Michael Gration Email & Phone Number

Michael specialises in cases involving the international movement of children, appearing regularly in the High Court and the Court of Appeal in cases involving (but not limited to) Hague and non-Hague abduction, jurisdictional disputes, the recognition and enforcement of orders (pursuant to Brussels II revised and the 1996 Hague Convention), relocation (both internal and external) and forced marriage. Over the past three years Michael has appeared in the UK Supreme Court on four occasions, in cases involving a diverse range of issues from the human rights implications of government immigration policy (R (on the application of Quila and another) and R (on the application of Bibi and another v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2011] UKSC 45) to jurisdictional issues concerning children and the application of the 1980 Hague Convention (In the matter of A (Children) (AP) [2013] UKSC 60, In the Matter of KL (A Child) [2013] UKSC 75 and In the matter of LC (Children) [2014] UKSC 1).Michael has also been part of a team instructed by the reunite International Child Abduction Centre that haslodged submissions with the European Court of Human Rights (CASE OF X v. LATVIA (Application no. 27853/09)) and the United States Supreme Court (Lozano v Alvarez – appeal judgment at 697 F.3d 41 (2d Cir. 2012)). In a European context, he is currently representing the applicant in a case that is pending before the European Court of Human Rights and represents the father in only the second family case to be referred by England and Wales to the Court of Justice for the European Union (on appeal from the judgment in Re S (Jurisdiction: Prorogation) [2013] EWHC 647 (Fam), [2013] 2 FLR 1584).- See more at: http://www.4pb.com/barrister-profile/michael-gration#sthash.b6IupBUS.dpuf

Listed skills include International Family Law, Child Abduction, Jurisdiction, International Relocations, and 10 others.