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CT against DT (Sheriff Court Civil) [2026] SCAIR 3 (18 November 2025)
A Scottish sheriff granted the mother residence of three children, refused direct contact to the father because of proven abuse, and allowed limited email contact.
PK against SK (Sheriff Court Civil) [2025] SCHAM 61 (12 August 2025)
The sheriff varied a child contact order to nil after finding the child’s and mother’s opposition created an insuperable barrier to contact.
CO against TL (Sheriff Appeal Court Civil) [2025] SACCIV 20 (17 July 2025)
Appeal refused in a child residence and relocation dispute. The court upheld orders allowing the child to live with the father in Denmark and rejected errors of law and fact.
TOMMY LEE CRUICKSHANKS AGAINST GLASGOW CITY COUNCIL [2024] ScotCS CSOH_35 (26 March 2024)
The Court of Session allowed proof before answer in a damages claim over a child’s death in kinship care, finding factual issues on duty, vicarious liability, and causation.
R AGAINST S [2024] ScotCS CSOH_21 (28 February 2024)
The court granted the mother residence and permission to relocate two young children from Scotland to Australia, and refused the father's contact request for now.
PETITION OF HIGHLAND COUNCIL FOR A PERMANENCE ORDER RE THE CHILD A [2022] ScotSAC Civ 22 (12 July 2022)
The Sheriff Appeal Court affirmed a permanence order for Child A, holding that the child’s welfare required the order and removal of the parents’ rights.
City of Wolverhampton Council v The Lord Advocate & Anor [2021] ScotCS CSIH_69 (23 December 2021)
The Court of Session authorized a vulnerable child's cross-border placement in Scotland for three months and discussed interim safeguards pending legislation.
APPEAL BY BFH AGAINST SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT FOR JUDICIAL REVIEW [2021] ScotCS CSIH_51 (05 October 2021)
The Inner House allowed a reclaiming motion, holding that a child-return application was not academic despite the child’s grant of asylum.
MR H AGAINST MRS W [2021] ScotCS CSOH_97 (01 October 2021)
A Scottish relocation dispute over two children with refugee status, where the father sought their return to Dubai and the mother sought to keep them in Scotland.
AH AGAINST SH [2021] ScotCS CSOH_71 (16 July 2021)
The court refused a relocation application to England, but made residence and contact orders, and declined specific issue orders on schooling.
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