Five 4PB members instructed on seminal case on the scope of the High Court’s jurisdiction to protect British children abroad. The Court of Appeal set a ‘necessity’ test for use of the parens patriae jurisdiction.
Teertha Gupta QC, Cliona Papazian and Ralph Marnham represented the Appellant and Ruth Kirby and Michael Edwards represented the Respondent.
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