Cases
M v F (Art 13 Thresholds Not Met)
17th October 2025
Court
High Court
Practice Areas
Mr Justice MacDonald handed down judgment in M v F (Art 13 Threshold Not Met) [2025] EWHC 2629 (Fam), in which 5 members of chambers appeared.
Jacqueline Renton KC and Simon Rowbotham for the applicant mother
Christopher Hames KC for the 1st respondent father
Mark Jarman KC and Jonathan Evans for the 2nd – 3rd respondents
Adele Cameron-Douglas for the children (through their Guardian)
The case concerned two children who had been abducted from Saudi Arabia, to Yemen, then Brazil and finally, England. The paternal grand-mother then applied for asylum for herself and the children, and the children spent over 1 year in an asylum hotel. The children had been separated from the mother (who had a Saudi Arabian custody order in her favour) for over 2 years. Mr Justice MacDonald placed the children in the applicant mother’s care on day 1 of the trial, pursuant to s.5 of Child Abduction and Custody Act 1985. Mr Justice MacDonald went on to determine that none of the defences were established the respondents and ordered a summary return of the children in their mother’s care to Brazil.
Read the judgment here.
Christopher Hames KC
Mark Jarman KC
Jacqueline Renton KC
Jonathan Evans
Simon Rowbotham
Adele Cameron-Douglas
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