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Evidence, Practice and Procedure: Clarity in committal orders – legal aid for defence of committal

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Date:2 SEP 2013
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David Burrows
Solicitor Advocate

David Burrows - Practice of Family Law: Evidence and Procedure

David BurrowsIn October 2012 Hedley J found that Mrs Jones had retained her four children in breach of the 1980 Hague Convention and ordered their return to Spain as follows:

 (a)        The children shall return to Spain accompanied by the father on a flight scheduled to depart from England and Wales no later than 24.00 hours on 12 October 2012 (00.00 hours on 13 October 2013); and

 (b)        The mother shall deliver up the children into the care of the father or cause the children so to be delivered up at Cardiff Railway Station at no later than 4pm on 12 October 2012.

 In Re Jones (Alleged Contempt of Court) [2013] EWHC 2579 (Fam) Sir James Munby P heard an application by the Solicitor General for committal of Mrs Jones for contempt of Hedley J's order. For reasons which the President found to be beyond Mrs Jones's control (the two older...

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