Date of Case: 19 March 2021
Case Reference: [2021] 4 All ER 113 (Supreme Court)

Decision of the Supreme Court on the interplay between the 1980 Hague Abduction Convention and the 1951 Geneva Convention. The case involved an application for summary return of a child to South African pursuant to the 1980 Hague Convention in circumstances where a parallel ­asylum claim had been made by the respondent mother. The case raised a question of significant public interest: whether a child who is named as a dependant on an applicant’s asylum claim has protection from refoulement under the Refugee Convention.

Bailii report: https://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKSC/2021/9.html