High Court (Family Division) judgments from 2025

200 judgments from the High Court (Family Division) in 2025, page 1 of 2.

KL v BA (Parental responsibility)[2025] EWHC 102 (Fam) · 2025 · cited 7 times
M v F & Anor[2025] EWHC 801 (Fam) · 2025 · cited 7 times
G and B (Children) (Abduction: Settlement: Grave Risk: Ukraine), Re[2025] EWHC 795 (Fam) · 2025 · cited 6 times
H v O (Art 13(b) and Domestic Abuse)[2025] EWHC 114 (Fam) · 2025 · cited 5 times
Newcastle City Council v JK (Mother) & Ors[2025] EWHC 1767 (Fam) · 2025 · cited 5 times
A (Appeal: Findings of Fact), Re[2025] EWHC 1279 (Fam) · 2025 · cited 4 times
A and T (Children) (Appeal: Duration of section 91(14) order), Re[2025] EWHC 3052 (Fam) · 2025 · cited 4 times
Z (Unlawful Foreign Surrogacy: Adoption), Re[2025] EWHC 339 (Fam) · 2025 · cited 4 times
C (A Child) (Recognition of Nigerian Adoption), Re[2025] EWHC 204 (Fam) · 2025 · cited 3 times
H (Anonymous Surrogacy), Re[2025] EWHC 220 (Fam) · 2025 · cited 3 times
M v F (Art 13 Thresholds Not Met)[2025] EWHC 2629 (Fam) · 2025 · cited 3 times
S v F & Anor[2025] EWHC 439 (Fam) · 2025 · cited 3 times
K (Children) (Application for return orders: Concurrent asylum claims), Re[2025] EWHC 450 (Fam) · 2025 · cited 3 times
HA v EN[2025] EWHC 48 (Fam) · 2025 · cited 3 times
ED v MG[2025] EWHC 1876 (Fam) · 2025 · cited 2 times
Re V (Profound Disabilities)[2025] EWHC 200 (Fam) · 2025 · cited 2 times
J (A Child) (Withdrawal of Ventilation, Re[2025] EWHC 2247 (Fam) · 2025 · cited 2 times
Karima Gadekrab Elsayed Mahmoud v Daniel Glanville & Anor (No2) (Pro Bono Costs Order)[2025] EWHC 2395 (Fam) · 2025 · cited 2 times
HF, KF and LF (Children) (Habitual Residence), Re[2025] EWHC 3306 (Fam) · 2025 · cited 2 times
G (A Child) (Jurisdiction: Habitual Residence following Lawful Relocation), Re[2025] EWHC 911 (Fam) · 2025 · cited 2 times
Mr K & Anor v Mr Z & Anor[2025] EWHC 927 (Fam) · 2025 · cited 2 times
Karima Gadekrab Elsayed Mahmoud v Daniel Glanville & Anor[2025] EWHC 1064 (Fam) · 2025 · cited 1 time
D v E[2025] EWHC 1172 (Fam) · 2025 · cited 1 time
A Local Authority v LB & Ors[2025] EWHC 1264 (Fam) · 2025 · cited 1 time
Birmingham Women’s and Children’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust v KB & Ors[2025] EWHC 1292 (Fam) · 2025 · cited 1 time
N v N (Expert Evidence on Gender Affirming Treatment)[2025] EWHC 1325 (Fam) · 2025 · cited 1 time
AB and CD (Children) (No 2) (1980 Hague Child Abduction Convention: Joinder; Set Aside), Re[2025] EWHC 1463 (Fam) · 2025 · cited 1 time
A (A Child) (Appeal: Finding of Rape), Re[2025] EWHC 1500 (Fam) · 2025 · cited 1 time
ND v K[2025] EWHC 1548 (Fam) · 2025 · cited 1 time
C (A Child) (Appeal: Fact-finding: Domestic Abuse), Re[2025] EWHC 1648 (Fam) · 2025 · cited 1 time
