Australian Family Lawyer
         Jun 1995, Page 15

         The Quickest Hague Convention Return?

         Carolynn Usher of the London firm Reynolds Porter Chamberlain is
         one of England's most experienced Hague Convention solicitors. In
         January she managed what must be one of the quickest returns ever
         under the Convention.  Here is the Chronology:

         12.55 pm     Receive call from the Irish Central Authority;
                      Father has wrongfully removed children from Ireland,
                      taking them on the ferry from Dublin, estimated time
                      of arrival at Pembroke, Wales 12.45 pm.

         1.00 pm      Telephone grant of emergency legal aid

         1.05 pm      Call Pembroke Police to ask them to hold the father
                      and the children on the ferry.  They agree after
                      telephone discussions with the Irish Garda.

         1.10 pm      Call the High Court of Justice in the Strand to
                      request a judge for 2.00 pm.

         1.15 pm      Brief Counsel.  Draft affidavit of solicitor in
                      support of Hague Convention application.

         1.50 pm      Meet Counsel at Court

         2.00 pm      Before Mr. Justice Thorpe.  Order made, drawn up,
                      signed and faxed to Pembroke police.

         3.10 pm      Father and children depart Pembroke on the ferry
                      back to Dublin.

         The abducting father and children were within the jurisdiction of
         England and Wales for precisely 2 hours and 25 minutes.  Surely
         one for the Guinness Book of Records!