21 Aug 2009
S V I HC HAM CIV 2009-419-139
- Citation
- openlaw-6a07d247_af8f_408e_86ba_a4b2c8be7e0b.pdf
- Court
- High Court
The High Court allowed the appeal, set aside the Family Court costs order and held that, in light of the substantive appellate findings by Keane J which undermined key factual bases relied on by the Family Court judge, the threshold of 'exceptional circumstances' under s40 Legal Services Act 2000 was not established; accordingly there was no jurisdiction to make the s40(5) costs specification and no order for costs in the Family Court.
- Care of children act 2004
- Costs
- Legal services act 2000 s40
- Guardianship
- International child abduction (hague convention)