English Family Law - Case Law

Case Law

Decisions of the Court of Appeal may be issued orally, in which case no report is usually made available to the public. Important or difficult decisions, however, are published on the internet both by the Court Service and by the British and Irish Legal Information Institute. The cases cited here provide examples.

  • Munby judgment: F v M Re D (Intractable Contact Dispute: Publicity) EWHC 727 (Fam)
  • Wall judgment: A v A (Shared Residence, 4 February 2004)
  • Bracewell judgment: V v V (Change of Residence, 20 April 2004)
  • Butler-Sloss: D v D (Shared Residence Order, 20 November 2000)
  • Re F (2003) EWCA Civ 592, 18 March 2003. (Case of shared residency, father in Hampshire, mother moved to Edinburgh)
  • Miller v Miller (Short marriage, no children, rich husband)
  • Piglowska v. Piglowski http://case-law.vlex.co.uk/vid/piglowska-v-piglowski-50671073 (Runaway costs)
  • Clayton v Clayton 2006: An appeal against injunctions preventing a father from publishing matters concerning his daughter. The appeal was allowed, the injunction quashed and a Prohibited Steps Order imposed.

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