...to equal respect, so long as they are "legally and socially acceptable" (Purchas LJ in Re R (A Minor) (Residence: Religion) [1993] 2 FLR 163, 171) and not "immoral or socially obnoxious" (Scarman LJ in ...and a Hindu (Jain) father. We were also taken, and appropriately in some detail, to Re T (Minors) (Custody: Religious Upbringing) (1981) 2 FLR ...) said in Re T (Minors) (Custody: Religious Upbringing) (1981) 2 FLR 239, 244-245, in a passage understandably much relied upon by Miss Platt. ...

...times of peace or, as at present, amidst the clash of arms. In this context I can do no better than to repeat what Scarman LJ (as he then was) said in Re T (Minors) (Custody: Religious Upbringing)...our attention to Thorpe LJ's important observations in Re E (Abduction: Non-Convention Country) [1999] 2 FLR 642. The legal context there was very different whether the English court...been cited to us in which the issue has been discussed. The facts2 The appellant was born in India on 9 October 1996 and is an Indian citizen, as are his natural...

..., although now a generation old, are still definitive: Re T (Minors) (Custody: Religious Upbringing) (1981) 2 FLR 239 (Jehovah's Witnesses), ...acceptable' (Purchas LJ in Re R (A Minor) (Residence: Religion) [1993] 2 FLR 163 at 171) and not 'immoral or socially obnoxious' (Scarman LJ in Re T (Minors) (Custody: ...the words of that great judge, Scarman LJ in Re T (Minors) (Custody: Religious Upbringing) (1981) 2 FLR 239, 245: " there is a grea...

...of Scarman LJ in 1975 (Re T (Minors) (Custody: Religious Upbringing) (1981) 2 FLR 239, 244-5) when, speaking for the Court of Appeal, he roundl...(Education: Religious Upbringing) [2012] EWCA Civ 1233, [2013] 1 FLR 677, where, as it happens...arguments which would be desirable and there is not time for me to give the fuller judgment which would be appropriate. 2. The case involves the deeply troubling question of whether a...

...(A Minor) (Residence: Religion) [1993] 2 FLR 163, 171) and not "immoral or socially obnoxious" (Scarman LJ in Re T (Minors) (Custody: Religious Upbringing) ...affects the child's best interests."54. In these circumstances, it is also useful to note the observations of Scarman LJ (as he then was) in Re T (Minors) (Custody: Religious ...Munby LJ (as he then was) noted in Re E (Education: Religious Upbringing) [2013] 1 FLR 677 at [27]: "Evaluating a child's best interests...

...beliefs and practices is less straightforward. I have been referred to a number of authorities. 66. Re T (Minors)(Custody: Religious Upbringing) [1981] 2...choose a child's religious upbringing. (2) Where parents follow different religions and those religions are both socially acceptable the child should have the opportunity to learn.... Before I consider each parent's evidence concerning issues relating to N's religious upbringing, it is first necessary to set out some basic detail about the practices of Jehovah's Witnesses and in...

...particular section of society. All are entitled to equal respect, so long as they are "legally and socially acceptable" (Purchas LJ in Re R (A Minor) (Residence: Religion) [1993] 2 FLR 163, 171) and not "im...: Religious Upbringing) [2012] EWCA Civ 1233; [2013] 1 FLR 677. The issue there was the choice of...-term problems: Re O (Contact: Imposition of Conditions) [1995] 2 FLR 124 per Sir Thomas Bingham MR at 129. It must, in short, take action when and where it can do so to the child's...

...FLR 163, 171) and not “immoral or socially obnoxious” (Scarman LJ in Re T (Minors) (Custody: Religious Upbringing) (1981) 2 FLR ...holidays abroad as before.” In its own way the case of Re J (Specific Issue Orders: Child’s Religious Upbringing and Circumcision) [2001] 1 FLR 571 further emphasised that...Re B and G (Minors) (Custody) [1985] FLR 134, 157, referring to scientology).” Article 3(3) of the 1995 Order lists the matters to which the court is to have...

...respect, so long as they are 'legally and socially acceptable' (Purchas LJ in Re R (A Minor) (Residence: Religion) [1993] 2 FLR 163 at 171) and not 'immoral or socially obnoxious' (Scarman LJ in Re...Scarman LJ in Re T (Minors) (Custody: Religious Upbringing) (1981) 2 FLR 239 at 244: "We live in a tolerant society. There is no re...244) or 'pernicious' (Latey J in Re B and G (Minors) (Custody) [1985] FLR 134 at 157...

...was held that the courts should take account of its philosophy: see, for example, G v G (Minors) (Abduction) [1991] 2 FLR 506. The Court of Appeal, in Re P...reported cases in this area which came after Re L [1974] 1 WLR 250 and Re R [1981] 2 FLR 416 were concerned with removals from countries in the common law or western...European traditions: G v G (Minors: Abduction) [1991] 1 FLR 506 (Kenya); Re F (A Minor) (Abduction: Custody Rights) (Jurisdiction) [1991] Fam 25...

