International child relocation cases are finely balanced and difficult, with everything to win and lose, Kim Beatson and Victoria Brown, of Anthony Gold solicitors, write in this week’s NLJ.
They are also expensive and require detailed preparation. Beatson and Brown provide a valuable overview of some recent cases, as well as an update on the changes created by Brexit. They look at the differences between BrusselsIIA and the Hague Convention.
They also provide a list of the issues that a lawyer working on such a case must examine in detail, for example, the political situation in the country to which the child has been taken, quality of health care, housing, existing ties with family and friends in the new location, evidence of mirror orders and evidence of employment prospects.
