Scott J Halliday

Partner & Head of Family Law @Sintonslaw | Divorce/Finances/Children | ‘formidable’ & ‘Rolls Royce of family law’ in L500/Chambers |🏳️‍🌈 law&policy |Appeals|

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SA v TA (Relocation: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia) [2026] EWHC 756 (Fam): Application by father to relocate children to Saudi Arabia. Ordered that children remain living with their mother in the UK. S.91(14) barring order made until children reach 16. https://t.co/xIiB6AshBt

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A & B (Children), Re [2026] EWFC 57 (B): M's application for child arrangements order in relation to children living with father. Findings made against M, including domestic abuse. Ordered that children live with F and have indirect contact only with M. https://t.co/Heydeeo3C4

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AA & Ors, In the Matter Of [2026] EWHC 317 (Fam): 15 applications for declarations that it is lawful for gametes or embryos to continue to be stored and to be used where written consent to storage has expired. Declarations made in 14 cases. https://t.co/neUdjz8j8d

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LIN v PAR [2025] EWFC 401: Wife's financial remedies application, made 21 years after divorce, on the basis that an agreement reached at that time was vitiated by non-disclosure/undue pressure. Held that it was not, and all claims dismissed. https://t.co/1E5W5Z2CRr

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MH v FD [2025] EWFC 390 (22 October 2025): Application by mother for interim relief within Schedule 1 Children Act proceedings. Father ordered to make payments in relation to mother's costs and for interim maintenance. https://t.co/ywBWPm7Cb9

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A Mother v A Father (Internal relocation and costs in litigation misconduct) [2025] EWFC 274 (B) (10 July 2025): Proceedings concerning possible relocation of child with mother from Buckinghamshire to Northumberland. Relocation permitted. https://t.co/RDsXZCxSlY

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S (A Child) (Abduction: Article 13(b)), Re Neutral Citation Number [2025] EWCA Civ 1119: Appeal by M from order for summary return of child to Ireland. Appeal allowed, on basis that mother had established harm defence. F's return application dismissed. https://t.co/8pG9flZibt

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F v L & Ors [2025] EWHC 2190 (Fam) (20 August 2025): Application by father for summary return of child to Zimbabwe. Application dismissed, following finding that the father did not have rights of custody, pursuant to Article 3. https://t.co/tLdtyHaghz

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The Father v The Mother & Ors [2025] EWHC 2135 (Fam): F's applications to reopen fact finding judgment in 2021 by reason of his diagnosis of autism & for permission to make a further application for a CAO. Applications dismissed. https://t.co/O32sXFdL5n

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The Mother v KN & Anor [2025] EWHC 2119 (Fam): Long-running proceedings re child now aged 6. M's apps to remove F's PR, stop contact, & for s.91(14) order up to the child's 16th birthday. Applications granted, save that F to have once pa letterbox contact. https://t.co/8iISQi0aVc

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A, Re (No. 2) (Adoption) [2025] EWFC 213 (B) (11 July 2025):

Application by special guardian to adopt 12-year-old boy with complex medical and developmental needs. Application granted. https://t.co/JI3As7r8WF

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H v W (Xydhias Agreements) [2025] EWFC 163 (B): W's application that that H should show cause why a financial remedy order should not be made to reflect an agreement reached in correspondence. Held, the parties were bound by the terms of a WP offer by H. https://t.co/53O97ezXAM

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A, Re Child [2025] EWFC 227 (B) (04 July 2025): Fact-finding in child arrangements proceedings, concerning abuse allegations made by each party against the other. Found that both parties had been abusive to the other. https://t.co/aEOzEsowhs

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A and B (Children) (Strangulation: Risk Assessment), Re [2025] EWFC 230 (B) (25 July 2025): Child arrangements proceedings concerning 2 children who had witnessed their father strangling their mother. Ordered that F have fortnightly supervised contact. https://t.co/1ORJPUgOZJ

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BC v BC [2025] EWFC 236 (30 July 2025): Judgment within financial remedy proceedings holding that the husband was not entitled to refer to events which took place at a private FDR. https://t.co/XjYMszYtU0

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Y v Z [2025] EWFC 221 (04 June 2025): Financial remedies. Judgment permitting the wife to amend her case to rely on conduct, despite her having previously indicating that she was not advancing a case relying on allegations of conduct. https://t.co/2GBzOwOF4A

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T v H [2025] EWHC 1875 (Fam) (09 July 2025): Judgment within father's application for summary return of children from Poland, considering whether the court had jurisdiction to determine the application. Held that it does. https://t.co/0HsQhA2yWa

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CB (Habitual Residence: Child Born and Present Abroad), Re [2025] EWHC 1712 (Fam):
Application by M concerning child in the care of child protection authorities in Spain. Application dismissed, following finding that the court did not have jurisdiction. https://t.co/08tSLQcfAz

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EC-D & Anor v GH & Anor [2025] EWHC 1403 (Fam) (15 May 2025):
Private law proceedings involving the child's birth father and his husband, and the mother. Shared 'lives with' order made in favour of all adults. https://t.co/toWXUw0ffk

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K & Anor v Z & Anor [2025] EWHC 927 (Fam) (16 April 2025):
Application for parental order in relation to child born following surrogacy arrangement in USA. Parental order made. https://t.co/OamLQy0JDd