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- 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
- Application by biological father of the child for a declaration of parentage under Section 55A of the Family Law Act 1986 after the psychological mother (who had no genetic or gestational connection with the child) unlawfully removed the child to Bulgaria. The application was successful. Judgment, 10/12/2018, free
- In this wrongful removal case, a declaration was made that the psychological mother (who had no genetic or gestational connection with the child) was not the birth mother and should be removed from the child's birth certificate. Judgment, 10/12/2018, free
- Appeal against a 7 month prison sentence for contempt of court, which was given to a relative of the father of 3 abducted children, was dismissed. Judgment, 19/11/2018, free
- A return order was made such that the child, who had been abducted from Spain to live in the UK, was returned to Spain to live with his father. Judgment, 07/11/2018, free