FD24P00602 - [2025] EWHC 1712 (Fam)

Royal Courts of Justice

Strand, London, WC2A 2LL

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE

FAMILY DIVISION

Before :

MR JUSTICE POOLE

Re CB (Habitual Residence: Child Born and Present Abroad)

MB

Applicant

-and-

(1) GOVERNMENT OF ANDALUSIA

(2) FB

Respondents

(1) BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN’S TRUST

(2) LONDON BOROUGH OF ENFIELD

Intervenors

Mark Jarman KC and Amean Elgadhy (instructed by MSB Solicitors) for the Applicant

The First Respondent not attending

The Second Respondent in person

Emily James KC (instructed by Birmingham Children’s Trust) for the First Intervenor

Kate Lamont (instructed by The London Borough of Enfield) for the Second Intervenor

Hearing date: 26 June 2025

JUDGMENT

This judgment was handed down remotely at 10.30am on 7 July 2025 by circulation to the parties or their representatives by e-mail and by release to the National Archives.

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