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ZH (Tanzania) v Secretary of State for The Home Department: SC 1 Feb 2011

The respondent had arrived and claimed asylum. Three claims were rejected, two of which were fraudulent. She had two children by a UK citizen, and if deported the result would be (the father being unsuitable) that the children would have to return with her. Held: The mother’s appeal succeeded. The court had to consider the … Continue reading ZH (Tanzania) v Secretary of State for The Home Department: SC 1 Feb 2011

A (A Child) (Abduction: Jurisdiction: 1996 Hague Convention): FD 10 Mar 2021

Father’s application dated 18th August 2020 under the 1996 Hague Convention on Jurisdiction, Applicable Law, Recognition, Enforcement in Respect of Parental Responsibility and Measures for the Protection of Children (‘the 1996 Hague Convention’) that jurisdiction be transferred to Switzerland pursuant to Article 8 of that Convention where the parties’ child is currently living with her … Continue reading A (A Child) (Abduction: Jurisdiction: 1996 Hague Convention): FD 10 Mar 2021

Re KP (A Child) (Abduction: Rights of Custody): CA 1 May 2014

F applied for an order for the return to Malta of the couple’s daughter. M appealed saying that the judge had erred when meeting the daughter having gone beyond the permitted limits. The daughter had objected to being returned, but the judge had decided that she was ambivalent about the return. Held: Moore-Bick, Black, McFarlane … Continue reading Re KP (A Child) (Abduction: Rights of Custody): CA 1 May 2014

SP (Father) v EB (Mother) and Another: FD 26 Nov 2014

Judgment on the applicant father’s application for an order that his daughter Kate, who is now aged 14, be returned forthwith to Malta pursuant to Article 12 of the Hague Convention on the International Aspects of Child Abduction 1980, as incorporated domestically by the Child Abduction and Custody Act 1985. Held: Mostyn J said: ‘there … Continue reading SP (Father) v EB (Mother) and Another: FD 26 Nov 2014

AR, Re An Order Under The Child Abduction and Custody Act 1985: SCS 14 Nov 2014

(Extra Division, Inner House – Opinion of Lord Malcolm) – appeal in application for order of return of two children to their father in France. The partis disputed whether Scotland had become habitually resident in Scotland, and also whether the father had consented to their removal to Scotland. Held: The Lord ordinary granted the appeal … Continue reading AR, Re An Order Under The Child Abduction and Custody Act 1985: SCS 14 Nov 2014

Re P and O (Child Abduction: Anticipatory Breach): FD 10 Nov 2016

M and children had come back to England from Australia, and had F’s consent to stay for another year. She then applied for British Citizenship for the children without F’s knowledge. F now sought their return. Held: The children had become habitually resident in the UK. There was no concept of repudiatory retention known to … Continue reading Re P and O (Child Abduction: Anticipatory Breach): FD 10 Nov 2016

Re B (A Minor : Habitual Residence): FD 24 Aug 2016

Hayden J said: ‘In assessing whether a child has lost a pre-existing habitual residence and gained a new one, the court must weigh up the degree of connection which the child had with the state in which he resided before the move.’ Hayden J [2016] EWHC 2174 (Fam), [2016] 4 WLR 156, [2016] WLR(D) 471 … Continue reading Re B (A Minor : Habitual Residence): FD 24 Aug 2016

In Re C (Children): CA 12 Jul 2017

F appealed against refusal of an order requiring M to return their two children to Australia. Black, Sharp, Thirlwall LJJ [2017] EWCA Civ 980, [2018] 1 All ER 476, [2018] 1 FLR 186, [2017] 3 FCR 719, [2017] WLR(D) 479 Bailii, WLRD Child Abduction and Custody Act 1985 England and Wales Citing: Appeal from – … Continue reading In Re C (Children): CA 12 Jul 2017

Re C (Children): SC 14 Feb 2018

‘This appeal concerns the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction. It raises general questions relating to: (1) the place which the habitual residence of the child occupies in the scheme of that Convention, and (2) whether and when a wrongful retention of a child may occur if the travelling parent originally … Continue reading Re C (Children): SC 14 Feb 2018

In re S (Minors) (Abduction: Acquiescence): 1994

For the purposes of Article 13 of the Convention, the question whether the wronged parent has ‘acquiesced’ in the removal or retention of the child depends upon his actual state of mind of the parent: ‘the court is primarily concerned, not with the question of the other parent’s perception of the applicant’s conduct, but with … Continue reading In re S (Minors) (Abduction: Acquiescence): 1994

De L v H: FD 3 Dec 2009

Sir Mark Potter, the President of the Family Division [2009] EWHC 3074 (Fam), [2010] 1 FLR 1229, [2010] Fam Law 328 Bailii Child Abduction and Custody Act 1985, Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/2003 (B2R) England and Wales Children Updated: 12 December 2021; Ref: scu.381753

R v R: FD 29 Apr 2016

Proceedings under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction 1980 MacDonald J [2016] EWHC 1339 (Fam), [2016] Fam Law 1093, [2018] 1 WLR 350, [2017] 1 FLR 1750 Bailii Child Abduction and Custody Act 1985 England and Wales Children Updated: 06 December 2021; Ref: scu.566434

DL v EL (Hague Abduction Convention: effect of reversal of return order on appeal): FD 17 Jan 2013

F sought the return of his son K to the US. K had been brought here by M after a court order in the US,but the father subsequently appealed sucessfully, obtaining an order for K’s return. M said that the UK court had originally and correctly found K to be habitually resident in the UK, … Continue reading DL v EL (Hague Abduction Convention: effect of reversal of return order on appeal): FD 17 Jan 2013

In re J (a Minor) (Abduction: Custody rights): HL 1 Jul 1990

On 21 March 1990 the mother removed the child, aged two, from Australia, where he had been habitually resident, to England with the intention of permanently residing here. She did so without the knowledge of the father who also resided in Australia but who, not having been married to the mother, had at that time … Continue reading In re J (a Minor) (Abduction: Custody rights): HL 1 Jul 1990

AM v Local Authority and Another; Re B-M (Care Orders): CA 16 Mar 2009

The father sought leave to appeal against care orders made in respect of his three children. The family were Pakistani Pathan muslims. There had been disputes and violence within the extended family. One family member sought protection but was now alleged herself to be responsible for threats and violence. After a fire, the children were … Continue reading AM v Local Authority and Another; Re B-M (Care Orders): CA 16 Mar 2009

Re H, H v H (Child Abduction: Acquiescence): HL 10 Apr 1997

The mother and father were orthodox Jews. The mother brought the children to England from Israel against the father’s wishes. She said that he had acquiesced in their staying here by asking for them to be returned to Israel temporarily. The father responded that he had acted only to follow the edicts of the Beth … Continue reading Re H, H v H (Child Abduction: Acquiescence): HL 10 Apr 1997

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