[2025] EWHC 2637 (Fam)

Fecha: 25-Jul-2025

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Neutral Citation Number: [2025] EWHC 2637 (Fam)

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE Case no: FD24P00306

FAMILY DIVISION

Royal Courts of Justice

Strand

London, WC2A 2LL

25 July 2025

Before:

Mr Justice Harrison

(In Private)

Re A (A Child) (Abduction from Pakistan)

Mr Matthew Stott and Ms Fazeela Ishmael (instructed by the legal department) appeared on behalf of the Local Authority

Ms Shiva Ancliffe KC and Ms Tara Vindis (instructed by the National Legal Service) appeared on behalf of the Mother

Mr Richard Barraclough KC and Ms Rima Baruah (instructed by City Law Chambers) appeared on behalf of the Father

Mr Paul Murray and Ms Anna Hefford (instructed by Collins Law) appeared on behalf of the Child by her children’s guardian, Cathy Stephens

Ms Ami Bartholomew (instructed by Cartwright King) appeared on behalf of ‘AD’ on 1 July 2025

Hearing dates: 30 June 2025 (reading day), 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10 July 2025

APPROVED JUDGMENT

This judgment was handed down at 2.30pm on 25 July 2025.

MR JUSTICE HARRISON: