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�64.�� Ms W has suffered a grave wrong as a result of the errors that present in this case. She, a mother who was living with her two children in Ireland for some years, has for now lost physical custody of those children, without her side of matters ever having been heard by the Irish courts. Perhaps, had she been heard, Ms W might have succeeded in resisting the removal of the children, perhaps she might have failed - the court has no view in this regard - but that she was not even heard on the issue is a grave wrong.
65.���� Are there any systemic lessons can be taken from all that has occurred in order to ensure� that there is not a repeat occurrence of what transpired here and that affected parents (and their children) are adequately protected? Such lessons do not help Ms W but maybe they might help others. This judgment seeks to take a first step in this regard by setting out the (not uncomplex) applicable law in what it hopes is a clear manner. However, three further possibilities occur:
(i) ���� to take the Regulation, Order 42A and the 2005 Regulations, put them in brochure form and (i) annotate them so that practitioners have a �one stop shop� in terms of knowing what to do, and (ii) explain the provisions in simple Citizens Information Board-type language so that everyone can understand them. No area of law is so complex that it cannot be deconstructed into something simpler, even if the detail� of the law remains the same.
(ii) ���� re-visit the standard template of the ex parte order that issues when a declaration of enforceability is sought so as to ensure that all the necessary detail which such order is required to contain appears in the precedent template and thus features in the order.
(iii) ��� given the particular risks which present for professional lawyers in terms of inadvertently facilitating the removal of a child from the jurisdiction on foot of an ex parte order and before the service of the proceedings on the affected parent/s, perhaps the two legal professional bodies might usefully prepare a list of �dos� and �don�ts� for their members in this regard.�
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