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Judgment, published: 30/12/2010

Items referring to this

• IB v MM [2015] EWHC 1502 (Fam)
  Father's application pursuant to the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of Child Abduction 1980 for summary return of the child to Germany where she was born. Application dismissed Judgment, 27/05/2015, free
• C v V [2016] EWHC 559 (Fam)
  Hague wrongful retention case brought by a mother living in Spain against a father living in England. Judgment, 18/03/2016, free
• L (Grave Risk of Harm) (Child's Objections) [2015] EWHC 3300 (Fam)
  The mother's argument, that a summary return of the child to Bulgaria would expose him to a grave risk of physical or psychological harm, or otherwise place him in an intolerable situation, was rejected. The child did object to returning to Bulgaria, but despite this the court concluded that he should be returned; accordingly the father's application for summary return under the Hague Convention succeeded. Judgment, 16/11/2015, free
• LC (Children) (No 2) [2014] UKSC 1
  Appeal against the Court of Appeal's ruling that 4 children, whose mother had taken them to her home country of Spain, had become habitually resident in Spain from that date. Despite the Court of Appeal's conclusion that the older child T should not be the subject of an order for return to Spain, the reversal of the judge’s ascription to them of a habitual residence in Spain on 5 January 2013 was necessary, for that would preclude any order of the Spanish court under article 11(8) of B2R. There was a subsidiary appeal against the refusal to allow T to be a party to proceedings. The Supreme Court allowed both grounds of appeal and reluctantly remitted the matter back to the High Court to decide whether any or all of the four children were habitually resident in Spain on 5 January 2013. If it turns out that any or all of the three boys were, it will also have to be decided whether to return them to Spain when their older sister, T, or any of their brothers, is not to return will place them in an intolerable situation. Judgment, 21/01/2014, free
• TP (A Child) [2015] EWHC 2551 (Fam)
  Proceedings brought by mother under the Hague Child Abduction Convention 1980 seeking the return of her son, who had lived most of his life in France, to the jurisdiction of France. The judge exercised his discretion by refusing to order the return on the grounds of the child's objections. Judgment, 11/09/2015, free
• X v Y and Z Police Force and A, B, C [2012] EWHC 2838 (Fam)
  Judgment, 18/11/2012, free