Al Habtoor v. Fotheringham [2001] EWCA Civ 186

INCADAT legal file Hague parental abduction

Habitual Residence – Art. 3 The issue for the court was whether the child was habitually resident in England on 10 February 2000, the date on which the mother launched her proceedings. It was argued for her first that the trip to Dubai was no more than a reconnaissance and that the family retained their […]

Re J.A. (Child Abduction: Non-Convention Country) [1998] 1 FLR 231

INCADAT legal file Hague parental abduction

The application related to a young girl born in the UAE. Her mother was British, her father a UAE national. The parents married in Sharjah and their daughter was born there in February 1995. Mother and child made an extended visit to England in the summer of 1995. In the summer of 1996 the mother […]