Cases
Re CDG (A Child) (Article 13(b): Refugee Status and Safe Third Country)
16th September 2026
Court
The High Court of Justice Family Division
Practice Areas
Three members of 4PB were involved in Re CDG (A Child) (Article 13(b): Refugee Status and Safe Third Country) [2026] EWHC 2425 (Fam). Michael Gration KC leading Mani Singh Basi obtained a return order on behalf of the applicant. Andrew Powell KC appeared as leading counsel for the respondent. The case provides a useful illustration of how the Article 13(b) “grave risk” test operates where refugee status and the possibility of onward refoulement are relied upon alongside allegations of domestic abuse and immigration uncertainty. The case dealt with the intersection of the 1980 Hague Convention and Article 1A(2) of the Refugee Convention 1951’
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