Anna Worwood & Edward Floyd consider the tactical use of shared residence orders
The Court of Appeal had not considered the question of internal relocation within England and Wales where a shared residence order was in place until the recent case of Re L (a child) (shared residence order); T (a child) [2009] EWCA Civ 20.
This case concerned the mother’s appeal against a refusal to grant her permission to relocate with her daughter, L, from to to pursue an employment offer. The mother was British but had an Israeli passport. The father was Serbian, but settled in . The mother and father’s relationship began in 1999. They had one child, L, who was born in 2004. Their relationship ended in 2005 when the mother left with L. After separation, between 2005 and 2007, both the parents lived in and the father played a substantial role in L’s life. In September 2007, after being made redundant, the mother applied to the court to relocate with L and her fiancé
