G v G (Minors: Custody Appeal)

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
JudgeLord Fraser of Tullybelton,Lord Elwyn-Jones,Lord Diplock,Lord Edmund-Davies,Lord Bridge of Harwich
Judgment Date25 April 1985
Judgment citation (vLex)[1985] UKHL J0425-1
Date25 April 1985
CourtHouse of Lords
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1025 cases
  • B v T (Custody)
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 7 November 1988
    ...the learned President said this: 11 "All in all, the argument for the appellant is that, notwithstanding the effect of the leading case of G. v. G. which, of course, emphasises the importance of the discretion of the tribunal which has to decide these matters, there is a fundamental flaw in......
  • Whiting v Whiting
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 29 January 1988
    ...(formerly Satterthwaite) v. Satterthwaite (1948) 1 All E.R. 343 at page 345 was cited with approval by Lord Eraser of Tullybelton in G. v. G. (1985) 1 W.L.R. 647 at page 651: "It is, of course, not enough for the wife to establish that this court might, or would, have made a different orde......
  • The Mayor and Burgesses of the London Borough of Bromley v Persons Unknown
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 21 January 2020
    ...discretion when undertaking a proportionality analysis. The constraints inherent in such an exercise are apparent from: a) G v G (Minors: Custody Appeal) [1985] 1 WLR 647 at 642, where Lord Fraser of Tullybelton said: “The appellate court should only interfere when they consider that the j......
  • Basildon Borough Council v James
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Administrative Court)
    • 26 November 2015
    ...be subject to challenge unless their decisions " fall outside the range of reasonable responses". He relies on the House of Lords decision in G v G [1985] 1 WLR 647 and says that the District Judge should have approached this decision in the same way that an appellate court considers the ex......
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5 books & journal articles
  • Table of Cases
    • United Kingdom
    • Wildy Simmonds & Hill A Practitioner's Guide to Inheritance Act Claims 4th ed
    • 14 August 2023
    ...23, 27 Fullard (Deceased), Re [1982] Fam 42, [1981] 3 WLR 743, [1981] 2 All ER 796, CA 150–1, 225, 226 G v G (Minors: Custody Appeal) [1985] 1 WLR 647, [1985] 2 All ER 225, [1985] FLR 894, HL 350 xxii A Practitioner’s Guide to Inheritance Act Claims Garland v Morris [2007] EWHC 2 (Ch), [200......
  • 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
    ...instance for permission to appeal. 6 Piglowska v Piglowski [1999] UKHL 27, [1999] 1 WLR 1360. See also G v G (Minors: Custody Appeal) [1985] FLR 894. 7 P v P [2015] EWCA Civ 447. CHILDREN AND FAMILY COURT ADVISORY AND SUPPORT SERVICE (CAFCASS) ‘The voice of children in the family courts’, C......
  • The State as Parent: The Reluctant Parent? The Problems of Parents of Last Resort
    • United Kingdom
    • Wiley Journal of Law and Society No. 35-1, March 2008
    • 1 March 2008
    ...exercise discretion, their decisions cannot be overturned on appealunless no reasonable judge could have made the decision: G. v. G. [1985] F.L.R. 894HL.125 X. County Council v. B (Emergency Protection Order) [2005] 1 F.L.R. 341; Re X.(Emergency Protection Order) [2006] EWHC 510, and see Ma......
  • Appeals
    • United Kingdom
    • Wildy Simmonds & Hill A Practitioner's Guide to Inheritance Act Claims 4th ed
    • 14 August 2023
    ...the decision was plainly wrong since it ‘was outside the ambit within which a reasonable disagreement is possible’ (see G v G (Minors) [1985] 1 WLR 647). See, also, AEI Ltd v PPL [1999] 1 WLR 1507, where it was stated: Before the court can interfere it must be shown that the judge has eithe......
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