No: FD25P00282 - [2025] EWHC 2144 (Fam)

Judgment approved by the Court for handing down Re B (A Child)(Abduction: Acquiescence: 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 B (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:

PB

Applicant

and

JV

Respondent

Ms Geraldine More O’Ferrall (instructed by Eskinazi & Co, Part of GT Stewart Solicitors) for the Applicant

Ms Victoria Green (instructed by International Family law Group) for the Respondent

Hearing date: 11 August 2025

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 and members of his 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.

Mr David Rees KC: