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International Children Conventions under review – Conclusions from the March 2024 Hague Conference on Private International Law

James Netto & Jana Derska 14 March 2024

With nearly 100 member states across the world, the Hague Conference is perhaps the most established and well-known organisation working in the area of private international law. It is this organisation that administers two particular conventions in relation to international children law, namely: The 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil

Re D (A Child) Court of Appeal hands down Important Guidance on the Role and Remit of a Solicitor Guardian in Abduction Proceedings

James Netto 14 September 2023

The Court of Appeal has today handed down its judgment in the matter of Re D (A Child) (Abduction: Child’s Objections: Representation of Child Party), in which our Partner, James Netto, represented the successful appellant child as his solicitor-guardian. The case showcases the complex issues engaged with the representation of

The Right to Family Life in Custody Proceedings – Lessons from the Strasbourg Court

James Netto 30 January 2023

iFLG in the European Court of Human Rights The European Court of Human Rights has now handed down its decision in the matter of Agarwal v Czech Republic (Application no. 44870/19). Our client, Mr Pallav Agarwal, claimed a breach of his human rights following custody proceedings in the Czech courts.

A Return to Ukraine – Child Abduction and Article 13b in times of War

James Netto 30 November 2022

By way of his judgment of Q v R, Mr Justice Williams ordered the summary return of a child, “E” to Ukraine. This is the first reported case of an abducted child being returned to Ukraine since the Russian invasion in February 2022. The case is available online here By

James Netto acts for Dee Dawn Daley in high profile Child Abduction case

James Netto 22 November 2022

Concerns are growing for three British children, Khalid, Aasiyah and Maimunha Aljehani, who have been removed from England to Libya by their father. The mother initially agreed to the children going on holiday with their father to North Yorkshire; it has now been established that the father removed the children

Will the advent of Brussels IIa Recast herald a new dawn?

Helen Blackburn 2 August 2022

Council Regulation (EU) 2019/1111 of 25 June 2019 on jurisdiction, the recognition and enforcement of decisions in matrimonial matters and the matters of parental responsibility, and on international child abduction (recast) (otherwise known as ‘Brussels IIa Recast’) came into operation in the EU on 1 August 2022 Brussels IIa Recast,

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International Children Conventions under review – Conclusions from the March 2024 Hague Conference on Private International Law

Re D (A Child) Court of Appeal hands down Important Guidance on the Role and Remit of a Solicitor Guardian in Abduction Proceedings

The Right to Family Life in Custody Proceedings – Lessons from the Strasbourg Court

A Return to Ukraine – Child Abduction and Article 13b in times of War

James Netto acts for Dee Dawn Daley in high profile Child Abduction case

Will the advent of Brussels IIa Recast herald a new dawn?

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