The Hague Convention concepts are not to be applied in a non-Convention case.
Citations:
[1997] Fam 45
Statutes:
Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Citing:
Approved – Re L (Minors) (Wardship: Jurisdiction) CA 1974
The court summarised the principles as to the return of a child to a foreign country without conducting a full investigation of the merits: ‘To take a child from his native land, to remove him to another country where, maybe, his native tongue is . .
Cited by:
Cited – Re J (A Child), Re (Child returned abroad: Convention Rights); (Custody Rights: Jurisdiction) HL 16-Jun-2005
The parents had married under shariah law. They left the US to return to the father’s home country Saudi Arabia. They parted, and the mother brought their son to England against the father’s wishes and in breach of an agreement. The father sought . .
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Children
Updated: 30 April 2022; Ref: scu.228369
