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It
is
true
that
the
Court
has
consistently
held
that
Article
8
enshrines
a
right
for
a
parent
to
have
measures
taken
with
a
view
to
his
or
her
being
reunited
with
the
child
,
and
an
obligation
for
the
national
authorities
to
take
such
measures
.
In
paragraphs
53
-
56
the
majority
rightly
quote
the
relevant
case
-
law
of
the
Court
in
this
respect
.
However
,
they
then
proceed
down
a
path
which
we
can
not
follow
.
In
our
view
,
the
Court
should
be
extremely
reluctant
to
second
-
guess
,
with
hindsight
,
the
assessment
made
by
the
domestic
authorities
in
matters
of
parental
custody
and
access
rights
,
given
its
subsidiary
role
under
Article
19
of
the
Convention
.
It
should
also
be
borne
in
mind
that
the
national
authorities
have
the
benefit
of
direct
contact
with
the
persons
concerned
.
This
particular
application
presents
the
added
difficulty
that
the
case
file
before
the
Court
is
in
a
way
“
incomplete
”
:
whilst
it
contains
the
version
of
the
facts
as
seen
by
the
applicant
and
the
Government
,
it
does
not
contain
the
version
of
the
other
principal
party
at
domestic
level
,
namely
the
mother
.
The
majority
finally
conclude
that
there
has
been
a
violation
of
Article
8
on
four
grounds
:
the
unpersuasive/
insufficient
reasoning
of
the
national
courts
,
the
far
-
reaching
limitation
of
the
applicant
's
parental
rights
,
the
unexplained
refusal
of
assistance
in
obtaining
effective
compliance
with
judicial
orders
on
access
arrangements
,
and
the
failure
to
weigh
up
carefully
the
interests
involved
in
the
case
so
as
to
strike
a
fair
balance
between
the
mother
's
right
to
travel
and
the
applicant
's
right
of
access
to
his
child
.
We
are
not
convinced
by
these
reasons
.
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