Hackney London Borough Council v P

Subject Matter

CHILDREN — Care proceedings — Jurisdiction — Local authority seeking care order — Maternal grandmother seeking return of child to Tunisia — Whether 1996 Hague Convention applying where non-Convention state involved — Relevant date for determining habitual residence — Children Act 1989 (c 41), Pt IV — 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 5(1), 11, 12

[2022] EWHC 1981 (Fam); [2023] 1 FLR 502, Fam D

CHILDREN — Care proceedings — Jurisdiction — Care proceedings in respect of child present in England — Child’s habitual residence contested — Whether English courts having jurisdiction — Whether Hague Convention applying where non-contracting state involved — Whether child habitually resident in England — Whether habitual residence to be determined as at date of hearing — Children Act 1989 (c 41), Pt IV — Convention on Jurisdiction, Applicable Law, Recognition, Enforcement and Co-operation in Respect of Parental Responsibility and Measures for the Protection of Children (2012) (Cm 8477), arts 1(a), 3, 5, 11

[2023] EWCA Civ 1213; [2024] Fam 307; [2024] 2 WLR 1163; [2024] 3 All ER 932; [2024] 1 FLR 1139; [2023] WLR(D) 429, CA

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