Family Law Cases

Question 1

Case concerning legal personality/right of a fetes?

Answer 1

Vo v France

Question 2

Case concerning legal personality/child born alive considered as being born when unborn?

Answer 2

Elliot v Joicey

Question 3

2 cases concerning legal personality/claims for damages in respect of health?

Answer 3

Hamilton v Fife Health Board

McWilliamson v Ld Adv

Question 4

Case concerning legal personality/criminal liability for antenatal injury?

Answer 4

McCluskey v HMA

Question 5

Case concerning legal personality/child claim for wrongful life?

Answer 5

McKay v Essex Area Health Authority

Question 6

Case concerning legal personality/wrongful pregnancy?

Answer 6

McFarlane v Tayside Health Board

Question 7

Case concerning legal personality/wrongful birth?

Answer 7

McLelland v Greater Glasgow Health Board

Question 8

Case concerning article 3 of ECHR?

Answer 8

A v UK

Question 9

Case concerning article 6 of ECHR?

Answer 9

S v Miller

Question 10

2 cases concerning article 8 of ECHR?

Answer 10

Elsholz v Germany

White v White

Question 11

Case concerning children consenting to their own medical treatment?

Answer 11

Gillick v West Norfolk

Question 12

3 cases concerning children instructing a solicitor?

Answer 12

Fourman v Fourman
D v H
E v E

Question 13

Case concerning child’s right to be heard under article 12 un convention?

Answer 13

Shields v Shields

Question 14

2 cases concerning parenthood?

Answer 14

Whitehall v Whitehall

Torrie v Turner

Question 15

3 cases involving DNA etc court testing?

Answer 15

Docherty v Glinn
Petrie v Petrie
Smith v Greenhill

Question 16

Case involving surrogacy and same-sex partners?

Answer 16

C v S

Question 17

Case concerning the status quo principle in court orders?

Answer 17

Breingan v Jamieson

Question 18

Case concerning sexuality in court orders?

Answer 18

T v Petitioner?

Question 19

Case concerning race in court orders?

Answer 19

Osborne v Matan

Question 20

Case concerning welfare of the child?

Answer 20

White v White

Question 21

Case concerning child’s rights to be heard in court orders?

Answer 21

Shields v Shields

Question 22

2 cases concerning child confidentiality v right to a fair trial?

Answer 22

Dosoo v Dosoo

McGrath v McGrath

Question 23

Case concerning choice of name?

Answer 23

M v C

Question 24

Case concerning physical punishment of children?

Answer 24

A v UK

Question 25

3 cases concerning children as witnesses in court?

Answer 25

Rees v Lowe F v Kennedy T v T

Question 26

Case concerning legal aid in CHS?

Answer 26

S v Miller

Question 27

Case concerning aliment?

Answer 27

Higgins v Higgins

Question 28

3 cases concerning cohabitation?

Answer 28

M v I Gutcher v Butcher Gow v Grant

Question 29

2 cases concerning relevant date of separation in divorce/dissolution?

Answer 29

Carrick v Carrick | Buczynska v Buczynska

Question 30

2 cases concerning fair sharing?

Answer 30

Jacques v Jacques | Skarpaas v Skarpaas

Question 31

Case concerning property acquired before marriage?

Answer 31

Mitchell v Mitchell

Question 32

Case concerning the exception of gifts changing into matrimonial property?

Answer 32

Whittome v Whittome (1)

Question 33

Case concerning how taking fair account of economic advantage/disadvantage can be applied when there is no matrimonial property to share?

Answer 33

Dougan v Dougan

Question 34

Case concerning future effects?

Answer 34

Cahill v Cahill

Question 35

2 cases concerning spouses' contributions balancing out?

Answer 35

Welsh v Welsh | De Winton v De Winton

Question 36

Case concerning equal sharing of the burden of child care?

Answer 36

Morrison v Morrison

Question 37

Case concerning periodical allowance?

Answer 37

Gray

Question 38

Case concerning relief of serious financial hardship as a result of divorce?

Answer 38

Barclay v Barclay

Question 39

3 cases concerning agreements in separations?

Answer 39

McAfee v McAfee Short v Short Gillon v Gillon

Question 40

Case concerning aliment?

Answer 40

Park v Park

Question 41

4 cases concerning independent legal advice in private ordering?

Answer 41

McAfee v McAfee Gillon v Gillon 1 Gillon v Gillon 3 Worth v Worth

Question 42

Case concerning religion?

Answer 42

McKechnie v McKechnie