AO v LA

Subject Matter

CHILDREN — Custody rights — Breach — Mother wrongfully removing children from Republic of Ireland to United Kingdom — Father applying under Hague Convention for children’s return — Mother resisting application on grounds of “grave risk” that return would expose children to harm or otherwise place them in intolerable situation — Whether “grave risk” requiring proof that harm or intolerable situation more likely than not — Whether possible for court to find relevant facts without cross-examination — Child Abduction and Custody Act 1985 (c 60), Sch 1, art 13

[2023] EWHC 83 (Fam); [2024] Fam 73; [2024] 2 WLR 1; [2023] 2 FLR 465; [2023] WLR(D) 159, Fam D