Whether to make, on the application of the Mother (‘M’), an anti-suit injunction against the Father (‘F’) requiring him to discontinue Nigerian proceedings pursued by him in respect of the parties’ three children in circumstances where Lieven J determined after a contested hearing that (i) the courts of this country have jurisdiction over the children by reason of their habitual residence, (ii) England and Wales, rather than Nigeria, is the natural forum and (iii) the English court is substantively seized of ongoing proceedings concerning wardship and the welfare of the children.
Mr Justice Peel
[2021] EWHC 956 (Fam), [2021] WLR(D) 221, [2021] 4 WLR 67
Bailii, WLRD
England and Wales
Children
Updated: 25 December 2021; Ref: scu.663789