(Family Division, Nigel Poole QC, 17 June 2020)
Wrongful retention – Hague Convention – Summary return
The Family Division dismissed the mother’s application for summary return of the three children.
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Neutral Citation Number: [2020] EWHC 1566 (Fam)
Case No: FD19P00712
FAMILY DIVISION
IN THE MATTER OF THE CHILD ABDUCTION AND CUSTODY ACT 1985
AND IN THE MATTER OF THE COUNCIL REGULATION EC NUMBER 2201/2003 (BRUSSELS IIR)
IN THE MATTER OF THE SENIOR COURTS ACT 1981
IN THE MATTER OF G (a girl), F (a boy) & E (a boy)
Royal Courts of Justice
Strand, London, WC2A 2LL
Date: 17/06/2020
Before:
Nigel Poole QC, Sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge
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Between:
JK (Mother)
Applicant
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LM (Father)
Respondent
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Mr Paul Hepher (instructed by Williscroft & Co.) for the Applicant
Mr Michael Gration (instructed by Waldrons Solicitors) for the Respondent
Hearing date: 27 May 2020
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Approved Judgment
This judgment was delivered in private. The judge has given leave for this version of the judgment to be published. The anonymity of the children and members of their family must be strictly preserved. All persons, including representatives of the media, must ensure that this condition is strictly complied with. Failure to do so will be a contempt of court.
Judgment: JK v LM [2020] EWHC 1566 (Fam)
