CA-2025-002052 - [2025] EWCA Civ 1309

ON APPEAL FROM THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE

FAMILY DIVISION

The Hon. Mrs Justice Lieven DBE

LV25C00635

Royal Courts of Justice

Strand, London, WC2A 2LL

Before:

LORD JUSTICE MOYLAN

LORD JUSTICE BAKER
and

LADY JUSTICE FALK

JK (RETURN ORDER UNDER INHERENT JURISDICTION)

Matthew Rees KC and Callum Brook (instructed by Allington Hughes Law) for the Appellant

Kate Burnell KC and Nicola Brown (instructed by Local Authority Solicitor) for the First Respondent

Karl Rowley KC and Nicholas Sefton (instructed by Russell and Russell) for the Second Respondent

Ruth Kirby KC and Jonathan Rustin (instructed by Hogans Solicitors) for the Third Respondent (by her Children’s Guardian)

Hearing date: 2 October 2025

Approved Judgment

This judgment was handed down remotely at 14.00 on 17 October 2025 by circulation to the parties or their representatives by e-mail and by release to the National Archives.

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