In JK ( Return Order Under Inherent Jurisdiction ) (2025) EWCA Civ 1309 it is held that that there is no general principle that a local authority cannot invoke the High Court’s Inherent Jurisdiction to secure the return to the UK of a British child in a foreign country if the authority intends thereafter to take care proceedings that it could not otherwise entertain. The relevant principles relating to the Inherent Jurisdiction, its limits and restrictions, are set out.
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