FD25P00204 - [2025] EWHC 2672 (Fam)

IN THE MATTER OF THE CHILD ABDUCTION AND CUSTODY ACT 1985

IN THE MATTER OF THE 1980 HAGUE CONVENTION OF THE CIVIL ASPECTS OF INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUCTION

Royal Courts of Justice

Strand, London, WC2A 2LL

Before :

MR JUSTICE PEEL

Between :

Miriam Best (instructed by Walker Family Law) for the Applicant Father

Jennifer Perrins (instructed by Dawson Cornwell) for the Respondent Mother

Hearing date: 23 September 2025

Approved Judgment

This judgment was handed down remotely at 10.30am on 16 October 2025 by circulation to the parties or their representatives by e-mail and by release to the National Archives.

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MR JUSTICE PEEL

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 may be a contempt of court.