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Another father complains to the ECHR of failure to enforce contact rights

01/06/2017 - Children

This is really becoming a thing. There seems to be a constant stream of fathers going to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) complaining that their national authorities had breached their right to respect for family life under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights, by failing to take effective steps to…

The father that took his life: was he pushed, or did he jump?

20/09/2017 - Divorce and separation

Suicide doesn’t solve your problems. It only makes them infinitely, uncountably worse. Sinead O’Connor I wrote here back in April about a Canadian father who took his own life, apparently pushed to that desperate act by his treatment at the hands of the Canadian (or British Columbian) family justice system. I have now had a…

A rare case of a father’s parental responsibility being removed

04/12/2018 - Children

“A decision to remove parental responsibility from a father is a very serious matter.” So said Ms F Judd QC in the course of her judgment in the High Court case C v D & Another. Indeed it is a very serious matter. What was it that made her decide that it was in a…

Violent father stripped of parental responsibility

15/10/2018 - Children

It is, of course, normally accepted that it is in the best interests of a child that they have a full relationship with both parents, who should be fully involved with their upbringing. However, in very exceptional cases the court can take measures that effectively sever the ties between a parent and a child. PM…

No direct contact for father who is “his own worst enemy”

14/01/2020 - Children

No direct contact for father: All experienced family lawyers have come across it: the parent who is utterly certain that they know best, and who is unable to accept any contrary view. This outlook completely clouds their approach to any dispute over arrangements for their children, and how they deal with court proceedings aimed at…

Lessons from a child arrangements case

11/12/2018 - Children | Family Law

Sometimes one comes across a judgment that is chock-full of noteworthy points. Mr Justice Holman’s judgment in NO v JL is one such judgment. The judgment contains many valuable lessons for any parent involved in a dispute over arrangements for their children. The judgment concerned a dispute between parents over arrangements for their nine year…

Tearful father withdraws contact application after 7 year dispute

15/02/2018 - Family Law

“This afternoon, a wholly deserving and tearful father has asked the court for permission to withdraw his application to enable him to spend time with his son.  It is poignant that that application comes before me just six days before Christmas.” So begins the short judgment of His Honour Judge Bellamy in the case Re…

Spanish father loses appeal in Spanish residency case

26/10/2012 - Children | Divorce and separation | Family Law

In a Court of Appeal hearing earlier this week, a Spanish father lost an appeal against an judgment granting his former partner permission to take their child back to Spain. It is a thought-provoking case, and one which I suspect will be long quoted in future relocation proceedings. The case concerned a Spanish couple  with…

Mother found to have maliciously fabricated allegations against father

27/03/2019 - Children

One of the very worst things a parent can do is to try to prevent the other parent from having a relationship with their child by falsely manufacturing allegations against that parent. Sadly, this is a scenario that happens all too frequently, as any family lawyer will testify. The recent case Re ABCDEF (Fact Finding:…

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