May 1, 2026
In the matter of X and Y [2026] UKSC 13: the end of the “inherent jurisdiction” myth in adoption law
For more than a decade, family practitioners have operated under the comfortable assumption – tracing itself through a line of first instance decisions beginning with Bodey J’s judgment in Re W (Inherent Jurisdiction: Permission Application: Revocation and Adoption Order) [2013] EWHC 1957 (Fam) and crystallised by Sir James Munby P...




