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Mother permitted to relocate five-year-old daughter from Northern Ireland to Australia.
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Northern Irish High Court rules in custody and access application concerning 5-year-old child that, provided suitable contact arrangements can be made with the child's father, the child could be relocated to live with mother in Australia.
Custody and access - application by father for joint residence order - application by mother for leave to remove child to Australia - 5-year-old child - mother from Australia - father from Northern Ireland - redundancy of mother from post in Northern Ireland - job offer in Australia - separation of couple - prior court applications - whether move to Australia in best interests of child - "delicate balancing exercise" - fractious relationship between parents - contact arrangements with father in event of move to Australia - change of school by father during course of proceedings, without consent of mother.
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