Mother v Father (Private Law Proceedings; Extended Civil Restraint Order) [2025] EWFC 457 (B): Judgment considering whether a CRO should be made against F, who had made 6 applications & 2 appeals, all totally without merit. Order made for 1 year. www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWF...

RS and TU (Children: Return Order to Zimbabwe), Re [2025] EWHC 3352 (Fam) (17 December 2025): Application by father for return of children to Zimbabwe. Removal found to be wrongful. Defences of harm and child objections not made out, and return ordered. www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWH...

London Borough of Barking and Dagenham v Mother & Ors [2025] EWHC 2889 (Fam): Care proceedings re 3 children of Ugandan origin, one of whom is no longer in the jurisdiction. Judgment finding that court has jurisdiction in relation to the other 2 children. www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWH...

VW & XY, Re (Children: Return Order to Romania) [2025] EWHC 3377 (Fam): Mother's application for summary return of children to Romania. Father's defences of no habitual residence in Romania, consent, and child's objections not made out, and return ordered. www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWH...

Vlijter v Vlijter [2025] EWFC 458 (B) : Wife's financial remedies application. Husband failed to participate, or to implement earlier agreement. Husband ordered to transfer former matrimonial home to wife for 25% of equity, less unpaid maintenance. www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWF...

Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council v AZM & Anor [2025] EWHC 3366 (Fam) (19 December 2025): Care proceedings concerning baby of Romanian mother. Judgment finding that child was habitually resident in England. caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewhc/fam/202...

AT v NT Neutral Citation Number [2025] EWFC 456: Without notice application by W for leave to apply for financial relief after Russian divorce, & for order entering restriction against title of London property occupied by W, but owned by H. caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/2025/456

S (A Child), Re (Disclosure to SSHD) [2025] EWFC 453: Application by F in Sch 1 proceedings for permission to disclose documents filed by the mother to SSHD. Application adjourned, upon M undertaking to file & serve any immigration application she makes. www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWF...

Awolowo v Awolowo & Anor [2025] EWHC 3346 (Fam): Preliminary hearing in financial remedy proceedings issued by wife following Nigerian divorce, to determine whether a debt of £1.6m was owed by the husband to his brother's company. Held that it was not. www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWH...

Michael v Michael [2025] EWCA Civ 1668 (18 December 2025): Husband's application for permission to appeal final financial remedy order. Application dismissed. www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWC...

F v M & Anor [2025] EWFC 454 (B) (16 December 2025): Fact-finding in private law proceedings, concerning father's allegations against mother, including that she had engaged in alienating behaviours. That allegation not proved. www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWF...

Oxfordshire County Council v M & Ors [2025] EWFC 455 (B) (05 December 2025): Judgment in public law proceedings relating to oldest of 3 children. Child to remain in care of mother, under 12 month supervision order. www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWF...

W v W [2025] EWFC 452 (05 December 2025): Applications by father for, inter alia, permission to make section 8 application, there being a s.91(14) order in place. Permission refused. www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWF...

VP v SP [2025] EWFC 447 (B): Wife's financial remedies application. Indication of outcome judgment, as no decree nisi/conditional order yet made. Wife to receive 73% of assets, due to her greater needs, having to look after dependent adult child. www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWF...

A Child, Re (No 3: Enforcement, False allegations of abuse and transfer of residence) [2025] EWFC 437 (B) (13 August 2025): Application by father to enforce child arrangements order by an immediate transfer of residence. Transfer of residence ordered. www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWF...

FZ v MZ [2025] EWHC 3338 (Fam) (18 December 2025): Judgment concerning the legal status of a transgender man in relation to two children born to his wife following artificial insemination, one before the marriage, and one after. www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWH...

HF, KF and LF (Children) (Habitual Residence) [2025] EWHC 3306 (Fam): Preliminary hearing within application by M for return of children from Dubai, to determine whether children were habitually resident outside England and Wales. Held that they were not. www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWH...

F (A Child) (Medical treatment), Re Neutral Citation Number [2025] EWHC 3311 (Fam): Application by LA to determine whether they could agree to a “Do Not Resuscitate Notice” being placed in medical records of profoundly disabled looked after child. caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewhc/fam/202...

