(Family Court, Cobb J, 6 May 2020)
Public law children – Care proceedings – Jurisdiction
The Family Court held that the child was unusually without a 'habitual residence', but in those circumstances the court could assume jurisdiction to determine the proceedings.
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Neutral Citation Number: [2020] EWFC 37
Case No: LS18C00768
SITTING AT THE ROYAL COURTS OF JUSTICE
Royal Courts of Justice
Strand, London, WC2A 2LL
Date: 06/05/2020
Before:
THE HONOURABLE MR JUSTICE COBB
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Between:
Local Authority B
Applicant
- and -
X (mother)
-and-
V (father)
-and-
(by his Children’s Guardian)
Respondents
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Re T (Jurisdiction: BIIR: Cyprus)
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Karl Rowley QC and Clare Garnham (instructed by Ridley & Hall) for the Children’s Guardian
Hearing dates: 16 & 17 July 2019
HAND DOWN OF JUDGMENT [6 MAY 2020] AT A REMOTE HEARING LISTED AT THE FAMILY COURT IN SHEFFIELD
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Approved Judgment
I direct that pursuant to CPR PD 39A para 6.1 no official shorthand note shall be taken of this Judgment and that copies of this version as handed down may be treated as authentic.
THE HONOURABLE MR JUSTICE COBB
Judgment: Local Authority B v X (Mother) and others [2020] EWFC 37
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