British property developer is embroiled in a family court battle with his estranged Taiwanese partner sparked by a row over their five-year-old daughter’s haircut

• The man in his 60s and woman in her 30s moved to Brussels from London
• The man was unhappy when he wasn’t consulted over their daughter’s haircut
• Woman and child moved back to London but judge ruled must return to Brussels

The woman had brought the little girl back to London after becoming depressed and complaining about her partner’s ‘controlling behaviour’, Deputy High Court Judge Clare Ambrose (pictured) was told

A British property developer became embroiled in a family court battle with his estranged Taiwanese partner after a row over their five-year-old daughter’s haircut.

The man, who is in his 60s, and woman, who is in her 30s, had met in the UK seven years ago, set up home in London then moved to live in Brussels, a judge heard.

Last year, the woman had brought the little girl back to London after becoming depressed and complaining about her partner’s ‘controlling behaviour’, Deputy High Court Judge Clare Ambrose was told.

The catalyst for the move had been a row over the little girl’s new hairstyle.

Her mother had thought her hair was too long and had taken her for a haircut.

The man had been unhappy about not being consulted about the haircut and had told his partner ‘this is an absolute insult’.

Judge Ambrose ruled in the man’s favour. The judge at a private hearing in the Family Division of the High Court in London (pictured) said the girl was habitually resident in Belgium and concluded that a return there would not put her at ‘grave risk’ of being placed in an ‘intolerable situation’

He had taken legal action following the move to England and asked Judge Ambrose to order his partner to return their daughter to Belgium and said welfare decisions should be made in Belgian courts.

The woman objected.

She said she feared she would suffer a ‘psychiatric collapse’ if she returned to Belgium and said the little girl would be put in an ‘intolerable’ position

Judge Ambrose has ruled in the man’s favour.

The judge said the girl was habitually resident in Belgium and concluded that a return to Belgium would not put her at ‘grave risk’ of being placed in an ‘intolerable situation’.

Judge Ambrose had considered evidence at a private hearing in the Family Division of the High Court in London in November and has outlined detail of the dispute in a ruling published online.

She said the family involved could not be identified in media reports of the case.

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