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- The mother appealed against an order for the return of the child to Australia. The original retention of the child took place in Uganda, a country not party to the Hague Convention 1980. In Moylan LJ's view, a retention which takes place other than in a Contracting State is a retention which is justiciable under the Convention in a Contracting State, if and when the child travels to a Convention State. There is no need for removal to be to a Contracting State, nor is there any need for the retention to be in a Contracting State. McCombe LJ and Leggatt LJ agreed. Judgment, 23/04/2019, free
- Contrary to court orders, the father had wrongfully taken his son – a young man of nineteen with profound learning disabilities – to live in the USA. The mother sought an order for his return to the UK. Russell J DBE held that there were grounds for finding that a return to the UK was not in the young man's best interests. The child's future as an adult lay in the USA and these proceedings were to come to an end in recognition of that fact. The appropriate forum for any future litigation was the court in Texas. Judgment, 15/04/2019, free
- The mother's Article 13(b) defence was not made out and the judge ordered that the child be returned to Latvia. Judgment, 26/03/2019, free
- Father's application for a stay of the UK proceedings relating to the summary return of the child from India to the UK was refused. Judgment, 14/03/2019, free
- An order ordering the child to be 'returned' to Hungary which was not the state of the child's habitual residence prior to his wrongful removal was overturned. Judgment, 07/03/2019, free
- Father's application for the return of his 17 year old son to Poland pursuant to the inherent jurisdiction of the court and an application for the return of his 12 year old daughter to Poland pursuant to the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction was allowed. An order for summary return was made. Judgment, 05/03/2019, free
- Father's appeal against the dismissal of his application for the summary return of two children to Australia under the Hague Child Abduction Convention 1980 was refused. Judgment, 01/03/2019, free
- Father's application seeking an order requiring the return to Spain of his daughter pursuant to the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction was dismissed after the mother's Article 13(b) defence was found to be made out. Judgment, 20/02/2019, free
- Application by mother for summary return of her child to Turkey under the Hague Child Abduction Convention. The father's attempted defence of acquiescence on the part of the mother was rejected and an order for return made. Judgment, 17/01/2019, free
- Decision adjourned as to whether to allow the child, who had previously been wrongfully retained in Mexico but who was now back in the UK, to travel to Mexico with her mother. Judgment, 17/12/2018, free