...Access Abroad) [1993] Fam 216 and In re T and Others (Minors) (Hague Convention: Access) [1993] 2 FLR 617 in the light of more recent international jurisprudence. It...Convention, that rights of custody are to be distinguished from mere rights of access: see, most recently, In re V-B (Abduction: Custody Rights) [1999] 2 FLR 192 and In re P (Abdu...in In re H (Child Abduction) (Unmarried father: rights of custody) [2003] EWHC 492 (Fam) [2003] 2 FLR 153 is a case in point:80.   Assuming (without...

...of Lord Donaldson MR in the Court of Appeal in Re J (A Minor) (Abduction: Custody Rights) [1990] 2 AC 562, at 572, and the decision of Wall J in In re S (Minors)(Child Abduction...mind, in any way precluded by the decision of the House of Lords in Re H (Minors) (Abduction: Custody Rights) [1991] 2 AC 476, which holds no more than that a specific act of retention...propositions of Lord Brandon in the leading English case on habitual residence under the Child Abduction Convention, Re J (A Minor) (Abduction: Custody Rights) [1990] 2 AC 562, 578...

...Lancashire County Council v B [2000] 2 AC 147 and In re O (minors) (Care Proceedings: ...the basis of a finding that there was "a substantial risk" that abuse had occurred in the past. In Re P (Sexual Abuse: Standard of Proof) [1996] 2 FLR 333, 343 Wall J commented that...think that the same "heightened" standard should also apply in care proceedings. In In re ET (Serious Injuries: Standard of Proof) [2003] 2 FLR 1205, Bodey J directed himself that...

...particular Butler-Sloss LJ in Re O (A Minor) (Custody: Adoption) [1992] 1 FLR 77, 79: "If it were a choice of balancing the known defects of every parent with some added problems...this court in In re J (Children) (Care Proceedings: Threshold Criteria) [2013] UKSC 9, [2013] 2 WLR...that harm if it does occur." It follows that when, in Re C and B (Care Order: Future Harm) [2001] 1 FLR 611, Hale LJ (as...

...facts and circumstances. We have been referred to MH v GP [1995] 2 FLR 106, Re H [1998] 1...FLR 848 and Re C [2000] 2 FLR 457. However in the first case I referred to the ratio in Chamberlain v...the language of presumptions: see in Re L: Re V: Re M: Re H, (Contact: Domestic Violence) [2000] 2 FLR 334. 26 In summary a re...

.... 432 at page 438 in which he sat aside the restriction imposed by the magistrates. This Court supported a time limit of three years imposed by the trial judge in re T (A Minor)(Parental...Responsibility: Contact) [1993] 2 F.L.R. 450. In re N (Section 91(14)(Order) [1996] 1 F.L.R. 356, Hale J said at page 360 that leave should not be granted lightly and...-emptively. In re Y (Child Orders: Restricting Applications) [1994] 2 F.L.R. 699 the local authority applied for a restriction after the dismissal of a hopeless application made by the...

...authoritiessince 1848 when In re Fynn (1848) 2 De G. and Sm. 457 was decided. 4 This was a case in which a father was held disentitled to the custody of hisinfant..., and it isnotorious that custody and religious upbringing are frequently inter-wovenissues. These considerations and the reference to section 5 of the Act of1886 indicate, to my mind, that the passage...the infant be brought up in the Protestant faith. Thisrequest for a change in the boy's religious upbringing was prompted by adesire on the foster parents' part that he should enter a choir school soas...

.... [1988] AC 473, 501 and X (Minors) v. Bedfordshire County Council [1995] 2 AC 633...[1995] 2 AC 633.2 Schiemann L.J. stated at p. 381E: "It is clear from X (Minors) v. Bedfordshire County Council [1995] 2 AC 633. that in...upbringing which could be shown to be wrong, and I also agree with the observation of Browne-Wilkinson V.-C. in Surtees v. Kingston-Upon-Thames Borough Council [1991] 2...

...and Ors (Minors) and ex parte R (A Minor) [1990] 2 QB 573; [1989] 2 FLR 454. 41. A reported example of the court declining to grant permission where...[2009] UKHL 26, [2009] 1 WLR 1259 at [23]). That said, as Hale J (as she then was) remarked in Re O (Care or Supervision Order) [1996] 2 FLR 755...Re C (Adoption: Religious Observance) [2002] 1 FLR 1119 at [51]: "The guardian argues that not even a judge of the Family Division has power to quash a local authority...

...; [2010] 2 FLR 87, per Wilson LJ at paras 13-18. However, this judgment is concerned only with entry and residence under the Citizens Directive and the 2006 Regulations...decisions of national authorities, the notion of direct relatives in the descending and ascending lines extends to adoptive relationships or minors in custody of a permanent legal...hear this appeal. This is a question of United Kingdom law, depending upon the meaning of an EEA decision in regulation 2(1) of the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2006 (SI 2006/1003...