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[2021] WLR(D) 416
Court of Appeal
R (GA and others) v Secretary of State for the Home Department
[2021] EWCA Civ 1131
2021 July 15; 23
Moylan, Peter Jackson, Elisabeth Laing LJJ
Nationality— British citizen— Passport— Mother fleeing abusive father in foreign country— British children remaining in foreign country with father— Secretary of State refusing to process mother’s application for passports for children on basis that father not providing consent— Whether Passport Office able to determine matter as administrative authority— Whether Family Division having exclusive jurisdiction to determine application of relevant provision—
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 16, 22