(High Court, Williams J, 6 August 2018)
Public law children – Care proceedings –Forced Marriage Protection Orders – s 63a Family Law Act 1996 – Mandatory orders – Return of children from Pakistan
The court found that the s 63A FLA 1996 threshold had been crossed at the relevant time and thus making a mandatory order was a necessary and proportionate response.
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Neutral Citation Number: [2018] EWHC 1702 (Fam)
Case No: SD17C01471/FD17F05021
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE
FAMILY DIVISION
Royal Courts of Justice
Strand, London, WC2A 2LL
Date: 22/06/2018
Before :
MR JUSTICE WILLIAMS
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Between :
WEST SUSSEX COUNTY COUNCIL & THE CHIEF CONSTABLE OF SUSSEX POLICE
Applicants
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F
1st Respondent
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M
2nd Respondent
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N
3rd Respondent
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P
4th Respondent
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T
(Through their Children’s Guardian)
5th Respondent
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Robert Cameron (instructed by the local authority) for the Applicant
Mark Love (instructed by Anthony Morris) for the 1st Respondent
Mehvish Chaudhry (instructed by Hanne & Co) for the 2nd Respondent
Francis Cassidy (instructed by Duncan Lewis) for the 3rd Respondent
Robin Belben (instructed by Child Law Partnership) for the 4th Respondent
Gemma Taylor QC (instructed by Harney and Wells) for the children's guardian
Hearing dates: 18th - 22nd June 2018
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Judgment Approved
This judgment was delivered in private. The judge has given leave for this version of the judgment to be published on condition that (irrespective of what is contained in the judgment) in any published version of the judgment 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: West Sussex County Council and Anor v F M N P and T [2018] EWHC 1702 (Fam).rtf