CB (Habitual Residence: Child Born and Present Abroad), Re[2025] EWHC 1712 (Fam) · 2025 · cited 1 time
M (Nationality Based Jurisdiction), Re[2025] EWHC 1821 (Fam) · 2025 · cited 1 time
K (A Child) (Setting Aside 1980 Hague Convention Return Order), Re[2025] EWHC 210 (Fam) · 2025 · cited 1 time
F v L & Ors[2025] EWHC 2190 (Fam) · 2025 · cited 1 time
H (A Child) (Appeal: Child Maintenance), Re[2025] EWHC 2361 (Fam) · 2025 · cited 1 time
YV (No1) (Adoption; Notification of Relatives; Kazakhstan), Re[2025] EWHC 2482 (Fam) · 2025 · cited 1 time
X (A Child) (Husband of Child’s Mother: Declaration of No Parental Responsibility), Re[2025] EWHC 2542 (Fam) · 2025 · cited 1 time
A (A Child) (Abduction from Pakistan), Re[2025] EWHC 2637 (Fam) · 2025 · cited 1 time
A (A Child) (Non-Notification of Father with PR), Re[2025] EWHC 2696 (Fam) · 2025 · cited 1 time
XX v XX[2025] EWHC 2756 (Fam) · 2025 · cited 1 time
S v London Borough of Islington (Application to Prevent Vaccination)[2025] EWHC 2780 (Fam) · 2025 · cited 1 time
J (A child) (Surrogacy: Adoption Order), Re[2025] EWHC 2960 (Fam) · 2025 · cited 1 time
TS v AS & Ors (Art 21 Findings of Fact)[2025] EWHC 3169 (Fam) · 2025 · cited 1 time
D (Contempt: Breach), Re[2025] EWHC 3190 (Fam) · 2025 · cited 1 time
G v L (Return Order)[2025] EWHC 3340 (Fam) · 2025 · cited 1 time
Fisayo Olaoluwa Awolowo v Olusegun Samuel Awolowo & Anor[2025] EWHC 3346 (Fam) · 2025 · cited 1 time
C (A Child) (Abduction: Grave Risk: Asylum Claim: Child’s objections), Re[2025] EWHC 3461 (Fam) · 2025 · cited 1 time
A Father v A Mother[2025] EWHC 364 (Fam) · 2025 · cited 1 time
C (A Child) (Life-saving Medical Treatment), Re[2025] EWHC 413 (Fam) · 2025 · cited 1 time
CB (Financial Remedies: Antisuit injunction), Re[2025] EWHC 427 (Fam) · 2025 · cited 1 time
P & Anor v S v Anor[2025] EWHC 468 (Fam) · 2025 · cited 1 time
A (A Child) (Abduction: Adjournment following Refusal of Legal Aid), Re[2025] EWHC 484 (Fam) · 2025 · cited 1 time
F (a Minor) (Permission to appeal), Re[2025] EWHC 638 (Fam) · 2025 · cited 1 time
C (A Child: International Relocation), Re[2025] EWHC 764 (Fam) · 2025 · cited 1 time
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust v PP[2025] EWHC 783 (Fam) · 2025 · cited 1 time
S and T (Children: Return to Italy), Re [2025] EWHC 835 (Fam) · 2025 · cited 1 time
GM v VB[2025] EWHC 857 (Fam) · 2025 · cited 1 time
Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust v MC[2025] EWHC 920 (Fam) · 2025 · cited 1 time
B (Adoption Assessment), Re[2025] EWHC 103 (Fam) · 2025
FC v MS[2025] EWHC 1030 (Fam) · 2025
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust v ZG & Ors[2025] EWHC 1042 (Fam) · 2025
THR v WAT[2025] EWHC 1125 (Fam) · 2025
A Local Authority v M & Ors[2025] EWHC 1132 (Fam) · 2025
RE v RL[2025] EWHC 1176 (Fam) · 2025
G v B[2025] EWHC 1222 (Fam) · 2025
