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The Court of Appeal, Civil Division, held in dismissing the appellant's appeal, that in the context of care proceedings, where the central issue was whether MH (the mother's new husband) posed a sexual risk to the two children, MH's Spanish conviction was admissible in evidence. ....
The judge, in completing the balancing exercise between the public interest in protecting confidentiality in the asylum process and the particular circumstances of the case, ordered the disclosure of certain documents into the family proceedings with specific redactions. ....
The judge, having previously ordered the child's return be suspended pending the mother obtaining a visa to re-enter Portugal; and ordering unsupervised contact between mother and child whilst the mother was in the UK, proposed to set aside the Hague Convention return order and formally dismiss the Hague Convention application following a ‘fundamental change in circumstances’ whereby the mother was living in the UK and the child was living separately in the UK with a paternal aunt and uncle. ....
The court held that the proposed five-day fixture be reduced to one hour and that on that occasion the court shall make a care order and placement order without opposition from the parents. There should be no further forensic investigation into the un-admitted allegations. ....
The Family Court allowed the applicant’s application, who sought a declaration that it was lawful for him to use an embryo created using his sperm and the eggs of his late wife in treatment with a surrogate. ....