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
Contact issues between parents must be considered on two fronts. The type and amount of contact and the practical arrangements. In terms of who pays for travel, who travels with the children, what the children take with them between locations. The practical arrangements and particularly when contact takes place across
In May 2008 I wrote an article anticipating what would be family law and the practice of family law a decade or more hence, May 2020. Would I have perfect vision of a fair family law 12 years later or would some of the problems still be with us? I
iFLG partner Michael Allum reviews the English family court’s power to make financial orders following foreign divorces (Part III) and asks whether it is time for the leave/permission filter mechanism to be reformed. Summary Fresh proceedings for financial claims after a divorce has already taken place in another country are
Partner David Hodson OBE draws attention to the urgent need for international laws for cross-border recognition and enforcement of domestic violence orders, particularly in the digital context. Executive summary There is urgent need for cross-border protection from digital domestic abuse. Existing laws in respect of cross-border domestic abuse protections are
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