother and child hold UK refugee status and the mother relies on a risk of onward…
Tuesday 15 September 2026
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Family Law · Report
Domestic abuse related death review guidance applies to deaths notified after 15 September 2026
Statutory guidance on conducting domestic abuse related death reviews applies where a Community Safety Partnership received notification of a death after 15 September 2026.
Monday 14 September 2026
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Family Law · Judgment
High Court considers appeal against order for staged move to unsupervised contact
On 14 September 2026 Mr Justice Macdonald decided a mother's appeal against a child arrangements order that provides for contact to move from supervised to unsupervised after findings of domestic abuse.
Tuesday 8 September 2026
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Family Law · Judgment
High Court considers when third party property claims can be struck out in divorce
The High Court heard an appeal on the scope of the power to strike out a statement of case under the Family Procedure Rules in a financial remedy dispute with third parties over property…
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Family Law · Judgment
Family Court sets out approach to domestic abuse allegations in a dispute over two children
The Family Court at Birmingham gave judgment on 8 September 2026 in a fact-finding hearing on five domestic abuse allegations made by a mother in a private law dispute over where two young children…
Friday 4 September 2026
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Family Law · Judgment
Court hears mother’s bid to reopen 2020 parental alienation findings
A High Court judge sitting in the Family Court in Newcastle has given judgment on a mother's application to set aside 2020 findings that she alienated her daughter from her father, brought under a…
Thursday 3 September 2026
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Family Law · Report
Family Procedure Rules Committee report covers 2025 rule changes on appeals and contact details
The Family Procedure Rules Committee's annual report for April 2025 to March 2026 summarises rule changes and reviews affecting people in proceedings in the Family Division of the High Court and the family court.
Tuesday 1 September 2026
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Family Law · Judgment
Family Court refuses father permission to appeal order reducing shared care of two brothers
The Family Court at Newcastle refused a father permission to appeal an order that cut his time with two primary-school-age brothers to five days in each fortnight during term.
Friday 28 August 2026
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Family Law · Judgment
High Court holds Hague Convention Article 7 can apply where a child is kept in a non-Contracting State
The High Court Family Division held on 28 August 2026 that Article 7 of the 1996 Hague Convention can be applied, if the facts permit, where children are said to be wrongfully retained in…