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This judgment was delivered in private.�� The judge has given leave for this judgment to be published on condition that (irrespective of what is contained in the judgment) in any published version of the judgment the anonymity of the children and members of their family must be strictly preserved.�� All persons, including representatives of the media, must ensure that this condition is strictly complied with.�� Failure to do so will be a contempt of court.
                  I am concerned with Z, who is 5 years old. I shall refer to her parents as M (her mother) and F (her father).
                  M applied on 19 September 2023 for permission to take Z to Pakistan for a holiday over the Christmas period. F opposes the application. Pakistan is a signatory to the 1980 Hague Convention, but the United Kingdom has not yet accepted its accession, so that the provisions contained therein are not applicable as between the two states.
                  The court's paramount consideration is the welfare of Z. The leading authority on applications such as these, where permission is sought to remove a child for a short time to a country where the Hague Convention is not operative as between the UK and that country, is Re R (A Child) [2013 EWCA Civ 1115 .
                  At para 23, Patten LJ said this, having reviewed the jurisprudence:
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