E v B

Subject Matter

CHILDREN — Custody rights — Jurisdiction — Prorogation of jurisdiction — Child born in Spain to Spanish father and British mother — Mother bringing child to live in United Kingdom — Spanish court confirming custody and access agreement signed by parents — Spanish court having prorogued jurisdiction — Mother seeking to vary terms of agreement and to transfer prorogued jurisdiction to England — Whether prorogation of jurisdiction ceasing following final judgment in Spanish proceedings — Whether English court having jurisdiction — Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/2003, arts 8(1), 12(3)

[2015] Fam 162; [2014] 3 WLR 1750