ZC24P00662 - [2025] EWHC 2691 (Fam)

Royal Courts of Justice

Strand, London, WC2A 2LL

Before :

THE HONOURABLE MR JUSTICE MCKENDRICK

Between :

Re H (A Child) (Refusal of Relocation to UAE)

Ms Ruth Kirby KC (instructed by JMW Solicitors) for the Applicant

Mr Mani Singh Basi (Direct Access) for the Respondent

Miss Jacqueline Renton KC and Ms Adele Cameron-Douglas (instructed by Freemans Solicitors) for the Child

Hearing dates: 14-17 October 2025

Approved Judgment

This judgment was handed down remotely at 10.30am on 17 October by circulation to the parties or their representatives by e-mail and by release to the National Archives.

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THE HONOURABLE MR JUSTICE MCKENDRICK

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.