The Society was seeking an Order of Crown
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Not exact matches
There is some authority that by starting the welfare checklist
with the issue of the child's wishes and feelings, the intention was to give s 1 (3)(a) greater weight (see the Court of Appeal decision in Re P (minors)(
wardship)[1992] 2 FCR 681).
There is no such thing as a care order for adults and the jurisdiction is not to be equated
with the jurisdiction of family courts under the Children Act 1989 or the
wardship jurisdiction of the High Court (para 24).
The appellant mother appealed a Crown
wardship order in respect of three of her children, arguing that she had been inadequately represented by her trial counsel and that the children should have been placed
with the maternal grandmother (who was herself, at the time of trial, involved in ongoing proceedings
with child protection authorities vis - a-vis her own children).
She has experience in a wide range of contentious family issues including private children law encompassing the full range of Section 8 Children Act applications and others
with international elements, such as permanent removal of children from the jurisdiction,
wardship and child abduction.
Simran also deals
with complex applications under the High Court's inherent jurisdiction and
wardship cases and has represented clients in cases where s removals have been successfully prevented to a number of countries including Russia, Egypt, Turkey and Colombia.
Simran is a member of Law Society's Family Law Advanced Accreditation Scheme
with a specialism in child abduction and
wardship and violence in the home.
A civil Court which consists of three divisions: - i) Queen's Bench (can be known as King's Bench Division if a King is assuming the throne)- civil disputes for recovery of money, including breach of contract, personal injuries, libel / slander; ii) Family - concerned
with matrimonial maters and proceedings relating to children, e.g.
wardship; iii) Chancery - property matters including fraud and bankruptcy