“…In answering this question, the 1980 Convention is properly to be interpreted purposively. In In Re F (A Minor) (Abduction: Custody Rights Abroad) [1995] Fam 224, Butler-Sloss LJ said, at p. 229F/G:…”
“…true the Convention in a purposive way and to make the Convention work”: Butler-Sloss LJ (as she then was) in Re F (A Minor) (Abduction: Custody Rights Abroad) [1995] Fam 224 at page 229E/H. I recognise that there are limits to this approach but I do not consider that rejecting the mother’s argument would even be close to pushing…”