Friday 28 August 2026
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Family Law · Judgment
Family Court judgment sets out steps in long-running child contact case after abuse findings
District Judge Parker's judgment of 28 August 2026 sets out the history of a father's child arrangements application for three children, including earlier findings against both parents and the issues listed for a second…
Monday 24 August 2026
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Family Law · Judgment
Family Court orders £110,000 lump sum where husband gave no accurate financial disclosure
The Financial Remedies Court ordered a husband who did not attend the final hearing or give accurate disclosure to pay his wife a £110,000 lump sum, drawing inferences about his means.
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Family Law · Judgment
Family Court finds Part III threshold met after Russian divorce and refuses stay
The Family Court at Oxford held that a husband had a substantial ground for a Part III financial claim after an overseas divorce, and declined to stay it while the wife's Cyprus proceedings continue.
Thursday 20 August 2026
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Family Law · Report
High Court looks at ending a child contact case at a directions hearing
The High Court (Family Division) heard an appeal against a circuit judge's decision to end a father's contact application at a one-hour directions hearing, and restated the law on final orders at that stage.
Wednesday 19 August 2026
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Family Law · Judgment
Family Court examines father’s trust for sister after £134,770.89 child maintenance order
The Family Court has examined a former husband's deed giving his only remaining UK property to his sister after a £134,770.89 capitalised child maintenance order, a case relevant to parents owed maintenance and to…
Monday 17 August 2026
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Family Law · Judgment
High Court hears Hague 1996 claim over two-year-old kept in Russia after holiday
A father asked the High Court for a declaration that his two-year-old son was wrongfully retained in Russia after a short agreed trip and was habitually resident in the UK at the time.
Friday 14 August 2026
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Family Law · Judgment
Court of Appeal considers Hague return of 4-year-old where mother relied on mental health
The Court of Appeal considered a mother's appeal against a summary order returning her 4-year-old son to Australia, in a case raising the Article 13(b) exception and the risk to the child from her…
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Family Law · Judgment
Family court asked to share fact-finding judgment with asylum tribunal
A High Court Family Division judgment of 14 August 2026 sets out the framework for a request to disclose a fact-finding judgment to the immigration tribunal and Home Office, affecting families with parallel child…
Thursday 13 August 2026
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Family Law · Judgment
Family Court hears bid to end all contact between six-year-old and father after abuse findings
A mother and a children's guardian asked the Family Court to order no direct or indirect contact between a six-year-old girl and her father, after earlier findings of domestic abuse; the judgment was handed…
Wednesday 12 August 2026
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Family Law · Judgment
Potanina v Potanin: Family Court deals with injunctions against Russian anti-suit order
In a Part III financial remedy claim, the Family Court dealt with a wife's application for injunctions after her husband obtained a Russian court order requiring her to end the English proceedings.