[2025] EWHC 2436 (Fam)

IN PRIVATE

Case No: 1652-1943-4230-6305;

1653-9948-1184-8896

Royal Courts of Justice

Strand

London WC2A 2LL

BEFORE:

The Hon. RICHARD TODD KC

(Sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge)

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BETWEEN:

HA

Applicant

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EN

Respondent

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MR N YATES KC and MR E BENSON (instructed by Vardags) appeared on behalf of the Applicant

MR D BRAZIL (instructed on a Direct Access basis) appeared on behalf of the Respondent

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JUDGMENT

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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.