This article discusses the Serious Crime Act 2015 in the UK, which introduced Female Genital Mutilation Protection Orders. These orders provide increased protection over the civil law provisions (e.g., prohibited step orders) whose non-specificity impacted effectiveness of protection of girls. The authors focus their analysis on the case, Re E (Children) (Female Genital Mutilation Protection Orders), the case of three young Nigerian girls who were protected with the female mutilation protection orders. This case illustrates the risks of young girls who live in the UK of being exposed to female genital mutilation. The previous legislation enacted, Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003, had restricted the extra-territorial scope of the criminal offences. The author applies the previous legislation to this case and contrasts it with applying the current legislation. The author concludes that it is uncertain whether these reforms will result in a reduction of occurrence given the progress of previous reforms.