Child abduction: A cautious approach

Matt Foster and Dhara Shah examine the power of the courts to make port alert orders and best practice when dealing with cases involving an abduction risk The Family Court has the power to issue a port alert order, but only in circumstances where it is an incidental measure to give effect to a substantive …
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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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