(Court of Appeal, Moylan, Peter Jackson and Arnold LJJ, 15 November 2019)
Jurisdiction – Wrongful retention – Habitual residence
The Court of Appeal dismissed the father's appeal in relation to habitual residence and the mother's cross-appeal in relation to repudiatory retention but allowed the father's appeal in relation to the use of the court's inherent jurisdiction.
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Neutral Citation Number: [2019] EWCA Civ 1956
Case No: B4/2019/1888
IN THE COURT OF APPEAL (CIVIL DIVISION)
ON APPEAL FROM
THE HIGH COURT FAMILY DIVISION
DEPUTY HIGH COURT JUDGE GEEKIE QC
FD19P00319
Strand, London, WC2A 2LL
Date: 15/11/2019
Before:
LORD JUSTICE MOYLAN
LORD JUSTICE PETER JACKSON and
LORD JUSTICE ARNOLD
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Re I-L (Children) (1996 Hague Child Protection Convention:Inherent Jurisdiction
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Miss D Fottrell QC and Miss E Jones (instructed by Rayden Solicitors) for the Appellant Father
Miss S King QC and Miss J Renton (instructed by Payne Hicks Beach Solicitors) for the Respondent Mother
Hearing date: 15th October 2019
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