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8 July 2020

Re A (A Child) [2020] EWCA Civ 731
(Court of Appeal, Sir Ernest Ryder SP, King and Hickinbottom LJJ, 15 June 2020)Female Genital Mutilation – Protection order – Jurisdiction The Court of Appeal dismissed the Secretary of...
Francesca Esposito
Judgments 8 July 2020
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29 April 2020

Re S (Children) (Summary return) [2020] EWCA Civ 515
(Court of Appeal, Bean, Baker LJJ and Cobb J, 9 April 2020)Jurisdiction – Mother’s application for summary return of children from Libya dismissed – Mother appealedThe Court of...
Francesca Esposito
Judgments 29 April 2020
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28 April 2020

Re PT (A Child) [2020] EWHC 834 (Fam)
(Family Division, David Rees QC, 31 March 2020)Jurisdiction – Wrongful removal – Application for summary return of childThe Family Division granted the father’s application for the...
Francesca Esposito
Judgments 28 April 2020
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27 April 2020

VB v TR [2020] EWHC 877 (Fam)
(Family Division, Mostyn J, 7 April 2020)Jurisdiction – Inherent jurisdiction – Father applying for return of child to UKThe Family Division granted the father's application under the...
Francesca Esposito
Judgments 27 April 2020
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5 April 2020

Re AB v EM (Jurisdiction Foreign Custody Order) [2020] EWHC 549 (Fam)
(Family Division, MacDonald J, 12 March 2020)Jurisdiction – Habitual residence – Inherent jurisdictionThe Family Division held that the child had been habitually resident in this...
Francesca Esposito
Judgments 5 April 2020
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31 January 2020

Gray v Hurley [2019] EWCA Civ 2222
(Court of Appeal, Patten, Hickinbottom and Peter Jackson LJJ, 12 December 2019)Jurisdiction – Anti-suit injunction – Conflict of lawsThe Court of Appeal stayed the appeal and referred the...
Francesca Esposito
Judgments 31 January 2020
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20 November 2019

Re I-L (Children) (1996 Hague Child Protection Convention: Inherent Jurisdiction) [2019] EWCA Civ 1956
(Court of Appeal, Moylan, Peter Jackson and Arnold LJJ, 15 November 2019)Jurisdiction – Wrongful retention – Habitual residenceThe Court of Appeal dismissed the father's appeal in relation...
Francesca Esposito
Judgments 20 November 2019
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11 September 2019

K v S (appeal against registration of an order of a Member State) [2019] EWFC B43
(HHJ Moradifar, Family Division, 15 August 2019)Jurisdiction – Divorce in Poland – Maintenance payments ordered by Polish courts – Application to Polish court for enforcement –...
Amarjit Atwal
Judgments 11 September 2019
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14 August 2019

W v L (Forum Conveniens) [2019] EWHC 1995 (Fam)
(Family Division, MacDonald J, 19 July 2019)Jurisdiction – Child born in England – Father moved back to Jordan – Mother sought declarations under the High Court’s inherent...
Amarjit Atwal
Judgments 14 August 2019
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9 July 2019

Gray v Hurley [2019] EWHC 1636 (QB)
(Queen's Bench Division, Lavender J, 25 June 2019)Jurisdiction – Breakdown of relationship – Article 1(2)(a) Regulation (EU) No 1215/2012 – Whether courts of England and Wales had...
Amarjit Atwal
Judgments 9 July 2019
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