Re K (Children) [2016] EWCA Civ 99
19 February 2016
Judges: Geoffrey Vos, Eleanor King, Peregrine Simon
10 March 2016
Judge: Sheriff Aisha y Anwar
The Sheriff rejected the evidence of two competing experts, Professor MacKay and an unregulated psychologist called Mr Nee, who referred “at length” to attachment theory and parental alienation.
13 September 2016
Judge: Eleanor King
This was an appeal against a judgment by Clifford Bellamy. It led to a further appeal [2017] EWCA Civ 1579 heard by James Munby and Eleanor King in 2017.
Stuart Graham acted as a McKenzie friend for an “alienated” father in a case which focused on the use of covert recordings.
Judges: Andrew McFarlane, Keith Lindblom, Launcelot Henderson
Expert: Eia Asen
Appeal against a judgment by Michael Keehan - [2015] EWFC 535 - to transfer residence of the children from the father to the mother - appeal dismissed. Keehan found that the mother was a liar and was alienating the children from the father, who had taken a second wife without the prior knowledge of the mother.
[2016] CSOH 152 (Scotland)
28 October 2016
Judge: Lord Brailsford
Expert: Tommy MacKay