Re C (Internal Relocation)

The governing principle in relocation cases, both internal relocation within the UK and external relocation, was the child’s welfare. There was no rule that moving a child could only be prevented in exceptional cases, and no requirement for a court, having carried out its comprehensive analysis of the welfare considerations, to subject its conclusion to a cross-check by considering whether the consequent interference with the parties’ rights under the ECHR art.8 was proportionate.

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