Dawson v Wearmouth

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
JudgeLORD SLYNN OF HADLEY,LORD MACKAY OF CLASHFERN,LORD JAUNCEY OF TULLICHETTLE,LORD CLYDE,LORD HOBHOUSE OF WOODBOROUGH
Judgment Date25 March 1999
Judgment citation (vLex)[1999] UKHL J0325-1
Date25 March 1999
CourtHouse of Lords
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29 cases
  • H & B (1st & 2nd Applicants) v S (1st Respondent) M (A Child) (by her Children' Guardian) (2nd Respondent)
    • United Kingdom
    • Family Court
    • 30 April 2015
    ...order. 13 In determining whether the child's surname should be changed I have applied the law as confirmed by the House of Lords in Dawson v Wearmouth [1999] 1 FLR 1167, HL and summarised by Lady Justice Butler-Sloss in Re W, Re A, Re B (Change of Name) [1999] 2 FLR 930 namely i) each case ......
  • W (Children)
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 20 August 2013
    ...permission to appeal the order for the change of one of D's middle names on the basis the judge had not considered the principles in Dawson v Wearmouth [1999] 2 AC 308. I do not propose to rehearse the detailed bases upon which I refused permission, which can be found at [2013] EWCA Civ 735......
  • Re X and Y (Leave to Remove from Jurisdiction: No Order Principle)
    • United Kingdom
    • Family Division
    • Invalid date
  • Re H (Children) (Residence Order: Condition)
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 30 July 2001
    ...11 at page 430 in the report, were dicta in the House of Lords in the Scottish case of S v M (Access Order) 1 FLR 980, and the case of Dawson v Wearmouth [1999] AC 308. But I do not consider that these dicta will bear the weight of the edifice that Munby J sought to build on them. In reloca......
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3 books & journal articles
  • Parental Responsibility
    • United Kingdom
    • Wildy Simmonds & Hill Child Care and Protection Law and Practice - 6th Edition Contents
    • 29 August 2019
    ...without an order of the court. See Re PK, Re A, and Re B (Change of Name) [1999] 2 FLR 930 and the House of Lords in Dawson v Wearmouth [1999] 1 FLR 1167, but note joint registration of birth at para 3.4.3. Also consider the case of F v F [2007] EWHC 2543 (Fam), [2008] 1 FLR 20 Child Care a......
  • Essential Daily Guidance for Proceedings Concerning Children
    • United Kingdom
    • Wildy Simmonds & Hill The Single Family Court: a Practitioner's Handbook - 2nd Edition Contents
    • 30 August 2017
    ...website, www.icca.ac.uk/youth-justice-advocacy), and Guidelines for Judges Meeting 29 Dawson v Wearmouth [1997] 2 FLR 629, CA, but note [1999] 1 FLR 1167, HL; Re C (Change of Surname) [1998] 2 FLR 656, CA; Re W, Re A, Re B (Change of Name) [1999] 2 FLR 930; Re T (Change of Surname) [1998] 2......
  • Other Orders available to the Court in Family Proceedings
    • United Kingdom
    • Wildy Simmonds & Hill Child Care and Protection Law and Practice - 6th Edition Contents
    • 29 August 2019
    ...back to it for a decision. An example is an application to stop a child being known by a different surname, as in Dawson v Wearmouth [1999] 1 FLR 1167. 13.5 Residence (living with) A child arrangements order regulating residence means an order settling the arrangements to be made as to the ......

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