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(Court of Appeal (Civil Division), Moylan, Coulson and Baker LJJ, 29 March 2022)Divorce – Jurisdiction – Stay on English divorce petition – Ongoing judicial separation proceedings...

(Family Division, Poole J, 09 February 2022) Children – Parens Patriae – Mother applying for order pursuant to court’s parens patriae jurisdiction for return of her three...

(Family Division, MacDonald J, 03 December 2021)Jurisdiction – Habitual residence – Whether orders should be made facilitating the enforcement of a Réunion Court of Appeal order...

(Court of Appeal (Civil Division), Sir Andrew McFarlane, President of the Family Division, Baker and Simler LJJ, 07 December 2021)Inherent jurisdiction – Statutory duty of local authorities...

Family Division, Williams J, 10 September 2021)Jurisdiction – Habitual residence – Whether son had lost habitual residence in England after adopting ‘globe-trotting’ lifestyle...

(Family Division, Mostyn J, 03 November 2021) Jurisdiction – Father seeking return of daughter to UK from India – Parens patriae jurisdictionThe Family Division dismissed the father's...

(Family Court, MacDonald J, 31 August 2021) Jurisdiction – Habitual residence – Hague Convention 1996, art 5The Family Court accepted the local authority's claim that the English...

(Family Division, Cobb J, 16 August 2021)Jurisdiction – Divorce – Petitions in England and Bulgaria – Which court was first seised – Habitual residence of husbandThe court held...

(Court of Appeal (Civil Division), Moylan, Newey, Baker LJJ, 24 August 2021)Jurisdiction – Private law children proceedings – Whether English or Russian courts had jurisdiction –...

(Family Court, Sir James Munby, 13 April 2021)Jurisdiction – Financial remedies – Sch 1, Children Act 1989 – Mother moved to England – Father issued proceedings in Monaco...

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