see also: Welfare reports
Case summary | Title | Reference |
| Abduction - Return order made under Hague Convention - Whether there is power temporarily to lift stay on domestic proceedings to make detailed provisions in a late hearing of any disputed welfare issues, including authorising a CAFCASS officer to visit the child abroad | RE EC (CHILD ABDUCTION: STAYED PROCEEDINGS) [Court of Appeal] | [2007] 1 F.L.R. 57 |
| Access - Court orders access to father - Such access to be suspended until welfare officer thinks it appropriate | Orford v Orford | (1980) 1 F.L.R. 260 |
| Contact - Court welfare officer expressing concerns regarding child's racial origin - Court refusing to accept welfare officer's recommendations | Re M (Section 94 Appeals) | [1995] 1 F.L.R. 546 |
| Contact - Interim order - Justices making order without assistance of welfare officer or hearing oral evidence | Re D (Contact: Interim Order) | [1995] 1 F.L.R. 495 |
| Family proceedings - Separate representation of child - Appointment of solicitor as alternative to court welfare officer | RE N (RESIDENCE: APPOINTMENT OF SOLICITOR: PLACEMENT WITH EXTENDED FAMILY) [Court of appeal] | [2001] 1 F.L.R. 1028 |
| Practice - Access and custody proceedings - Judge seeing court welfare officers privately before trial in absence of parties or their representatives | Re C (A Minor: Irregularity of Practice) | [1991] 2 F.L.R. 438 |
| Practice - Access proceedings - Practice of welfare officers requesting private interview with the judge before hearing concerning custody and access matters | Re B (A Minor) (Irregularity of Practice) | [1990] 1 F.L.R. 300 |
| Residence - Court welfare officer's recommendation - Judge's suspicion that welfare officer predisposed in favour of mothers | Re W (Residence) | [1999] 2 F.L.R. 390 |
| Residence - Parents' cross-applications - Magistrates taking different view from court welfare officer who did not give oral evidence | Re L (Residence: Justices' Reasons) | [1995] 2 F.L.R. 445 |
| Residence - Welfare officer's recommendation in father's favour - Mother relying on UN Declaration that child of tender years shall not, save in exceptional circumstances, be separated from its mother | Re A (Children: 1959 UN Declaration) | [1998] 1 F.L.R. 354 |
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