G (No 2) (A Child: Return from USA), Re[2025] EWHC 1224 (Fam) · 2025
A Child, Re (Schedule 1, 1989 Act; Variation)[2025] EWHC 1254 (Fam) · 2025
J v K & Anor[2025] EWHC 1268 (Fam) · 2025
JT v RL & Anor[2025] EWHC 1335 (Fam) · 2025
M v A (No 2: Application to Set Aside Return Order)[2025] EWHC 1344 (Fam) · 2025
EC-D & Anor v GH & Anor[2025] EWHC 1403 (Fam) · 2025
C (A Child: Summary Return to Pakistan), Re[2025] EWHC 1427 (Fam) · 2025
P (A Child) (Financial Provision: s 423 Insolvency Act 1986), Re[2025] EWHC 1460 (Fam) · 2025
Mr & Mrs T v IM & Ors[2025] EWHC 1470 (Fam) · 2025
Liverpool City Council v A & Ors[2025] EWHC 1474 (Fam) · 2025
X & Anor v LB of Hillingdon & Ors (Transparency: Restrictions on Disclosure of Information by Parties)[2025] EWHC 1525 (Fam) · 2025
X, Y, Z, Re (Children) (Summary Return to Nigeria)[2025] EWHC 1587 (Fam) · 2025
Y (The Father) v Y (The Mother) (Child Abduction and Custody Act 1985, Re)[2025] EWHC 1598 (Fam) · 2025
TF v SF[2025] EWHC 1659 (Fam) · 2025
S and T (Children: Return to Italy) (No.2), Re[2025] EWHC 1685 (Fam) · 2025
N (A Child) (Deprivation of Liberty Orders), Re[2025] EWHC 1690 (Fam) · 2025
W v X[2025] EWHC 1696 (Fam) · 2025
F v M (Abduction: Settlement: Grave Risk)[2025] EWHC 1713 (Fam) · 2025
R & Anor v Shropshire Council & Anor[2025] EWHC 1791 (Fam) · 2025
ZA v YB (Appeal: Extending s91(14) Order: Unfair Procedure)[2025] EWHC 1869 (Fam) · 2025
T v H[2025] EWHC 1875 (Fam) · 2025
AB v B & Anor[2025] EWHC 1891 (Fam) · 2025
David Marcus Isaacs v Michael Anthony Green & Ors[2025] EWHC 1951 (Fam) · 2025
G, Re (A Child)[2025] EWHC 1974 (Fam) · 2025
Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council v M & Ors[2025] EWHC 1977 (Fam) · 2025
Guy’s and St. Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust v J (a Minor) & Ors[2025] EWHC 1988 (Fam) · 2025
HK v NK (No 2)[2025] EWHC 2003 (Fam) · 2025
Birmingham Women’s and Children’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust v KB & Ors[2025] EWHC 2032 (Fam) · 2025
London Borough of X v Mrs Z & Anor[2025] EWHC 2040 (Fam) · 2025
Daniel Hesketh (Contempt in the Face of the Court), Re[2025] EWHC 2067 (Fam) · 2025
A Local Authority v Mother & Ors[2025] EWHC 2078 (Fam) · 2025
Warwickshire County Council v BN & Ors[2025] EWHC 2080 (Fam) · 2025
The Trust v Z and Others (Withdrawal of Medical Treatment)[2025] EWHC 2100 (Fam) · 2025
The Mother v KN & Anor[2025] EWHC 2119 (Fam) · 2025
The Father v The Mother & Ors[2025] EWHC 2135 (Fam) · 2025
B (A Child) (Abduction: Acquiescence: Article 13(b)), Re[2025] EWHC 2144 (Fam) · 2025
ER v NT (Need for fact finding hearing)[2025] EWHC 2146 (Fam) · 2025
AA (Mother) v XX (Father)[2025] EWHC 2165 (Fam) · 2025
J v K[2025] EWHC 2175 (Fam) · 2025
YM v ML[2025] EWHC 2219 (Fam) · 2025
Jake (a child), Re[2025] EWHC 2230 (Fam) · 2025
W v M[2025] EWHC 2245 (Fam) · 2025
