Mercredi v Chaffe

Subject Matter

CONFLICT OF LAWS — Jurisdiction under Council Regulation — Orders with respect to children — Unmarried mother moving with child from first member state to second member state — Whether child “habitually resident” in first member state — Proceedings in relation to parental responsibility and where child should reside commenced in first member state and subsequently in second member state — Whether judgments of court of second member state relevant to determination of issues before court of first member state — Child Abduction and Custody Act 1985, Sch 1, art 19 — Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/2003, arts 8, 10, 19(2)

(Case C-497/10 PPU); EU:C:2010:829; [2012] Fam 22; [2011] 3 WLR 1229; [2011] 1 FLR 1293, ECJ

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