TK v SD [2026] EWHC 2220 (Fam)

Simon Colton KC, sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge, dismissed the Mother’s application for the return of her five sons from Kenya, holding that the court did not have jurisdiction. The court found that the children were not wrongfully retained and had become habitually resident in Kenya, notwithstanding its findings that the Father had subjected the Mother to serious coercive and controlling behaviour.