International

Top Ten Myths in International Family 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?

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Family Law Leaves the EU: A summary guide for practitioners 2020

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

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Are all Foreign Adoption orders automatically recognised in this Country?

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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Digital Domestic Abuse: The need for International Laws and Protections

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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Practical Guidance for Dealing with Foreign Assets in National Cases

Partners Lucy Loizou and Michael Allum consider the ever-increasing international movement of people and families, a significant portion of financial cases in the family courts of England and Wales now involved assets located overseas. The authors were due to present this paper at The International Family Law Conference on 26

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A Code of Practice for the Family Law community worldwide?

David Hodson OBE reflects on core principles of family law practice set out by the Australian Family Courts in a recent practice direction. He suggests these could be usefully adopted for global good practice. Many countries around the world have codes of practice within their legal professions, often specific to

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International Res Judicata: Should Australian family law provide a second bite of the cherry when the first bite abroad was unfair or inadequate?

At the 17th Australian Family Lawyers’ Conference in Fiji, David Hodson presented a paper, written with Michael Allum giving a global overview of the circumstances in which some countries will grant financial provision even though a divorce and financial order has already been made in another country.  It asks whether

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