A And B (Children: Brussels II Revised: Article 15) V

Aidan Vine for X, the father of the older child Robert Denman for Y, the children's mother Z, the father of the younger child did not appear and was not represented Nigel Taylor for the local authority, East Sussex County Council Maria Hancock for the Children's Guardian, Carol Vicarage Hearing date: 21st October 2014 ____________________

An urgent decision is required as to whether to request the district court in [specified town], Czech Republic to assume jurisdiction in relation to two Czech children, A who is almost 5 and B, just over 1 year old. Since April 2014, the children have been subject to care proceedings. The application for a transfer request is made by the father of the older child, fully supported by the mother but opposed by both the local authority and the Children's Guardian, Carol Vicarage.

The background is as follows. The mother and her family is "well known" to the Department for Social Care and Protection of Children (OSPOD) in the Czech Republic. There was agency involvement between 1998 and 2011. She lived with her grandmother, A's great-grandmother � W � during his infancy.

In May 2011, OSPOD was about to initiate court proceedings when the mother's family � but not W � fled to the UK.

In March 2012, the mother and X, A's father, separated. She travelled to the Czech Republic with A but returned here in August that year by which time she was in a relationship with Y, who is B's father.