Hearings
12 Jun 2023 [2023] EWCA Civ 659; [2024] 4 WLR 49; [2023] 2 FLR 1247, CA (Bean, Moylan, Snowden LJJ)
In re A (A Child)
Subject Matter
CHILDREN — Custody rights — Jurisdiction — Habitual residence — Child born in England — Mother removing child from father while visiting Zambia and keeping child there without father’s consent — Father applying to English court for child’s return — Whether child habitually resident in England or Zambia — Whether date of habitual residence to be determined at date of application or date of hearing — Whether English court having jurisdiction — Family Law Act 1986 (c 55), ss 2, 3, 7 — Convention on Jurisdiction, Applicable Law, Recognition, Enforcement and Co-operation in Respect of Parental Responsibility and Measures for the Protection of Children (1996) (Cm 7727), arts 5, 7
[2023] EWCA Civ 659; [2024] 4 WLR 49; [2023] 2 FLR 1247, CA
Legislation Considered
Statutes
Family Law Act 1986 (c 55), ss 2, 3, 7
International Conventions
Convention on Jurisdiction, Applicable Law, Recognition, Enforcement and Co-operation in Respect of Parental Responsibility and Measures for the Protection of Children, (1996) (Cm 7727), arts 5, 7
Cases Considered
Cases considered in: In re A (A Child) [2023] EWCA Civ 659; [2024] 4 WLR 49; [2023] 2 FLR 1247, CA
A v A (Children: Habitual Residence) [2013] UKSC 60; [2014] AC 1; [2013] 3 WLR 761; [2014] 1 All ER 827; [2014] 1 FLR 111; [2013] WLR (D) 345; Case details, SC(E) Applied
Cases Cited
Cases cited in: In re A (A Child) [2023] EWCA Civ 659; [2024] 4 WLR 49; [2023] 2 FLR 1247, CA
A v A
A v A (Children: Habitual Residence) [2013] UKSC 60; [2014] AC 1; [2013] 3 WLR 761; [2014] 1 All ER 827; [2014] 1 FLR 111; [2013] WLR (D) 345; Case details, SC(E)
G-E (Children: Hague Convention 1980: Repudiatory Retention and Habitual Residence) [2019] EWCA Civ 283; [2019] 2 FLR 17, CA
H v R [2022] EWHC 1073 (Fam); [2022] 2 FLR 1301, Fam D
In re
In re B
In re B (A Child) (Custody Rights: Habitual Residence) [2016] EWHC 2174 (Fam); [2016] 4 WLR 156; [2016] WLR (D) 471, Fam D
In re B (A Child) (International Centre for Family Law, Policy and Practice intervening) [2020] EWCA Civ 1187; [2020] 4 WLR 149; [2021] 2 All ER 1246; [2021] 2 FLR 1; [2020] WLR(D) 498, CA
In re B (A Child) (Reunite International Child Abduction Centre intervening) [2016] UKSC 4; [2016] AC 606; [2016] 2 WLR 557; [2017] 1 All ER 899; [2016] 1 FLR 561; [2016] WLR (D) 52; Case details, SC(E)
In re B 2016
In re G-E
In re J
In re J (A Child) (Finland) (Habitual Residence) [2017] EWCA Civ 80, CA
In re J (A Child) (Reunite International Child Abduction Centre intervening) [2015] UKSC 70; [2016] AC 1291; [2015] 3 WLR 1827; [2016] 4 All ER 1048; [2016] 1 FLR 170; [2015] WLR (D) 486; Case details, SC(E)
In re J (Finland)
In re LC (Children) [2014] UKSC 1; [2014] AC 1038; [2014] 2 WLR 124; [2014] 1 All ER 1181; [2014] 1 FLR 1486; [2014] WLR (D) 11; Case details, SC(E)
In re R
In re R (Children) (Reunite International Child Abduction Centre intervening) [2015] UKSC 35; [2016] AC 76; [2015] 2 WLR 1583; 2015 SC (UKSC) 129; [2015] 3 All ER 749; Case details, SC(Sc)
In re R)
Owusu v Jackson (Case C-281/02); EU:C:2005:120; EU:C:2004:798; [2005] QB 801; [2005] 2 WLR 942; [2005] 2 All ER (Comm) 577; [2005] 1 Lloyd's Rep 452; [2005] ECR I-1383, ECJ
Subsequent Consideration
Cases subsequently considering: In re A (A Child) [2023] EWCA Civ 659; [2024] 4 WLR 49; [2023] 2 FLR 1247, CA
Applied in Hackney London Borough Council v P [2023] EWCA Civ 1213; [2024] 2 WLR 1163; [2024] 1 FLR 1139; [2023] WLR(D) 429, CA
Cases citing
Cases citing: In re A (A Child) [2023] EWCA Civ 659; [2024] 4 WLR 49; [2023] 2 FLR 1247, CA
A & Ors (Case Proceedings: 1996 Hague Convention: Habitual Residence), Re [2024] EWFC 110, Fam Ct
A Father v A Mother [2024] EWHC 352 (Fam), Fam D
A Mother v A Father [2023] EWHC 2728 (Fam), Fam D
BD v BJ [2023] EWHC 1613 (Fam), Fam D
CA v RA [2023] EWHC 3141 (Fam), Fam D
EC v BM [2023] EWHC 3237 (Fam), Fam D
Hackney London Borough Council v P [2023] EWCA Civ 1213; [2024] 2 WLR 1163; [2024] 1 FLR 1139; [2023] WLR(D) 429, CA
In re S (Children) [2023] EWCA Civ 897; [2024] Fam 149; [2023] 3 WLR 1143; [2024] 2 All ER 547; [2024] 1 FLR 830; [2023] WLR(D) 341, CA
J & H (Jurisdiction: 1996 Hague Convention : residual domestic jurisdiction: parental responsibility jurisdiction), Re [2024] EWHC 1395 (Fam), Fam D
J v E [2024] EWHC 196 (Fam), Fam D
KH v MB [2023] EWHC 3194 (Fam), Fam D
M v L [2023] EWHC 2082 (Fam), Fam D
MY v FT [2023] EWHC 2717 (Fam), Fam D
NM v SM [2023] EWHC 2209 (Fam), Fam D
OZ v ML [2023] EWHC 2412 (Fam), Fam D
SA v AA [2023] EWHC 2016 (Fam), Fam D
WB v VM [2024] EWHC 302 (Fam), Fam D
ZZ v AA [2024] EWHC 1411 (Fam), Fam D