K (A Child) (Setting Aside 1980 Hague Convention Return Order), Re
| Court | Family Division |
| Judge | Mr David |
| Judgment Date | 05 February 2025 |
| Neutral Citation | [2025] EWHC 210 (Fam) |
| Date | 05 February 2025 |
| Year | 2025 |
| Counsel | Jonathan Evans,Geraldine More O’ferrall,Clarissa Wigoder |
Judgement approved by the Court for handing down. Re K (A Child) (Setting Aside 1980 Hague Convention Return Order)
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Neutral Citation Number: [2025] EWHC 210 (Fam)
No: FD24P00154
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE
FAMILY DIVISION
IN THE MATTER OF THE 1980 HAGUE CONVENTION ON THE CIVIL ASPECTS
OF INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUCTION
AND IN THE MATTER OF THE CHILD ABDUCTION AND CUSTODY ACT 1985
AND IN THE MATTER OF K (A CHILD)
Royal Courts of Justice
Strand, London, WC2A 2LL
Date: 5 February 2025
Before:
MR DAVID REES KC
(Sitting as a Deputy Judge of the High Court)
(In Private)
B E T W E E N :
KS Applicant
and
CS
and
K
(Through his Solicitor Guardian Laura Coyle) Respondents
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Judgement approved by the Court for handing down. Re K (A Child) (Setting Aside 1980 Hague Convention Return Order)
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Jonathan Evans (instructed by The International Family Law Group LLP) for the Applicant
Geraldine More O’Ferrall (instructed by Sharratts Solicitors Ltd) for the First Respondent
Clarissa Wigoder (instructed by Freemans Solicitors) for the Second Respondent
Hearing date: 12 November 2024
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 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.
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K (A Child) (Setting Aside 1980 Hague Convention Return Order), Re
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