(Family Division, McFarlane P, Sir Duncan Ouseley, 13 May 2021)
Care proceedings -Diplomatic immunity – Concerns for children of a diplomat could not be acted upon due to diplomatic immunity – Application for declaration of incompatibility with the ECHR
The application for a declaration of incompatibility was dismissed.
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Neutral Citation Number: [2021] EWHC 1253 (Fam)
Case No: ZW20C00036
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE
FAMILY DIVISION
DIVISIONAL COURT
Royal Courts of Justice
Strand, London, WC2A 2LL
Date: 13/05/2021
Before :
The President of the Family Division
and
Sir Duncan Ouseley
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Between :
LONDON BOROUGH OF BARNET
Applicant
- and -
AG and OTHERS
- and –
THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN, COMMONWEALTH AND
DEVELOPMENT AFFAIRS
Respondents
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Professor Dan Sarooshi QC, Ms Hannah Markham QC, Ms Kate Tomkins and Mr Peter Webster (instructed by [a firm]) for the Applicant
Professor Jo Delahunty QC, Mr Chris Barnes, Ms Lucy Logan Green and Professor Antonios Tzanakopoulos (instructed by [a firm]) for the Respondent Child
Sir James Eadie QC, Professor Vaughan Lowe QC, Ms Joanne Clement, Mr Jason Pobjoy and Ms Belinda McRae (instructed by Government Legal Department) for the Secretary of State
Hearing dates: 2nd and 3rd March 2021
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Approved Judgment
Judgment: London Borough of Barnet v AG and others [2021] EWHC 1253 (Fam)
