Child abduction: Communication is key

Shazia Khan examines guidance from the Court of Appeal as to issues of consent in child abduction proceedings In Re G, by delivering the children to the mother and arranging for their travel documents including their birth certificates, the father had ‘fatally compromised’ his case that consent had not been given for their removal. In …
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Child abduction: No place like home

Kayleigh Biswas analyses the circumstances in which a return order may be made despite the left-behind parent’s agreement to a relocation ‘Establishing one of the exceptions to the 1980 Convention opens the door to the court’s exercise of discretion as to whether or not to return a child.’ The judgment in TY v HY [2019] …
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