FD25P00001 - [2025] EWHC 892 (Fam)

Royal Courts of Justice

Strand, London, WC2A 2LL

Before :

MR JUSTICE MCKENDRICK

Between :

(Re S (A Child): Refusal of Summary Return to UAE)

Mr Edward Bennett (instructed by A Firm Of Solicitors) for the Applicant

Mr Jonathan Rustin (instructed by Otton Penna Solicitors) for the Respondent

Hearing dates: 8-10 April 2025

APPROVED JUDGMENT

This judgment was handed down remotely at 10.30am on 10 April 2025 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 child (A) 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.