Relocating abroad - leave to remove

[ByGladKoala]

Wondering if anyone has been through a «leave to remove» case or otherwise have any insight?

(I will get legal advise, but my child’s dad has engaged more or less all solicitors around, so having a hard time finding one that will talk to me.)

My situation:
I want to return to my home country with my daughter. (Western Europe, country with high social/financial security, family life much easier,..) Dad does not agree.
I have a big family and network there. My daughter speaks the language fluently and has spent much time there, and is very close to grandparents, aunts/uncles, cousins. School, healthcare, housing etc will be quite straight forward to sort.

In the UK I/we have a very little network or help. Only extra family the child has is a grandmother that lives a couple of hours away, and she sees her for a few hours every ~6 weeks.
She is settled here in terms of school (reception), friends and after school/weekend activities.
Her dad is somewhat hands on, but ultimately I am the one responsible (eg he does what he wants with his time, it’s assumed I am always there to sort all related to the child).
He is also very bad tempered. This will be hard for me to prove, but I have started keeping a bit of a diary of what is happening, and taking picture of some bruises he has left on her with rough handling when he gets angry.

Before my daughter was born, we agreed we would relocate at some point. He obviously does not agree to this any more. I have some vague proof that this was the case by some messages he has written about demands if we were to move (written a couple of years ago).

Soo that was long and probably incoherent. Sorry

I got permission to relocate home. It took 1.5years of court cases and it was very hard to get. You need to be very child focused in your reasoning and have a clear plan of what your life will look like and how you will keep the relationship with the other parent.
It was such a difficult process but worth it. I couldn't work in the country I was stuck in and we left him due to domestic violence.

That's awful he's brusing your child. You need to get a doctor to record the brusing and abuse.

How old is your child? Maybe also speak with a domestic violence charity as they'll be able to help you link into services that can help you and your child in the meantime.

Thank you so much for your reply, and great to hear you succeeded!

She is 5. I’ve read this about GP. But do you just show up, say this person did this and this, and ask them to record eg bruises?

Would you mind me asking about your case? What did the judge emphasise it their decision? Did you have everything in new location sorted, eg confirmed housing, school etc (seems a bit hard with the timelines)? How many times does the other parent see the child and do you pay/arrange it all?