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[2020] WLR(D) 419
Court of Appeal
In re M (A Child)
[2020] EWCA Civ 922
2020 April 28; July 17
Henderson, Moylan, Baker LJJ
Children— Wardship— Jurisdiction— Mother applying for wardship order over British national child living in Algeria— Judge invoking inherent jurisdiction to order return of child for assessment of her best interests— Whether jurisdiction applicable to child neither habitually resident not present in United Kingdom— Whether threshold for invoking jurisdiction substantive “compelling circumstances” or merely procedural— Whether judge right to order return of child