Z AND OTHERS v. FINLAND - 42758/23 [2025] ECHR 281 (16 December 2025): Application by F claiming breach of Art 8 due to domestic court ordering return of children, who were granted asylum in Finland, to Russia. Held, there had been no violation of Art 8. www.bailii.org/eu/cases/ECH...

LM (A Child) (Interim Welfare Arrangements) [2025] EWHC 3243 (Fam): Application by 15-year-old for order allowing him to live with M, the court having previously ordered no contact with M. Ordered that he live with friend of M, & have contact with M. www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWH...

VW (Looked After Child: SMT: Need for Application), Re [2025] EWHC 3298 (Fam): Application by LA for declaration authorising surgery for 3-year-old looked after child. Surgery agreed by parents. Application found to be unnecessary, and dismissed. www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWH...

TS v AS & Ors [2025] EWHC 3169 (Fam): Fact-finding in contact application by F under Art 21 Hague Convention, to determine M's allegations against the father of domestic abuse, sexual abuse and coercive and controlling behaviour. Allegations found proved. www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWH...

The Child, Z, Re [2025] EWFC 449 (B) (19 November 2025): Care proceedings concerning 20-month-old child, issued following concerns including drug misuse and domestic abuse. Child to remain with grandparents, under Special Guardianship Order. www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWF...

Brighton and Hove City Council v AB & Ors [2025] EWFC 443 (B) (12 November 2025): Fact-finding in care proceedings, concerning allegations of sexual and physical abuse made by mother's younger siblings against father. Allegations proved. www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWF...

C (A Child)(Interim Separation: Residential Care) [2025] EWCA Civ 1618: Appeal by local authority from refusal of authorisation to separate child from parents, in order to bring placement of child and parents in residential unit to an end. Appeal allowed. www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWC...

F v M & Ors [2025] EWFC 433 (B): Child arrangements, including M's application to relocate with child to Australia. M's application dismissed, and child to live with F, supervised contact with mother. S.91(14) order and costs order made against M. www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWF...

M v F & Ors [2025] EWFC 442 (B) (05 November 2025): Private law proceedings, in which the court had made findings of coercive and controlling behaviour against the father. Ordered that children live with mother and spend time with father. www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWF...

A Council v JC & Ors Neutral Citation Number [2025] EWFC 440: Care proceedings, issued following death of child's sibling. Real possibility found that M or F caused fatal injuries to sibling. Child to remain with foster carers, under SGO. caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/2025/440

B (1980 Hague Convention: Article 13(a)/(b)), Re Neutral Citation Number [2025] EWCA Civ 1603 (11 December 2025): Appeal by mother against order granting father's application for summary return of child to Romania. Appeal dismissed. caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewca/civ/202...

C, D, E and F, Re (ACA s51A: contact order after adoption) [2025] EWFC 436 (B): Adoption proceedings, in which children placed with 2 sets of adoptive parents. Judgment concerning contact between separately-paced siblings. Contact ordered twice a year. www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWF...

London Borough of Bromley v Maria & Ors [2025] EWFC 435 (B) (04 December 2025): Care proceedings concerning 14-year-old boy, issued following concerns over substance misuse. Child to remain in care of paternal grandparents, under SGO. www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWF...

X, Y and Z (Children), Re (Domestic Abuse) [2025] EWFC 412 (B) (26 November 2025): Fact-finding in father's application for contact with children, concerning mother's allegations of abuse by father. Allegations not proven. www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWF...

J (A Child), In the Matter Of [2025] EWFC 427 (B) (22 October 2025): Father's application for direct contact with 15-year-old daughter, opposed by daughter. Application dismissed. www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWF...

RKV v JWC [2025] EWFC 430 (B): W's application for financial remedies. H's litigation conduct found to be "absolutely appalling". Net assets assessed by court at £4m divided equally. www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWF... See also here for costs judgment: caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/b/2025/...

D (A Child) (Recusal) Neutral Citation Number [2025] EWCA Civ 1570 (9 December 2025): Appeal by father in private law proceedings against, inter alia, decision of district judge to recuse himself, on mother's application. Appeal allowed. www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWC...