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Reported case: Frankie Shama appears in complex 1980 Hague Convention proceedings concerning the wrongful removal of a child to the UK from Zimbabwe – F v L & Ors [2025] EWHC 2190
22nd October 2025
Frankie Shama (instructed by The International Family Law Group ) appeared on behalf of the Second Respondent maternal aunt in a complex child abduction case involving a dispute in respect of the Applicant Father’s rights of custody and issues in respect of the settlement of the child under the 1980 Hague Convention. The court heard evidence as part of the proceedings from an expert in Zimbabwean law and the Cafcass Guardian for the child. The court rejected the Applicant Father’s application for the summary return of the child to Zimbabwe.
Read the judgment here.
Frankie Shama
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