No: FD24P00469 - [2025] EWHC 799 (Fam)

Judgment Approved by the Court for Handing Down AF v AM - Re D (A Child)(Abduction: Article 13(b))

IN THE MATTER OF THE CHILD ABDUCTION AND CUSTODY ACT 1985

AND IN THE MATTER OF THE SENIOR COURTS ACT 1981

AND IN THE MATTER OF D (A CHILD)

Royal Courts of Justice

Strand, London, WC2A 2LL

Before:

MR DAVID REES KC

(Sitting as a Deputy Judge of the High Court)

(In Private)

BETWEEN:

AF

Applicant

and

AM

Respondent

Mr Graham Crosthwaite (instructed by Shepherd Harris & Co) for the Applicant

Mr Jonathan Evans (instructed by Duncan Lewis) for the Respondent

Hearing date: 1 April 2025

I direct no official shorthand note shall be taken of this Judgment and that copies of this Judgment as handed down may be treated as authentic

David Rees KC, Deputy High Court Judge

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.