When the married couple in this case decided to split up there was a question about whether their young daughter should return with her father to Israel or remain in London with her mother. As the case progressed the central issue became the use of something called the ‘inherent jurisdiction of the court’ that allows a judge to make a decision on almost any matter at all. Should this be allowed here and how should the inherent jurisdiction be properly used? These are the questions that the Supreme Court was asked and that we analyse in this episode.

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