News Essentials: 1st July 2019

A brief summary of the essential family law news and cases from the last week:

NEWS
Family Court Statistics Quarterly: January to March 2019
Quarterly data on the volume of cases dealt with by family courts over time, with statistics also broken down for the main types of case involved. Full story: Ministry of Justice.

Judges overturn 'forced abortion' ruling
A woman has won an appeal against a court ruling that would have seen her mentally ill daughter forced to have an abortion. Full story: BBC News.

Man who refused to register son's birth loses high court case
Father said he did not want his baby to be controlled by the British state. Full story: The Guardian.

CASES
MB v EB [2019] EWHC 1649 (Fam) (25 June 2019)
Preliminary hearing in financial remedy proceedings to determine: i) the length of the marriage between the parties; ii) the impact of a separation agreement entered into in 2011; and iii) whether there was any marital acquest. Full report: Bailii.

SC v TC [2019] EWHC 1637 (Fam) (14 March 2019)
Appeal against order moving residence of child to father. The appeal was allowed, as the hearing was flawed due to there having been direct communication between the Judge and the solicitor at NYAS and others, without the knowledge of either parent. Full report: Bailii.

Z (care orders : designated local authority), Re [2019] EWFC B30 (11 June 2019)
Care proceedings concerning four children, in which the issue arose as to which local authority should be the designated local authority. Full report: Bailii.

C (Children) [2018] EWCA Civ 900 (07 March 2018)
Appeal by local authority against decision as to designated local authority in care proceedings. Appeal allowed. Full report: Bailii.

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