B v A

i) in my experience, the counsel and solicitors in this case are among the better practitioners who hold themselves out as specializing in cases of this type, and I recognise that

ii) the endemic nature of the failures in this case to comply with the relevant principles and procedures has the consequence that it can be said that it would be harsh to pick on particular practitioners for criticism or to penalise them or their clients in costs as the Respondent, through her advisers, asks me to do, and

iii) "Pot and kettle" spring to mind and this is confirmed by the failure of the Respondent's solicitors to have proper regard to the relevant authorities and rules in the preparation of their application for a wasted costs order.

For these reasons I have decided not to identify the solicitors and barristers in this judgment.

i) the travelling time of a flight to England can often allow for steps to be taken to meet the relevant adult and child at the airport on arrival,