A Father v A Mother & Ors (Appeal) (Child Arrangements and Non-Molestation Orders)[2025] EWHC 229 (Fam) · 2025
KN v KR & Anor[2025] EWHC 2338 (Fam) · 2025
HA v EN[2025] EWHC 2436 (Fam) · 2025
Y v E (Reasons for Departing from Cafcass Recommendation)[2025] EWHC 2437 (Fam) · 2025
A Father v A Mother & Ors[2025] EWHC 2464 (Fam) · 2025
YV (No 2)(Kinship Carer; Child Arrangements Order; Kazakhstan), Re[2025] EWHC 2483 (Fam) · 2025
LGL v MC[2025] EWHC 2502 (Fam) · 2025
AB and CD (Children) (No 3), Re[2025] EWHC 2508 (Fam) · 2025
DC v DC[2025] EWHC 2572 (Fam) · 2025
H (A Child) (Appeal: Costs), Re[2025] EWHC 2595 (Fam) · 2025
H v M[2025] EWHC 2647 (Fam) · 2025
RT v GT[2025] EWHC 2670 (Fam) · 2025
EF v EF[2025] EWHC 2672 (Fam) · 2025
W v Gender Recognition Panel[2025] EWHC 2685 (Fam) · 2025
H (A Child) (Refusal of Relocation to UAE), Re[2025] EWHC 2691 (Fam) · 2025
MP (A Child; Habitual Residence), Re[2025] EWHC 2723 (Fam) · 2025
G (A Child) (Abduction: Poland), Re[2025] EWHC 2752 (Fam) · 2025
Local Authority v C & Anor[2025] EWHC 2753 (Fam) · 2025
Z v Z[2025] EWHC 276 (Fam) · 2025
Q (A Child) (Withdrawal of Treatment), Re[2025] EWHC 2782 (Fam) · 2025
Z, Re (A Child) (Inherent Jurisdiction: Stranding: Significant Harm)[2025] EWHC 281 (Fam) · 2025
H v M (No. 1)[2025] EWHC 2817 (Fam) · 2025
S (Wardship: Removal to Ghana rehearing), Re[2025] EWHC 2836 (Fam) · 2025
Noah Silberschmidt v Nanette Richards[2025] EWHC 2841 (Fam) · 2025
Times Media Limited v Rayner (Costs)[2025] EWHC 2878 (Fam) · 2025
London Borough of Barking and Dagenham v Mother & Ors [2025] EWHC 2889 (Fam) · 2025
Q and R (Children) (Abduction: Article 13(b)), Re[2025] EWHC 2912 (Fam) · 2025
G v K[2025] EWHC 2961 (Fam) · 2025
NI v AD[2025] EWHC 2997 (Fam) · 2025
R (Adoption of Foreign National Child), Re[2025] EWHC 3032 (Fam) · 2025
Blackpool Borough Council v HM & Ors[2025] EWHC 3076 (Fam) · 2025
KRM v VWT[2025] EWHC 3082 (Fam) · 2025
X Local Authority v M & Ors[2025] EWHC 3088 (Fam) · 2025
Y (Child Abduction; Habitual Residence; Grave Risk; Ukraine), Re[2025] EWHC 3123 (Fam) · 2025
C v D[2025] EWHC 3131 (Fam) · 2025
Barts Health NHS Trust v MC & Anor[2025] EWHC 3140 (Fam) · 2025
R v R[2025] EWHC 3180 (Fam) · 2025
Liverpool City Council v VT & Ors[2025] EWHC 3215 (Fam) · 2025
V (A Child) (Abduction: Return following Interim Removal from Taking Parent), Re[2025] EWHC 323 (Fam) · 2025
LM (A Child) (Interim Welfare Arrangements)[2025] EWHC 3243 (Fam) · 2025
St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust v ZT & Anor[2025] EWHC 3273 (Fam) · 2025
VW (Looked After Child: SMT: Need for Application), Re[2025] EWHC 3298 (Fam) · 2025
F (A Child) (Medical treatment), Re[2025] EWHC 3311 (Fam) · 2025
FZ v MZ[2025] EWHC 3338 (Fam) · 2025
A Local Authority v T & Ors[2025] EWHC 334 (Fam) · 2025
