Re J (A Minor) (Abduction: Custody Rights)

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Judgment Date1990
Date1990
CourtCourt of Appeal (Civil Division)
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  • Re B (A Child) (Habitual Residence: Inherent Jurisdiction)
    • United Kingdom
    • Supreme Court
    • 3 February 2016
    ...in which they were not habitually resident, those aggrieved by their removal can have no recourse to the 1980 Convention. In In re F (A Minor) (Child Abduction) [1992] 1 FLR 548, 555, Butler-Sloss LJ accepted that for that reason it was important that, where possible, a child should have a......
  • Re S (Habitual Residence)
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 30 July 2009
  • Za and Pa v Na
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 26 October 2012
    ...in the sense of a set of pre-determined rules designed to produce a particular legal result in given circumstances: see J (A Minor) (Abduction: Custody Rights) [1990] 2 AC 562; (2) consistently with this, a child does not automatically take the habitual residence of its parents or custodia......
  • Nessa v Chief Adjudication Officer
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 5 February 1998
    ...for the first time yesterday. 10 That does not make sense to me. 11 The same view was taken by Lord Brandon of Oakbrook in Re J (a Minor) (Abduction: custody rights) [1990] 2 A.C. 562. Lord Donaldson of Lymington M.R in this court had described it as a very interesting question (p.571). But......
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