The Judge held that a local authority with a care order could, in certain circumstances, decide to arrange and consent to a child in its care being vaccinated for Covid-19 and/or the winter flu virus notwithstanding the objections of the child's parents.
The Family Division dismissed the father's application under the exercise of the parens patriae jurisdiction to require the mother and the grandmother to return the daughter to the UK and for him to have substantial contact with the child.
The Court of Appeal refused permission to appeal against the decision of the Family Division dismissing the adult son’s application for financial orders against his parents under s 27 of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973, s 15 and Sch 1 of the Children Act 1989 and under the inherent jurisdiction.
The Family Division made the order sought by the wife, namely that the period prescribed by s 4 of the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 for the making of an application for an order under I(PFD)A 1975, s 2, in relation to her deceased husband’s estate, be extended by five months.
The Family Court accepted the local authority's claim that the English courts had jurisdiction under art 5 of the Hague Convention 1996 to make orders under Part IV of the Children Act 1989 in respect of a non-British boy (K), originally from Gabon, based on K’s habitual residence in England and Wales.