This appeal concerns the exercise by the court of its inherent jurisdiction in respect of a child who is a British national, historically called the parens patriae jurisdiction. The principal question is whether a Deputy High Court Judge, was right to order that a child aged 13, who has been living in Algeria for just over 12 years, should be brought to England so that ‘an assessment can be made in a place of safety as to her best interests and living arrangements’.
Lord Justice Moylan
[2020] EWCA Civ 922, [2020] WLR(D) 419
Bailii, WLRD
England and Wales
Children, International
Updated: 04 December 2021; Ref: scu.652573