RS and TU (Children: Return Order to Zimbabwe), Re[2025] EWHC 3352 (Fam) · 2025
Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council v AZM & Anor[2025] EWHC 3366 (Fam) · 2025
VW and XY (Children: Return Order to Romania), Re[2025] EWHC 3377 (Fam) · 2025
S (A Child) (Relocation and Change of Residence), Re[2025] EWHC 3453 (Fam) · 2025
RA v PK[2025] EWHC 3456 (Fam) · 2025
D (Contempt: Sentencing), Re[2025] EWHC 3475 (Fam) · 2025
A Local Authority v A Mother & Ors[2025] EWHC 3498 (Fam) · 2025
A Father v A Mother[2025] EWHC 3546 (Fam) · 2025
AA v BB & Anor[2025] EWHC 3557 (Fam) · 2025
AB v BA[2025] EWHC 3562 (Fam) · 2025
Z (Abduction: Re-hearing After Set Aside), Re[2025] EWHC 3564 (Fam) · 2025
A Mother v A Father[2025] EWHC 3567 (Fam) · 2025
AA and BB (Children: Return Order: Dubai), Re[2025] EWHC 358 (Fam) · 2025
T v S[2025] EWHC 3581 (Fam) · 2025
Guys & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust v MB & Ors[2025] EWHC 360 (Fam) · 2025
Cheshire West and Chester Council v X & Ors[2025] EWHC 3628 (Fam) · 2025
Varsha Bhadresh Gohil v Bhadresh Babulal Gohil & Ors[2025] EWHC 3646 (Fam) · 2025
E, Z, D, V (Welfare), Re[2025] EWHC 378 (Fam) · 2025
The London Borough of Brent v A & Ors[2025] EWHC 44 (Fam) · 2025
K (Children) (No 2) (Application for return orders: Best interests decision), Re[2025] EWHC 451 (Fam) · 2025
Holly, Re[2025] EWHC 465 (Fam) · 2025
E v O[2025] EWHC 500 (Fam) · 2025
A Borough Council v C & Ors[2025] EWHC 508 (Fam) · 2025
Derby City Council v The Mother & Ors[2025] EWHC 510 (Fam) · 2025
London Borough of Barnet v FW & Ors [2025] EWHC 570 (Fam) · 2025
F v M[2025] EWHC 621 (Fam) · 2025
LA v M & Ors[2025] EWHC 630 (Fam) · 2025
FN v AM[2025] EWHC 661 (Fam) · 2025
DE v FG[2025] EWHC 666 (Fam) · 2025
DE & Anor v TE & Ors[2025] EWHC 687 (Fam) · 2025
Elena Klein v Cripps Trust Corporation Limited & Anor[2025] EWHC 688 (Fam) · 2025
V v I[2025] EWHC 717 (Fam) · 2025
O v P & Anor (No.2)[2025] EWHC 718 (Fam) · 2025
X v Y[2025] EWHC 727 (Fam) · 2025
M v F & Ors[2025] EWHC 728 (Fam) · 2025
NE v EN[2025] EWHC 729 (Fam) · 2025
Re: QX (Parental Consent for Deprivation of liberty: Children under 16) [2025] EWHC 745 (Fam) · 2025
AF v AM[2025] EWHC 799 (Fam) · 2025
A Local Authority v The Mother & Ors[2025] EWHC 810 (Fam) · 2025
The Mother v The Father[2025] EWHC 826 (Fam) · 2025
FB v KS[2025] EWHC 827 (Fam) · 2025
VB v JG[2025] EWHC 840 (Fam) · 2025
B & Anor v A Local Authority & Ors[2025] EWHC 856 (Fam) · 2025
S (A Child): Refusal of Summary Return to UAE, Re[2025] EWHC 892 (Fam) · 2025
A Local Authority v X (Mother) & Anor[2025] EWHC 900 (Fam) · 2025
Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council v Mother & Ors (Lay Advocates; Article 6)[2025] EWHC 929 (Fam) · 2025
P & Anor v S & Anor [2025] EWHC 944 (Fam) · 2025
V v V & Anor[2025] EWHC 945 (Fam) · 2025