2021 High Court Custody Battle Involving International Abduction – Children Returned to England

A widely reported High Court case addressed the abduction of two British children to Pakistan during ongoing family proceedings. Haleys Solicitors represented the mother under emergency proceedings brought under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction 1980.

Using the Children Act 1989 and Hague Convention provisions, we obtained return orders and mirror orders through diplomatic channels. The High Court reaffirmed England’s jurisdiction and the paramountcy principle. Our team managed cross-jurisdictional litigation with the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office.

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