The last thing an entrepreneur has is time! Therefore, if an issue as personally and emotionally exhausting as family breakdown should arise the potential for it to cause a harmful distraction from work needs to be managed carefully. Part I of this article explains the sorts of scenarios where entrepreneurs
One of the features of the new family law landscape on the UK leaving the EU is the re-emergence of sole domicile, a jurisdictional connecting feature in English law over many decades. It is now a primary basis for divorce as it was until the end of February 2001 when
The UK’s departure from the European Union in 2020 signalled the careful and complex process of the uncoupling of our domestic law from 45-odd years of law originating from the EU. Whilst the Brussels-based Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) no longer has the same role in law
There are a lot of myths and misconceptions about international family law issues. Here are our top 10: I have to divorce in the country where I was married If my child’s other parent refuses to allow me to relocate abroad with the children, there is nothing I can do?
This new book explains Family Law in leaving the EU. Every practitioner should have a copy. ‘Family law leaves the EU: A summary guide for practitioners’ This is a new textbook published today, 20 October 2020, by LexisNexis and written by one of the world’s leading family lawyers, Prof David
David Hodson OBE MCIArb in his third article on family law leaving the EU looks at transitional arrangements. It will be possible to rely on EU laws for very many years to come but take action before 31 December 2020! Introduction EU family laws end on New Year’s Eve 2020
Although the concept of habitual residence plays a crucial role worldwide in determining a family court’s jurisdiction regarding children, it is not defined in statutes, international conventions, or treaties in which it features. As a consequence, the meaning of the concept and the manner in which a child becomes habitually
David Hodson OBE MCIArb explores areas where, post Brexit and with the differences behind them of continued membership, the UK and the EU should work together collaboratively for the benefit of international families and to further International family Law. This is a work in progress and has been shared with
Partner Lucy Greenwood offers practical advice and guidance in this article, for those looking for legal relationship advice as we ease out of lockdown. Coming out of lockdown for those who are lonely in their relationships As the lockdown measures gradually ease, we all are transitioning into a new ‘normal’
Not all foreign adoption orders are automatically recognised in this country. Only the following adoption orders are automatically recognised in this country. Adoption orders made in Scotland, Northern Ireland, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. Convention adoptions. An adoption order made by a country that is a contracting state
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