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- The judge in the High Court found that the father had not consented to the removal of the child from Morocco, which was wrongful, and that he had been habitually resident in Morocco before his removal. He ordered the mother to return the child to Morocco. The mother appealed to the Court of Appeal, which held that the English courts did not have jurisdiction under the 1996 Convention, or on any other basis, on the facts of this case. In cases where a child was habitually resident in another state, as in this case, jurisdiction only arose in cases of urgency under article 11. This was not such a case because the father could have made an immediate application to the Moroccan court for a return order. The Supreme Court unanimously allowed the appeal against this ruling, holding that it was open to the English courts to exercise the article 11 jurisdiction in cases of wrongful removal under the 1996 Convention, and it ordered that the case be returned to the High Court for a decision as to whether it was appropriate to do so in the circumstances of this case. Judgment, 25/11/2015, free
- Application by father under the Hague Child Abduction Convention 1980 for the return to Ukraine of his son. The child's summary return to Ukraine was ordered. Judgment, 21/11/2015, free
- 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
- Father withdrew his Hague Convention application for the return of his daughter to Spain after the mother, who was the abducting party, was found to be suffering significant mental ill health to the point where she had attempted suicide and it was feared that her health would worsen if she was forced to return to Spain with the child. Judgment, 13/11/2015, free
- Both parents were currently present and resident in London as were the 3 children. However, the mother had moved with the children from France to London without the father's knowledge. There were subsisting French orders which provided that the three children should be in the habitual custody or residence of their father in London but the father was not apparently seeking to enforce those orders, but, rather, that the children return forthwith in France, albeit that he remained posted here. The judge said that although patently there was an historical wrongful removal and abduction of these children, the situation that now obtains simply was not the sort of situation at which the Hague Convention was directed and the proceedings were stayed until the conclusion of the proposed proceedings by the father for recognition and enforcement of the French orders. Judgment, 02/11/2015, free
- Application for permission to appeal an order refusing the applicant father's application to set aside a consent order whereby the father agreed voluntarily to return with the child to Turkey. Appeal dismissed. Judgment, 15/10/2015, free
- Application by father for summary return of child to Holland where the primary issue was whether the return would expose the child to grave harm as he would be placed in foster care in that event. MacDonald J allowed the application. Judgment, 01/10/2015, free
- An application by the mother of an abducted child to commit the uncle of the child to prison was struck out due to a procedural irregularity in the form of the Collection Order served on him where a penal notice in the required language was not prominently displayed on the front page. Judgment, 22/09/2015, free
- Father's application under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction that the children be returned to Portugal. Judgment, 15/09/2015, free
- 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