FD25P00003 - [2025] EWHC 827 (Fam)

Royal Courts of Justice

Strand, London, WC2A 2LL

Before :

Victoria Butler-Cole KC sitting as a deputy judge of the High Court

Between :

Mr Mani Singh Basi instructed by Rayden Solicitors for the applicant

Ms Katherine Dunseath instructed by Michelmores LLP.for the respondent

Hearing dates: 25-27 March 2025

Approved Judgment

This judgment was handed down remotely at 10.30am on 4 April 2025 by circulation to the parties or their representatives by e-mail and by release to the National Archives.

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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 and legal bloggers, must ensure that this condition is strictly complied with. Failure to do so may be a contempt of court.

Ms Butler-Cole KC:

Introduction