One clumsily worded paragraph:
"In her ruling, the High Court judge said the mother had defied a court order to register the girl with her surname and her own chosen first name without giving recognition to the father."
I would have preferred:
In her ruling, the High Court judge said the mother had defied a court order, by registering the girl with her surname and her own chosen first name without giving recognition to the father.
The article goes on in a different vein and leaves it up to the reader to decide whether the public record (register of births, that is) has been corrected, nor whether a deed poll change was required, leaving a paper trail which would threaten the child's anonymity when it comes to them applying for identity-sensitive services in years to come.
It was a smart move by the mother, assuring that clues are left behind for the child to discover in later life, in the event that it has no personal recall of contact with the mother (I don't, so I'm biased). Given the acrimony between them, I can hardly see the two males making any attempt to reinforce such memories, by regular prompting, for instance.